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MAGNA BRITANNIA.

VOL. V.

DERBYSHIRE.

Printed by A. Stiahan,
Printera-Siiee', London.

MAGNA BRITANNIA

BEING

A CONCISE TOPOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT

THE SEVERAL COUNTIES

GREAT BRITAIN.

By the Rev. DANIEL LYSONS, A.M. F.R.S. F.A. and L.S.

KECTOR OF RODMARTON IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE ;

And SAMUEL LYSONS, Esq. F.R.S. and F.A.S.

KEEPER OF HIS MAJESTY'S RECORDS IN THE TOWER OP LONDON.

VOLUME THE FIFTH,

CONTAINING

DERBYSHIRE.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR T. CADELL AND W. DAVIES, IN THE STRAND.

1817.

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CONTENTS

THE FIFTH VOLUME.

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General HISTORY OF DERBYSHIRE - lii— ccxlil

Inhabitants and GovommciU - - _ - \\i

Histarical Events - - - - vi

Division of the County, Ecclesiastical and Civil - - xi

Table of Parishes ... ^iii

Monasteries, Colleges, and Ancient Hospitals - . xvii

Borough and Market Towns - . - xviii

Disused Markets - ... xix

Fairs - - - . ibid.

Disused Fairs - - - . - xxi

Populatio7i - • .... ibid^

Division of Property at the Time of the Domesday Survey . xxxv

Nobility of the County ... , xlviii Ixi

'■ h-ish Peers who have Seats in Derbyshire - . - Iv

Extinct Peerages - - _ _ . iljid.

Baronial Familes Extinct - - . _ j^j

Noblemen's Seats - . - . Jxii

Baronets - - - . Ixiii — ]xxiv

Baronets "who voere not described as of Derbyshire at the Time of their Creation Ixviii

Eidinct Baronets - - - - . hsxx.

Baronets' Seats - - - . Ixxv

Gentry - - . - lxxv^-r-..clxvii

Families Extinct before the Time of' the Hnalds' Visitations - ,' - ' ' ."xcix

Families Extinct, or removed out of the County, since i i;oo - - cxil

Families of ■whom it has not been ascertained whether theij are or are not Extinct cliii

Principal Seats, Halls, Mansions, S^r., the Residence of Gentry clxvii

Forests and Deer-Parks ... clxix

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CONTENTS.

Geographical and Geological Description of tJie County
Boundaries, Extent, Sfc. _ - -

Soils and Strata _ _ _ -

Surface and Scenery _ _ _

'Rivers _ _ _ _ .

Navigable Canals . - -

Roads _ . - - .

Natural History ...

Fossils and Minerals _ _ ■

Lidigenous Plants, either rare or not of general Occurrence
Birds . - - .

Warm, Mineral, and other remarkable Springs

Produce - -

Manxfactures ...

Antiquities - -

British Antiquities _ . -

Roman Antiquities - - - -

British and Roman Roads and Stations
Ancient Church Architecture

Saxoti _ _ - -

Thirteenth Century -

Fourteenth Century _ - _

Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries -
Painted Glass

Rood-lofts, Screens, and Stone Stalls,
Ancient Fonts ....

Ancient Sepulchral Monuments

Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries
Fifteenth Century . - - -

Sixteenth Century - -

Remains of Monastic Buildings - - -

Ancient Stone Crosses and Pillars
Ancient Castles . _ _ »

Ancient Mansion-Houses _ _ _

Customs ...

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PAROCHIAL HISTORY

Additions and Corrections

Errata

Index of Names and Titles

General Index

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312
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LIST OF PLATES.

DERBYSHIRE.

I. Map of Derbyshire - . . . .

II. Entrance of the great Cavern at Castletou

III. Rocks in MiHHlcton-Dalc - - . .

IV. Group of Rocks called Mock Beggar- Hall

V. Roman altar found near Haddon, and inscriptions on
Roman pigs of lead - ...

VI. View of the Crypt under the Chancel of Repton Church
VII. Plan and Section of the Crypt under the chancel of

Repton Church ....

VIII. Elevation of part of the Nave of Melbourne Church
IX. Plan of Steetly Church - - -

X. South-west View of Steetly Church
XI. North-east View of Steetly Church ...
XII. Section of Steetly Church from East to West

XIII. Transverse Section of Steetly Church

XIV. South Door-way of Stpptly Church ...
XV. Capitals, &c. in Steetly Church, on an enlarged Scale

XVI. Elevation of the South Side of the Chancel of Sandiacre
Church .... .

XVII. Elevation of the West Side of the Tower of All Saints
Church, Derby ...

XVIII. Specimens of painted Glass in the Chancel Windows of
Norbury Church . - . .

XIX. Stone Stalls in the Chancel of Sandiacre Church
XX. Stone Stalls in the Chancel of Dronfield Church
XXI. Ancient Sepulchral Monuments in Repton Church-yard,
and Brampton and Darley Churches
XXII. Ancient Sepulchral Monument in Scarcliflfe Church

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LIST OF PLATES.

XXIIL Monument of" Sir Godfrey Foljambe and his Lady, in

Bakewell church - - -

XXIV. Monument of a Knight of the Fitzherbert family, and

his Lady, in Norbury Church
XXV. Ancient Cross in Bakewell Church-yard
XXVI. Ancient Cross in Eyam Church-yard
XXVII. Elevation of an Ancient Brick Tower at Repton ; and"
Plan of the Entrance and adjoining Offices of
Haddon-Hall
XXVIII. Plan of the Ground-floor of Haddon-Hall
XXIX. Plan of the First-Floor of Haddou-Hall
XXX. South-east View of Haddon-Hall
XXXI. North-west View of Haddon-Hall
XXXII. Part of the Lower Court of Haddon-Hall

XXXIII. View of the Upper Court of Haddon-Hall

XXXIV. View of Hard wick-Hall
XXXV. View of the Eastern Front of Hardwick-Hall

XXXVI. Plan of the Town of Derby

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Vol. V.

D ERBYSHIRE.

GENERAL HISTORY.

Inhabitants and Government.

DERBYSHIRE, which took its name from the county town, was, in the
time of the Britons, part of a large district inhabited by the Coritani,
During the government of the Romans, it formed part of Britannia Prima.
When England became divided, under the Saxon Monarchs, into seven
kingdoms, called the Heptarchy, Derbyshire constituted part of Mercia,
and Reptou, then called Repandune, appears to have been a residence of
the Mercian Kings.

The inhabitants of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire were called the
North Mercians, as living for the most part north of the river Trent ; and
these two counties long continued to be so far connected in civil polity,
that they had but one sheriff for both, till the year 1569. The assizes for
both counties were held at Nottingham till the reign of Henry III. They
were then held at Nottingham and Derby alternately, till 1569 ; since which
time, the assizes for this county have been uniformly held at Derby, except
in the year 161 o, when on account of a commotion at Derby, they were,
on that occasion, removed to Ashborne. The Epiphany, Easter, and Michael-
mas sessions, are now held at Derby,, and the Midsummer sessions, at Ches-
terfield. From the year 16 18 till 1797, the Michaelmas sessions had been
held at Chesterfield, and the summer sessions at Bakewell.

The Duchy of Lancaster court for the recovery of small debts, the

punishment of trespasses, assaults, &c., which is held at Sudbury, extends

its jurisdiction over the whole county, except the hundred of Morleston

and Litchurch.

The

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The Peverell a)urt of the same nature *, held at Basford in Nottingham-
shire, extends its jurisdiction over many of the townships in the hundred of
Scarsdale, the Peak, and the wapentake of Wirksworth.

The barmote courts for the regulation of the mineral concerns of Derby-
shire, and determining all disputes relating to the working of the mines, are
held at Monyash, in the Peak, and at Wirksworth."'

Philip Kinder, in the preface to his intended History of Derbyshire,
written about the middle of the seventeenth century, has the following ob-
servations relating to the character and modes of living of the inhauitants
of Derbyshire. " The common sort of people, out of a genuine reverence,
not forced by feare or institution, doe observe those of larger fortunes,
courteous and readie to show the waies and helpe a passenger : you may
say they are lazie and idle in a better sense, for (except the grooves) they
have not whereon to set themselves on woikc, for all theire harvest and
sede tyme is finished in six weeks ; the rest of their tyme they spend in
fothering y' cattle, mending their stone inclosures, and in sports.

" The countrie women here are chast and sober, very diligent in their
huswifery ; they hate idleness, love and obey their husbands, only in some
of the great townes, many seeming sanctificators use to follow the presby-
terian gang, and upon a lecture day, putt on theire best rayment, and hereby
take occasion to goo a gossiping. Your merry wives of Bentley will some-
tymes look in y' glass, chirpe a cupp merrily, yet not indecently. In the
Peake they are much given to dance after the baggpipes, almost every
towne hath a baggpipe in it.

" Their exercises, for the greate part, is the GymnopaidiOy or naked
boy, an ould recreation among the Greeks, with this in foote-races, you shall
have in a winters day, tlie earth crusted over witli ice, two agonists,
stark naked, runn a foot race for 2 or 3 miles, with many hundred spec-
tators, and the betts very small.

" They love their cards. The miners at Christmas tyme, will carry
tenn or twenti pounds about them, game freely, returne home againe, all the
yeare after good husbands.

' Mrs. Hutchinson, in her memoirs of her husband, speaks of this as an obsolete court, lately
revived, in the reign of Charles I. See p. 1 13, 1 14. Under the grant to Lord Middleton, the
jurisdiction of this court was extended to many places in Derbyshire, which never formed
part of the honor of Peverell. See a list of the Derbyshire townships within this jurisdiction, in
the second volume of Pilkington's Derbyshire. Several erroneous names occui- in this list, as
they do, indeed, in the original charter.

^ See the account of Lead-Mines, &c,

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" For dief, the gentrie, after the southern mode, have two state meales
a day, with a bit in y' buttery to a morning draught ; but your peasants
exceed the Greeks, who had four meales a day, for the moorlanders add
three more ; y" bitt in the morning ; y" anders meate, and the yenders
meate, and so make up seaven ; and for certaine y'' great housekeeper doth
allow his people especially in summer tyme, so many commessations.

<' The common inhabitants doe prefer oates for delight and strength
above any other graine : for here you may find jus nigrum, the Lacedae-
monian pottage, to be a good dish, if you bring a Lacedaemonian stomach.
It is observed, that tliey have for the most part, fair, long, broad teeth,
which is caused by the mastication of their oat bread."

Speaking of persons of eminence connected with Derbyshire, Mr.
Kinder calls it "the amphitheatre of renowned persons. The glorious Caven-
disli, of the illustrious family of the Cavendishes, who gave the world a
o-iidle in two solar revolutions.^ Anthonie Fitzherbert, of the family of
J<[orbury, which gave life with law unto the common lawes of England, and
in comparison, put the codes with digest into a bag. Bradford ", the
crowned martyr that cuft the triple crowne, and rent the Roman pale
asunder. Ripley of Ripley, another Hermes, in his twelve gates, concern-
ilig the philosopher's-stone, having suffer'd death for making a pear-
tree to fructifie in winter. Mr. Sentlow Cnyfton % of the family of Bradley,
a renowned antiquarie, who left many MSS., but alas ! we must commend
them like many of Tully's orations, with this unhappie elogie reliqiKP deside-
rantur. They are all wanted and much desired, non extant. Mr. Dethick,
King of armes pater pa Iratus^, father of the fatherhood, whose power dele-
gate from the King, was greater than that of the natural father, who only
can beget a man, but he can create a gentleman. Mr. Thomas ^ Bancroft,
surnamed the small poet, by way of friendhe ironie j but worthie to be
ranked amongst the best classicks and greater volumnes ; he writ the

' Cavendish the circumnavigator had no connection with Derbyshire.

<* We have not found how Bradford was connected with Derbyshire : he was a native of
Manchester.

= Saintloe Kniveton.

f Sir Gilbert Dethick and Sir William Dethick, his son, were successively Garter Kings of
Arms in the reigns of Edward VI. and Queen Elizabeth. Sir Gilbert was third son of Robert
Dethick, of Derby, steward of Edmund De la Pole, Earl of Suffolk, and yeoman of the ar-
moury to King Henry VIII. , who was descended from a younger son of Sir William Dethick,
Knight, of Dethick, in this county.

8 Thomas Bancroft was a native of Swarkston, and lived at Bradley ; his poems, which were
chiefly satirical and epigrammatical, are very scarce.

Glutton's

vi DERBYSHIRE.

Glutton's feast, concerning Dives and Lazarus, the Battle of " Letzphen,
with other poems. Some there are living, whose names I will silence in few
letters, taking my indication from the verse.

' Pascitur in vivis livor, post fata quiescit.'

Such as A. C.', the muse of the Peakish mountains, and in competition with
Plautus, the tenth muse ; C. C", who from Homer and Horace hath ex-
tracted y^ essence of lyric and epic poesie into an English elixir ; and Mr.
T. H.', Plato himself in his ideas and rich conceptions."

Notices of eminent literary and other characters, who have been natives
or inhabitants of Derbyshire, will be found in the following work, under
the parishes with which they were connected. We have not been able to
discover the birtli-places of two literary persons, who are known to have
been natives of Derbyshire : Dr. William Outram, a learned divine of the
I yth century, who wrote upon Sacrifices ; and Samuel Richardson, author
of Sir Charles Grandison, and other novels, which acquired so much
celebrity in the reign of George II.

Historical Events.

We have no notices of the military transactions of the Romans in this
county. The first historical event which we find on record relating to Der-
byshire, is the invasion of the Danes in 874, when they expelled Binrhed
from his kingdom, and fixed their head-quarters at Repandun" (now
Repton), which had been the royal residence. The Danish army left
Repton the next year, in two divisions ; Healfden marching with a detach-
ment into Northumberland ; and Godrun, and the other generals, with the
main body, into Cambridgeshire."

In the year 917°, or, according to some writers, 918'', the brave Etiielfieda,

^ The battle of Lutzen, 1632, in which Gustavus, King of Sweden, lost his life.

' Sir Aston Cockaine.

■' It is most probable that this was Charles Cotton ; though he more properly belonged to
Staffordshire. His poem, on the Wonders of the Peak, did not appear till after Kindcr's MS.
must have been written.

' Thomas Hobbes.

"^ Sax. Chron. and Roger Hoveden.

" Sax. Chron.

° Halph nigden; Chron. Mailros.

p Sax. Chron. Simon Dunelm. Henry Huntingdon says, in the seventh year after the death
of Ethelred, Earl of Mercia, whom he erroneously calls her father.

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Countess of Mercia, daughter of King Alfred, recovered Derbyshire from the
Danes. The Danish army, whicli was quartered at Derby, not venturing to
come out and oppose her in the field, she boldly attacked the castle, tnd
after a severe struggle, in which four of her bravest and favourite "generals
were killed at the entrance, she broke down the gate and walls, and took it
by storm.' After this, Derby fell again into the hands of the Danes ; for we
are told that King Edmund took it from them, with four other towns' , in
942. Some years before this (in 924), King Edward having marched with
his army from Nottingham to Bakewell, commanded a fortress to be built
in the neighbourhood of the latter place.'

It appears, that during the rebellion of Prince Henry against his father
Henry II. the castle of Duffield, in this county, was held against the King,
by Robert Earl Ferrars ; for it is related, that, among others who came
to make their submission to the victorious monarch, in the month of
July, 1 1 74, was that Earl, who then delivered into the King's hands, the
castles of Tutbury and Duffield."

During the civil war in King John's reign (in 121 5), William Earl
Ferrars, with an armed force, took Bolsover and Peak Castles, which were
then in the possession of the rebellious barons."

In the year 1264, King Henry III. sent his son, Prince Edward, into
Derbyshire, to wreak vengeance upon Robert Earl of Derby, then one of
the most active of the Barons in rebellion against him ; with instructions
to lay waste his manors with fire and sword. The Earl, having made his
peace, by the promise of a large sum of money ; and having taken fresh
oaths of allegiance, broke both his oaths and his promise, and appeared in
arms again in Derbyshire, in the year 1266, with Baldwin Wake, (Lord of
Chesterfield), John D'Egville, and other Barons and Knights, and assembled
a numerous force at Duffield-Frith, whence they marched to Chesterfield.
Here they were surprised in their quarters by Henry, the King's nephew,'
and the greater part of them put to the sword. The Earl of Derby was
taken prisoner, having been betrayed as it is said by a woman, who pointed
out the place of his concealment in the church." Wake, D'Egville, and
the other Barons and Knights, inade their escape. Some of the KniHits,

"" Some of the Historians call them fortissimos. The Sax. Chron. adds, qui ei charioret
fuerunt.

' Hen. Huntingdon.

' Leicester, Lincoln, Nottingham, and Stamford.

' Sax. Chron. u jo. Bromton.

- Matth. West. , Salter Hemingford.

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with their adherents, withdrew into the forest of the Peak, where they con-
tinued for two years, Hving a predatory Hfe/ De Ferrars had his life
spared, but was divested of the ICarldom of Derby, with its large possessions,
which were given to Edmund Earl of Lancaster, and eventually formed a
considerable part of the revenues of the Duchy of Lancaster.

The only incidents deserving notice connected with Derbyshire, from this
period till the commencement of the civil wai- in the 17th century, of which
we have seen any mention, are, the imprisonment of John Duke of Bourbon
for many years in Melbourne Castle, after the battle of Agincourt, and that
of Mary Queen of Scots, who, during a captivity of 1 8 years, resided a con-
siderable part of the time in this county, under the custody of the Earl of
Shrewsbury.^

At the commencement of the ci\'il war, immediately after King Charles
had displayed his standard at Nottingham, his first march was to Dei'by.
At this time (August, 1642), all Derbyshire, as Sir John Gell observes,
declared for the King. He claims the merit of having been the first who
appeared in arms in this county for the Parliament. Having before fought
under the Earl of Essex, he went, in the month of October, 1 642, to Hull,
where he solicited and obtained the command of a regiment of foot, then
consisting of 140 men, with which he marched into Derbyshire. Having on
the 17th reached Chesterfield, he raised at that place 200 men by beat of
drum ; thence he marched to Derby, where he raised a regiment of horse,
and garrisoned the town. At this time. Lord Clarendon observes, there
was, in Derbyshire, no visible party for the King ; the whole county being
under the power of Sir John Gell. Winfield-manor was about this time
made a garrison for the Parliament.

Most of tiie particulars in the following brief account are taken from a
narrative of the services performed by Sir John Gell, written by himself ", for
the purpose of refuting, as it appears, certain charges brought against him
after the Independents got into power. There is no doubt that Sir John
Gell was an active useful officer in the service of the Parliament during
almost the whole of the civil war : this Mrs. Hutchinson, in her Memoirs

^ Cliron. Dunst.

" She was some months at Winficld manor-house in 1 569, and again in 1584. In 1570, she
was for some months at Chatvvorth ; and occasionally for a sliort time in succeeding years. She
was allowed also to resort to Buxton four times, for her health, under the Earl's charge. By
far the greatest part of her captivity was passed at SheiSeld castle, a seat of the Earl of Shrews-
bury.

" MS. in the possession of his descendant, Philip Gell, Esq., M.P., of Hopton-hall.

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of her husband (a distinguished parliamentary officer of the Independent
party), allows ; although she accuses him of being a great boaster, and of
having sometimes claimed for himself the merit of services which had been
performed by others. She accuses Whitelock also of having given Sir
John Gell more than his due share of praise.

The first service which Sir John Gell recounts in his Narrative, is the
driving of Sir Francis Wortley and his forces from Wirksworth and the
Peak, in November, 1642. Soon afterwards he took Bretby-house, which
had been fortified by the Earl of Chesterfield. In the beginning of January
following, he took Sir John Harpur's house at Swarkston, and Swarkston-
bridge, where he defeated a party of Royalists, in a skirmish, which is
called, in the parish-register of All-Saints, in Derby, the battle of Swarkston-

bridge.

Early in this year (1643), the Earl of Newcastle, who was commander-in-
chief of the King's forces in the northern and midland counties, placed a
garrison in Bolsover Castle. In the month of April, Colonel Thomas Gell
(brother of Sir John) took Sutton-house, which had been garrisoned by its
owner, Lord Deincourt, after a short resistance. The Earl of Newcastle
was with his army at Chesterfield, in May and in December, 1 643 : at one
of these periods, he is said to have been successful in an engagement with
the Parliamentary forces.

In the course of this year. Sir John Gell mentions that Sir Thomas Fairfax,
then commander-in-chief for the Parliament, came to Derby, and stayed there
three days, for the purpose of procuring a supply of men from the Der-
byshire garrisons : Sir John provided him with 400 from Chatsworth,
Winfield, and Wingerworth. In the month of December, the Earl of
Newcastle besieged Winfield manor-house, and took it in three days : the
command was given to Colonel Molineux. Sir John Gell says, that after
the Earl of Newcastle was gone. Colonel Milward quartered his regiment
at Bakewell ; Colonel Eyre at Chatsworth, and his own house (Hassop) in
the Peak; Colonel Fitzherbert at South-Winfield and Tissington 5 and
Colonel Frecheville at his own house (Staveley).

The Parliamentary forces, then at Ashborne, had a successful engagement
close to that town, in the month of February 1644, with the Royalists, who
in consequence evacuated Tissington and Bakewell, and retired to Chats-
worth, Winfield, Staveley and Bolsover. In the month of March, there
was an engagement at Egginton-heath, between the Royalists and the Par-
liamentarians. The latter were under the command of Captain Rodes and
Major Molanus. Sir John Gell claims the victory for the Parliament. This

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seems to have been the same battle in which Heath says that the Royalists
were victorious, relating the same circumstance which Sir John asserts of
the Royalists, as having happened to the parliamentary forces ; that they
were driven across the Dove, in which many were drowned.

In the month of April, Sir John Gell and Lord Grey took the pass of
Wilne-ferry, and demolished the works constructed by the Royalists on the
Leicestershire side of the river. Soon after this, he commenced the siege
of Winfield manor-house, then commanded by Colonel Dalby, applying for
assistance to Colonel Hutchinson, the governor of Nottingham, who sent
him 200 men. The King sent General Hastings to its relief, but his troops
were beaten by Sir John Gell ; and Major-General Crawford having
arrived with reinforcements from the Earl of Manchester, they opened their
batteries, and the garrison was taken after a bombardment of three hours.
The governor was killed during the siege. Colonel Gell left two companies
in the'house, and marched to Derby. On his route to Winfield, General
Crawford took Bolsover Castle and Staveley-house. In October, 1644,
Colonel Gell garrisoned Barton-park, for the purpose of watching and
annoying the King's garrison at Tutbury.

Whilst the King was moving about with his reduced army (3000 horse),
after the battle of Naseby, by quick marches, he passed from Bewdley into
Derbyshire, and defeated Sir John Gell in some skirmishes at Sudbury and
Ashborne, about the middle of August, 1645. From Ashborne, he marched
through the Peak to Don caster.

About the latter end of September, 1645, the governor of Welbeck put
a fresh garrison into Chatsworth, with 300 horse, under the command of
Colonel Shallcross. Colonel Molanus being sent by Sir John Gell against
the garrison, besieged it for fourteen days ; but on hearing of the demo-
lition of Welbeck, Bolsover, and Tickhill castles, was commanded by
Colonel Gell to return to Derby.

In the month of January 1646, oi-ders were given for supplies for the
garrison at Derby ; but that town and Winfield manor-house were dismantled
not long afterwards. In 1659, there was an insurrection at Derby against
Richard Cromwell.

In the year 1745, Charles James Stuart, commonly called the young pre-
tender, having, in the prosecution of his rash enterprize, penetrated Into
the heart of the kingdom, entered Derby with his army on the fourth of
December. His advanced guard secured the pass at Swarkston-bridge ;
but on the evening of the fifth he held a great council, at which, after a
warm debate, it was determined, in consequence of the little encourage-

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DERBYSHIRE. xi

ment he had met with on his march, and the near approach of the Duke of
Cumberland with a superior force, to retreat immediately towards the
North, a resolution which was carried into effect at an early hour the
next morning.

Division of the County, Ecclesiastical and Civil.

The civil subdivisions of Derbyshire, like those of most other northern
counties, were anciently called wapentakes. In the Domesday Survey,
we find mention of the wapentakes of Scarvedale, Hamestan, Morlestan,
Walecross, and Apultre, and a district called Pechefers *; but we gain no
information from it, as to the extent of the several districts. The Hundred
Roll, a record of the year 1273, speaks of the wapentakes of Peck,
Scarvedale, Apeltre^ Repindon, Greselegh, Little-chirch, and Wyrkes-
worth. Other records speak of the hundreds of Risley and Sawley. This
seems to have been the same district, and probably a part of the wapentake
called in the Domesday Survey, Morlestan, and in the Hundred- Roll, Little-
chirch, now the hundred of Morleston and Litchurch. The Wirksworth
division still retains the name of a wapentake ; the other modern divisions,
Appletree, High- Peak, Scarsdale, Repton and Gresley, and Morleston
and Litchurch are called hundreds. The hundred of Repton and Gresley,
which seems to have been two wapentakes, in 1273, ^^ supposed to answer
to the wapentake of Walecross, spoken of in the Domesday Survey ; and
the Wapentake of Hamestan there mentioned, is supposed to have consisted
chiefly of what is now the hundred of Pligh-Peak.

In the reign of Edward I., the wapentakes of Apeltre and Repington,
which had belonged to the crown, were by the King's grant, vested in
Edmund Earl of Lancaster.' The wapentake of Greselegh belonged to the
heirs of the Earl of Chester ", and the wapentake of Scarvedale to Nicholas
Lord Wake. The Lordship of this wapentake ("now the hundred of
Scarsdale) has always passed with that of Chesterfield, and is vested in his
Grace the Duke of Devonshire, who is lessee under the Duchy of Lancaster
of the hundred of the High-Peak.

" Peak-Forest.

«> In one part of the Roll called the hundred of Apeltre.
"^ In one part of the Roll, it is said, the heirs of the Earl of Chester.

" In one part of the Roll, it is said to belong to the heirs of the Earl of Chester, and Edmund
Earl of Lancaster, jointly.

b 2 The

xii DERBYSHIRE.

Tlie liundred of Appletree, of which Lord Vernon is lessee, has
been held by the Vernon family on lease under the Duchy of Lancaster,
ever since the year 1660. Richard Arkwright, Esq., M. P., is lessee of the
wapentake of Wirksworth, under the Duchy. The Lordship of the hun-
dred of Repton and Gresley, which has long passed with the manor of
Repton, is vested in Sir Henry Crewe, Bart. The hundred of Morleston
and Litchurch is in the crown.

Derbyshire is an archdeaconry in the diocese of Lichfield and Coventry,
and is divided into six deaneries ; Alto Pecco or High- Peak, Ashborne,
Castillar, Chesterfield, Derby, and Repington.

Bakewell, Hope, Tideswell, and their chapelries, Chapel-en-le-Frith and
Kniveton, are in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Dean and Chapter of Lich-
field; Sawley and its chapelries are in the jurisdiction of the prebendary of
that corps, in the church of Lichfield ; Calke, Dale- Abbey, and Hartington,
with the chapel of Sterndale, and Peak-P'orest chapel, are exempt from
ecclesiastical jurisdiction.

According to Wolsey's list, the number of parishes in this county, in the
reign of Henry VIH., was 106. Pilkington was very nearly correct in
stating them at 116 in 1789 ; the number, as will be seen by the follow-
ing table, is 117. There are also forty-nine parochial, and three extra-
parochial chapels, in which the rites of baptism and sepulture are performed.
Many of these have long been deemed, and are usually described as separate
and distinct parishes ; there are thirteen chapels of other descriptions,' and
two extra-parochial chapels, in which the rites of baptism and sepulture are
not performed.

Fifty of the benefices in Derbyshire are rectories ; fifty-eight vicarages,
and nine donatives or perpetual curacies. Of the vicarages, donatives, &c.
forty-seven were appropriated to religious houses ; five to the Dean and
Chapter of Lichfield, three to the Dean of Lincoln, one (Kniveton) passed
by exchange from the former to the latter, and was afterwards alienated to
lay hands ; one (Tibshelf ) was appropriated to the vicars-choral of Lichfield,
two to the Bishop of Carlisle, one (Scropton) to a chantry in the parish
church, and one (Longford) to the sine cure rector.

Table

DERBYSHIRE.

Xlll

Table of Parishes.

Names of Parishes.

Hundred or Waptntaki'.

Deanery.

Chapels.

Chapels
destroyed.

Alfreton -

Vicarage

Scarsdale

Chesterfield

Ryddings.

Ashborne -

Vicarage

Wirksworth -

Ashborne

fAlsop in the 1
I Dale, P. j
Hognaston, P.

Clifton.

Yeldersley.

Parwich, P.

Ashover

Rectory

Scarsdale

Chesterfield

Dethick -

Lea.

Aston-on-Trent -

Rectory

f Morleston and!
I Litchurch J

Derby

Bakewell -

Vicarage

High-Peak -

High-Peak

Ash ford, P.
Baslow, P.
Beeley. P. - -
Buxton, P.
Chelmorton, P.
Great-Long.

stone, P.
Monyash, P.
Sheldon.
Taddington, P.

Harthill.

Barlborough

Rectory

Scarsdale

Chesterfield

Barrow - -

Vicarage

■ Morleston and \
Litchurch j

Derby

Twyford, P.

Barton-Blount -

Rectory

Appletree

Caatillar.

Beauchief-abbey
extra-par. in the
hundred of
Scarsdale and
deaneryofChes-
terfield;

Beighton -

Vicarage

Scarsdale

Chesterfield

Fenny-Bentley -

Rectory

Wirksworth -

Ashborne

Blackwell -

Vicarage

Scarsdale

Chesterfield

Bolsover

Vicarage

Scarsdale

Chesterfield

Glapwell.

Bonsall - -

Rectory

Wirksworth -

Ashborne

j Boylston -

Rectory

Appletree

Castillar

Bradborne -

Vicarage

Wirksworth -

Ashborne

Atlow, P. - -
Ballidon, P.
Brassington, P.
Tissington, P.

Aldwark.

i Bradley

Rectory

Appletree

Ashborne

r Osmaston

Brailsford -

Rectory

Appletree

Castillar

■J juxta
(. Ashborne.

' Breadsall -

Rectory

Appletree

Derby

1 Church-Broughton

Vicarage

Appletree

Castillar

{ Calke

Donative

Repton and Gresley

Repington

^ Carsington -

Rectory

Wirkswoi'th -

Ashborne

i Castleton -

Vicarage

High-Peak -

High-Peak

EdaleP.

' Chapel-en-le-Frith

Vicarage

High-Peak -

High-Peak

Chatsworth ex-
tra-par. in the
hundred and
deanery of
High-Peak.

Chellaston

XIV

DERBYSHIRE.

Names of Parisbcs.

Hundred or Wapentake.

Deanery.

Chapels.

Chapels

destroyed.

Chellaston - |

Perpetual
Curacy

Repton and 1
Gresley - j

Castillar

Chesterfield

Vicarage

Scarsdale

Chesterfield

Bramton, P. -
Brimington, P.
Temple-Nor-
nianton, P.
Wingerworth, P.

Chilcote,aehapel
of easetoClifton
Caniville in
Staffordshire.

Walton.

Clown - -

Rectory Scarsdale

Chesterfield

Crich - -

Vicarage

' Morleston and 7.
1 Litchurch, &c. )

Derby

Wake-
bridge, D.

Croxall - -

Vicarage

Repton and Gresley

Repington

Cubley - -

Rectory

Appletree - [

Castillar

S Marston-Mont;
igomery, P.

Dalbury -

Rectory

Appletree

Castillar

Dale- Abbey,
extra-par. in
the hundred of

Morleston and
Litchurch and
deanery of
Derby.

Darley

Rectory

f Wirksworthand '
I High-Peak

High-Peak

Derby

("Morleston and
I Litchurch -

Derby -

St. Mary's.

All-Saints

Vicarage

St. Alkmund -

Vicarage

Little-Eaton, P.
Quarndon, P.

St. Michael

Vicarage

. . -

Alvaston, P.

St. Peter - -

Vicarage

* " "

* "

Boulton, P.
Normanton, P.
Osraaston, P.

St. Werburgh -

Vicarage

Doveridge -

Vicarage

Appletree

Castillar

Dronfield -

Vicarage

Scarsdale

Chesterfield

Dore, P.
Holmsfield, P.

Duckmanton * -

Vicarage

Scarsdale

Chesterfield

Duffield

Vicarage

Appletree

Derby -

Helper, P.
Heage.
Holbrook.
Turndich.

Eckington -

Vicarage

Scarsdale

Chesterfield

Killamarsh, P.

Edensor

Donativet

High-Peak •

High- Peak

Edlaston -

Rectory

Appletree

Ashborne

Egginton -

Rectory

("Morleston and 1
I Litchurch J

Castillar

Elraton

Vicarage

Scarsdale

Chesterfield

• United with Sutton in the Dale.

■)■ It is called a vicarage in the Liber- Regis, but has long been deemed a donative. The

minister has no small tithes, but receives a stipend from the Duke of Devonshire, and is exempt

from episcopal jurisdiction,

Elraston

DERBYSHIRE.

NaiTies of Parishes.

Elvaston

EtwaJI
Eyam

GIossop

Church-Gresley /

Kirk-Hallam

West-Hallam.

Hartington
Hartsliorn -

Hatliersage

I Heanor

Heath
Hope

Horsley

Halt-Hucknall -

Ilkeston

Kirk-Ireton
Kedleston -

Kniveton • i

Langley -

Langwith -

Longford - ■}

Lullington -

Maekworth

Mappleton*
Marston-on-Dove
Matlodi -
Melbourne -

Morley

Morton

Mugginton

Norbury

Vicarage

Vicarage
Rectory

Hundred or Wapentake.

Deanery.

Vicarage

Perpetual
Curacy

Vicarage

Rectory

Vicarage
Rectory

Vicarage

Vicarage
Vicarage

Vicarage

Rectory

Perpetual

Curacy

Rectory

and Vic.

Vicarage

Rectory

Vicarage

Rectory

Vicarage

Rectory
Rectory

Rectory

f Morleston and
I Litchurch

Appletree

Hieh-Pe^ -

High-Peak -

Repton and Gres-

ley
f Morleston and
X Litchurch

{Morleston and
Litchurch

Wirksivortli -

Repton and Gresley
High-Peak -

("Morleston and

I Litchurch
Scarsdale
High-Peak -

{Morleston and
Litchurch
Scarsdale - '■

Derby

Castillar
High-Peak

High-Peak

Repington

Derby

Ashborne -
Repington

High-Peak

Derby

Chesterfield
High-Peak

Derby

Chesterfield

Chapels.

Chapels
destroyed.

f Hayfield
I Mellor, P

P. "1

f Morleston and 1
I Litchurch J

Wirksworth -

Appletree

> Wirksworth

( Morleston and 1
1 Litchurch J
Scarsdale

> Appletree

Repton and Gresley
1 Morleston and \
\ Litchurch J

Wirksworth -

Appletree

Wirksworth -

Repton and Gresley
f Morleston and J
I Litchurch J

Scarsdale

f Appletree, and!
< Morleston and >
L Litchurch J

Appletree

Derby

Ashborne
Derby

Ashborne

Derby

Chesterfield

Castillar -

Repington

Derby

Ashborne
Castillar -
Ashborne
Repington

Derby

Chesterfield

Derby

Ashborne

f Earls-
\ Sterndale.

C Darwent, P.
■i Stony-Middle
L ton, P.

Fairfield, P.
Denby, P.

HuUand Intakes,
extra-par.

Charlesworth,
now in the
hands of the
Independ-
ents.

f Drakelow
\ Hescote.

Allestrey, P.

Smalley, P.
Trinity.

St.Nicholas-
Alkmanton.

Hilton.

* United to the vicarage of Ashborne.

South-

XVI

DERBYSHIRE.

Names of Parishes.

Hundred oi Wapentake.

Deanery.

Chapels.

Chapels

destroyed.

South-Norraanton

Vicarage

Scarsdale

Chesterfield

Norton

Rectory

Scarsdale

Chesterfield

Ockbrook -

Vicarage

f Morleston and \
1 Litchurch j

Derby

Mickle-Over

Vicarage

1 Morleston and \
\ Litchurch J

Derby -

f Finderne, P.
ILittle-Over.P.

Peak-Forest, ex-
tra-par. in the
hundred and
deanery of
High-Peak.

1 Potlac.

Pentrich -

Vicarage

f Morleston and 7
1 Litchurch j

Derby

Pinxton

Rectory

Scarsdale

Chesterfield

Pleasley

Rectory

Scarsdale

Chesterfield

Shirebrook.

Radborne -

Rectory

Appletree

Derby

Ravenstone

Rectory

Repton and Gresley

Repington

Repton

}

Perpetual
Curacy

Repton and Gres-I
ley - - J

Repington

Bretby, P.
Foremark, P.
Meashani, P.
Newton-Sol- |
ny, P. - J
Smithsby, P.
Tickenhall, P.

Ingleby.

Sandiacre -

{

Perpetual
Curac3'

("Morleston and 1
\ Litchurch \

Derby

Sawley

Vicarage

f Morleston and 7
\ Litchurch J

Derby

Risley, P.
Breason.
Little-Wilne, P.
Long-Eaton.

Scarcliffe -

Vicarage

Scarsdale

Chesterfield

Palterton.

Scropton -

{

Perpetual
Curacy

Appletree

Derby

Shirland -

Rectory

Scarsdale

Chesterfield

Shirley

Vicarage

Appletree -

Derby

Yeavelej'.

Somersall-Herbert

Rectory

Appletree

Castillar

Spondon -

Vicarage

Appletree -

Derby

Chaddesden, P.
Locko, D.
Stanley, P.

St. Anne-

Stanton-by-Bridge

Rectory

Repton and Gresley

Repington

upon-Swar-
keston-

bridge.

Stanton-by-Dak

■

Perpetual
Curacy

Morleston and \
Litchurch j

Repington

Stapenhill -

Vicarage

Repton and Gresley

Repington

Caldwell, P. ,

Newhall.

Stavely

Rectory

Scarsdale

Chesterfield

Barlow, P.

Stretton-in-the-

Field

}

Rectory

Repton and Gresley

Repington

Sudbury

Rectory

Appletree

Castillar

Sutton-in-the-Dale i

Rectory

Scarsdale

Chesterfield

Sutton-i

DERBYSHIRE.

XVI 1

Hundred or Wajientake,

Deanery.

Chaptla.

Cliapels
destroyed.

Sutton-on-the-Hill

Vicarage

Appletree -

Castillar

Sn-arkston

Rectory

Repton andGresley

Repington

Thorp

Rectory

Wirkswortli -

Ashborne

Tibshelf -

Vicarage

Scarsdale

Chesterfield

Tideswell -

Vicarage

High-Peak -

High-Peak

Wormhill, P.

Trusley

Rectory

.Appletree

Castillar

Walton-on-Trent

Rectory

Repton and Gresley

Repington

Rosleston, P.

Weston-on-Trent

Rectory

f Morleston and '
l Litchurch

Derby

Whittington

Rectory

Scarsdale

Chesterfield

Steetly, an-

Whitwell -

Rectory

Scarsdale

Chesterfield

" 1

cientlyapa-
rish church.

Willesley -

Perpetual
Curacy

Repton and Gres-')
ley - - j

Repington

Willington -

Vicarage

f Morleston and 7
I Litchurch J

Derby

North-Winfield -

Rectory

Scarsdale

Chesterfield

South-Wiiiticld -

Vicarage

Scarsdale

Chesterfield

Limbury.

Wirksworth

Vicarage

Wirksworth -

Ashborne J

Alderwasley, D.
Cromford.

1 Biggia
(Cromford.

Youlgrave -

Vicarage

f Wirksworth and /
t High-Peak i

High-Peak

f Birchover,
-} alias Row-
i tor, D.
Elton, P.

Winster, P.

Monasteries, Colleges, and Ancient Hospitals.

The Austin canons had a considerable abbey at Darley, near Derby,
removed from St. Helen's, in the outskirts of that town. They had priories
also at Repton and Gresley ; the former priory had a cell at Calke. Dale
Abbey was originally inhabited by Austin canons ; these were soon suc-
ceeded by Premonstratensians, and it continued of that order till its dissq-
lution : the Premonstratensians had also an abbey at Beauchief. A piece
of ground at Ashborne was given for the erection of a cell for Cistertians
belonging to Mireval Abbey, in Warwickshire * ; but it does not appear
that the intention was ever carried into effect. The Cluniac monks oi'
Bermondsey had a cell at Derby : the Benedictine nuns had a priory at that

Vol. V.

• Hundred Roll, 2 Edw. I.
C

town.

xviu

DERBYSHIRE.

town. The Dominican friers had a priory also at Derby j the Austin friers
a priory at Breadsall. The Knights Hospitallers had preceptories at Bar-
row'^ and Yeaveley ; and it has been supposed that they had one also at
Waingrif. The brethren of St. Lazarus had a preceptory, or hospital at
Locko, formerly called Lokhay. The church of All Saints in Derby and
that of Bakewell, were collegiate. There were two ancient hospitals at Derby.
We have records of ancient hospitals also at Chesterfeld ; in the parish of
Longford, between Bentley and Alkmanton ; and in the High-Peak, be-
tween Hope and Castleton.

■Borough and Market Towns.

The only parliamentary borough in the county is that of Derby, which
has sent two members to parliament ever since the reign of Edwafd I.
The county also sends two members. There are now sixteen market-towns,
of which the following table will give the particulars. A list of Fairs is
subjoined.

Market-Towns.

Markei-E

Alfreton -

- Friday

Ashborne

- Saturday

Ashover -

- Thursday -

Bakewell -

- Friday

Belper

- Saturday ■

Buxton

- Saturday

Chapel-en-le-Frith

- Thursday •

Chesterfield

- Saturday

Crich

- Thursday ■

Cromford

Wednesday

Derby

_ f Friday
(.Wednesday

Heanor

- Wednesday

Ilkeston -

- Thursday

TideswfiU

- Wednesday

Winster -

- Saturday

Wirksworth

- Tuesday

Commodities.

Corn, butchers'-meat, &c.

Corn, provisions, &c.

Butchers'-meat ; only in the winter. (De-
clined.)

Small market for butchers'-meat, &c.

Butchers'-meat, and other provisions.

Corn and provisions.

Butchers'-meat, &c.

Corn (particularly wheat and oats), and
other provisions.

Corn, provisions, &c.
Corn, provisions, &c.

A great market for corn, and all sorts of
provisions.

Vegetables, butter, &c.

Butchers'-meat and provisions.

Vegetables, fruit, &c. (declined).

Butchers'-meat, &c.

Butchers'-meat, and other provisions.

*• We were led into an error by the account in Bishop Tanner's Notitia, and placed this at
BaiTOW in Che&hire, in a former volume.

Disused

DERBYSHIRE.

XIX

Disused Markets.

Aston-on-Trent - . .

Bolsover (discontinued about the

middle of the last century ) -

Castleton - - . .

Charlsworth in Glossop

Cubley - . . .

Dronfield (discontinued within me-
mory) _ . - .

Hartington . . .

Higham in Shirland (revived about
1750, again discontinued about
1785) - -

Hope (lately discontinued)

Meashain (discontinued within me
mory) . . - .

Melborne . . - •

Pleasley ....

Date of Gram.

41 Hen. HI. -

I lo Hen. HI. -

f Had been held by prescription "^
\ temp. Hen. IH. - - J

2 Edw. in. -
36 Hen. HI. -

{• Not known ...

5 John . - -

35 Edw. III. ; to be held within \
the manor of Shirland - \

Repton . - -

Ripley in Pentrich

Sandiacre -

Sawley (revived for some years be-
tween 1760 and 1770, since which
time it has been again discontinued

1715 -
I 4 Edw. II. -

I Edw. III. -

13 Edw. I. -
r Altered in 1330, at which time
< it was claimed by prescrip
I. tion.

«6 Hen. III. -

53 Hen. III. -

meT

}

43 Hen. III.

Day.

Tuesday.
Friday.

Wednesday.

Wednesday.'
Monday.

Thursday.

Wednesday.

Originally Wednesday,
afterwards Friday.

Saturday.

Tuesday.

Wednesday.
Monday.

Wednesday.

Wednesday. ,

Wednesday.

Tuesday.

Fairs.

Towns, Etc.

Alfreton

Ashborne -

Ashover
Bakewell -

On what day held.

Deacription.

Belper in
Bolsover

Buxton .

Duffield

20, Nov.
Feb. 13

For horses, horned cattle, &c.
, > Horses, horned cattle, and sheep.

July 31. -
'May 21, July 5, Aug. 16, Oct.

29, first Tuesday after Jan.

and April 3. -
Feb. 13, and Oct. 20., are noted horse fairs. The Feb. fair begins two days

before that date, and the Oct. fair three days before, for the sale of horses.

The fairs of April 3, and May 21, are noted for the sale of milch cows.

The Aug. and Nov. fairs, chiefly for the sale of fat cattle. Wool is sold

at the July fair, but it is the smallest in the year.
April 25, and Oct. 15. - - Horned cattle and sheep.

{Easter Monday, W hit-Monday, Aug. 26, ^
Mondiy after Oct. 11, and Monday > Horses, cattle, &c.
after Nov. 22. - - - J

Besides these, there are three great markets for fat cattle ; the days not fixed.
Jan. 28, May 15, and Oct. 31. - - Horned cattJe and sheep.

Easter Monday,
f Feb. 3d, April I, May 2, Sept. 8, and 7 p ,

t Oct. 28 J ^^^^^^'

c 2 Chapel-

DERBYSHIRE.

Towns, &.C. On what day held.

" Thursday before Old Candlemas-day, ">
March 3, March 29, Thurday before
Easter, April 30, Holy-Thursday, and |

Jctcrjption.

Cattle, &c.

Chapel-en-le-Frith <{

Chesterfield

Crich -

Cubley
Darley-FIash

Derby

Dronfield -
DufBeld

Glossop

Hayfield -

Higham -

Hope

Ilkeston

Matlock -

Newhaven-in-
Hartinglon

Pleasley -

Repton

Ripley

Tideswell -
Wirkiwortli

three weeks after, July 7, Thursday
after old Michaelmas-day, and Thursday
after old Martinmas-day
The July fair was formerly noted for the sale of wool. There was a fair
(now discontinued) the Thursday before St. Bartholomew's day, for
sheep and cheese.
"Jan. 27, Feb. 28, the first Saturday inT

April, May 4, July 4, Sept. 25, and > Cattle, &c.
Nov. 25. - - - - J

The February fair is chiefly for horses, particularly those of the draught
kind ; the Michaelmas fair has a large supply of cheese, apples, onions,
l_ &c. The November fair is chiefly for hiring servants.

f Horses, cows,sheep,pigs, wool-
April 6, and Oct. II. - - - -J len-clotlis, cotton goods, and

(, pedlar's wares.
C Formerly famous for fat ho^,
I much declined.
May 13, and Oct. 27. - - Cattle audsheep.

' Monday after Jan. 6, Jan. 2 J, March 21 andT
22, Friday in Easter-week, Friday after 1
May I, Friday in Whitsun-week, July ^ Cattle, &c.
25, Sept. 27, for three days, and Friday
before Oct. 1 1 . - - - J

Those of March and October are great cheese fairs.

Nov. 30.

April 25.
f Thurday
I March

after New Year's-day,

Cows, sheep, &c.
^"_'*} Cattle.

May 6.

V May 1 1 .

(.July 23.

f Horned cattle, wooden and tin
\ wares.
For cattle, horses, and sheep.
- - - Sheep and wool,

f The first Wednesday afler New Year's- 1 u 1 j..

I day J

["March 28, (a new fair) - - For rjttle.

I May 13. - - - - For cattle and hiring servants.

The day preceding the second Wednes- 1 t^ , 1 ..1 , u

J • -^ . f , , " / <•..;, ^ > For horned cattle and sheep,

day m beptember (a new fair; - J r

Oct. II. - - - - A small cattle fair.

March 6, Thursday in Whitsun-week . Cattle.

Feb. 25, April 2, May 9, Oct. 4. - \^°' ^f"le, swine, sheep, and

^' *^ ' •' ^' ^ I pedlars wares.

f The second Tuesday in September, and 7 Horned cattle, sheep, and all
I Oct. 31.

May 6, and Oct. 29.

Michaelmas - - -

f Wednesday in Eastcr-week, Oct. 23.
I The last is a great fair for foals.
. May .5 the second Wednesday in Sept., } p^^ ,^^^^^j
\ and Oct. 29. - ~ - 3 ' r>

J The two last are also for cheese ; the October fair was formerly noted for
I an abundant supply of calves, but has of late years fallen off.
f Shrove-Tucsday, May 12, Sept. 8, and J Forhornedcattle, sheep, horses,
-J the second Tuesday in October - J and pedlars' wares.

(, The November fair is also for hiring servants.

Disiised

J kinds of hardware.
f For fat and lean cattle, horses,
\ and sheep.
Statute fair for hiring servants.

Horses and cattle.

DERBYSHIRE. xxi

Disused Fairs.

Date of Grant. Day.

Aston - - - 41 Hen. III. - - - St. Peter ad vinculo, for three days.

Charlsworth - - 2 Edw. III. - . - St. Mary Magdalen.

Measham - - 4 Edw. II. . - . \ Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr,

^ I three days.

Melborne - - -f '"^ Hen. III. - - - Nativity of the Virgin Mary for five days,

" 1 1 Edw. III. - - - St. Michael for three days.
Repton - . Claimedbyprescription ini33o, July I.
Sandiacre - - 53 Hen. III. . - - St. Giles, eight days.

( St. Michael, three days. The fair was held
.Sawley - - 43 Hen. III. - - -J latterly ^fov. 12, O. S. and was noted

(, for the sale of mares and foals.

Population.

Venerable Bede, who wrote before the year 730, estimated the number
of famihes in that part of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, which was north
of Trent ' at 7000.

The number of lay persons inDerbyshire, assessed in theyear i377to a poll-
tax, from which none but mendicants and children under fourteen years of age
were exempted, was 24,289; the number of the religious of both sexes, who
were taxed separately, was 456. Mr. Pilkington, who had been taking consi-
derable pains to ascertain the population of the county ; and for some years
previously to the publication of his work in 1789 ^ had procured an actual
enumeration of the inhabitants °, as well as the houses ", in several parishes,
makes the number of inhabitants 124,465 ; in 1801, they were 161,142 ; in
181 1, 185,487; according to the returns made to parliament at those

periods,

' (North Mercia) See Bede's Ecclesiastical History, in Scriptores Vetustiores, p. 213.
' His collections on this subject seem to have been made mostly in 1783 and 1784.

* Besides the town of Derby, (see the Parochial History,) the parishes where the inhabitants
were enumerated, were Doveridge 750, Hartshorn 406, Melbourne 1410, Mickle-Over 864, and
Whittington 605.

* The following Table will exhibit the number of houses in each parish, according to
Mr. Pilkini,-toii'; enumeration, made in 1783, 1784, &c.

Alfreton .'. 444 BaJiewell (and its cha- ; Blackwell 73

Appleby ; in tilt' Derby- pelrits 1 1 1220 J5(,|s„vi.r 236

shire part) I 59 Bariborou^rh 128 Bonsa!! 240

Ashborne and its cha- ) I'mirow 64 Boyiston jo

pelries J 737 Barton-Blount 5 Bradbonie and its cha- J ^

Ashover 365 Beighton 115 pelries J

Aston on-Trent ^.„..,. 354 Fenny-Bentlej 26 Bradley , ..„.. 46

Brailsford

XXIl

DERBYSHIRE.

periods, exhibiting an increase of more than 60,000 inhabitants in little
more than thirty years. This is to be attributed to the great extension
of manufactures, particularly at Derby, Belper, the parishes of Glossop,
Chesterfield, and its neighbourhood, and the villages on the Nottingham-
shire side of the county.

Brailsford 148

Breadsall 58

Church-Broughton 4.8

Calke 1 3

Carsington 46

Castleton 238

Chapel-en-le- Frith 420

Chellaston 42

Chesterfieldanditscha-7 ,<.„

pelries j

Chilcote 1 4

Clown 78

Crich 233

Croxall 16

Cubley « 1 3 1

Dalbury 3 7

Dale 52

Darley 381

Derby

St. Alkmund and its 7 ^
chapelries j ^

All Saints 531

St. Michael and Al- 7 ^g^
vaston (

St. Peter and its cha- 7
J, pelries J '*'

St.Werburgh 398

Doveridge 145

Dronfieldand its cha- (

pelries ( '"^

Duckmanton 53

Duffield and its cha- ? .-g-

pelries S

EckingtonandKillamarsh 793

Edensor 1 15

Edlaston 34

Egginton 151

Elmton 52

Rlvaston 78

Etwall 90

Eyam 266

Glossop and its chapelries 1121

Gresley I2l

Kirk-Hallam 50

West-Hallam 56

Hartington 319

Hartshorn 76

Hathersage 272

Heanor , iC'^

Heath .'. 64

Hope and its chapelries.... 523

Horsley and Denby 344

Halt-Hudtnall 98

Ilke$ton..„ 272

Kirk-Ireton 1 20

Kedleston 19

Langley 60

Langwith 24

Longford 121

Lullington 1 10

Mackworth and Allestrey 105

Mappleton 161

Marston-on-Dove 129

Matlock 373

Melbourne 286

Morley 148

Morton 54

Mugginton 108

Norbury 1 10

South-Normanton 12 1

Norton 278

Ockbrook 104

Mickle-Over 191

Packington (in the Der- 7

byshire part) J ^

Pentridge 230

Peak-Forest 95

Pinxton 70

Pleasley 82

Radborne .., 32

■Repton and its chapel- 1
ries, including Mea- ( Ir f
sham, Smithsby, and I '

Ticknall J

Sandiacre 68

Sawley and its chapelries 406

ScarclifF .u 82

Scropton 81

Shirland 176

Somersall 17

Spondon and its cha- 7

pelries f *

Stanton-by-Bridge 31

Stanton-by-Dale 58

Stapenhill and its cha- 7

pelries j

Staveley and Barlow„..„ 387

Stretton ir

Sudbury „ 66

Sutton-on-the-Hill 78

Sutton-in-the-Dale 23

Swarkston 38

Thorp 28

Tibshelf 1 1 ^

Tideswell 254

Trusley 10

Walton-on-Trent 106

Wesfon-on-Trent 73

Whittington 13^.

Whitwell 1 38

Willesley,... j

Willington 36

North-Winfield 277

South- Winfiekl 127

Wirksvvortli and its 7

chapelries j 99'

Youlgrave and its cha- 7 ,
pelries | ^37^

Alfreton

DERBYSHIRE.

xxni

Parishes,

Inhabited Houses.

1801.

Alfreton

Appleby* ;..,

4 Ashborne ,

Chapeln'es of

Alsop-in-the-Dale ....,

Hognaston

Parwich

Townsliips of

Offcote and Underwood .

Clifton and Compton ,

Hulland

Newton-Grange

Sturston

Yeldersley

439

443

137

Total of the parish of Ashborne... 919

Ashover

Chapelry of Dethick with Lea, >
and the hamlet of HoUoway.. J

Total of the parish of Ashover,..,

Aston

Townships of

Shardlow and Wilne

Total of the parish of Aston-on- '
Trent

417
108

525

72
108

180

Bakewell

Chapelries of

Ashford

Baslow, with the township of j

Bubnell (

Beeley „,„

Bux-ton f „ „

Chelmorton ,

Great-Longstone ,

Monyash

Sheldon

Taddington

Townships or liberties of

Blackwell ,

Brushfield

Calver

Curbar

280

167

58
170

34
81
66
28
85

105

i«ii.

._.

541

444

7
58
94

51
136

36
3

86
40

Families.

955

453
116

441
99

479

55
89

'43

I
81
32

644

471

7
61

51
137
44
3
86
46

Number of Iniiabitai.is

180I.

569

III

142
253

967

1,000

448
108

556

292

IZ3
172

180

47
93
60

109
112

495

117

612

112

'55

221

267

286

134

167

172

44
83
76
28
85

7
105
40

298

123

172

180

97
60

32
89

104
.67

2,301

457
2,006

70
262
450

220
627
146

360
187

iSii.

4>337

2,119
509

2,628

3.396
2,112

288
485

257
663
214

15
387
210

41692

2'377
487

2,864

467
580

532

750

.047

1,412

678
817

268
760
201
389
330
127
284

494

1 88

1,282

1,485

624
920
272
934
245
489

316
515

59
51

555
364

* No separate return was made for the Derbyshire part of this
that the inhabitants of that part were supposed to be then about
ij- Part of Buxton is in the parish of Hope.

parish in 181 1, but it is stated
5JO.

BakewcJl

XXIV

DERBYSHIRE.

Parislif

Bakewell — continued.

Flagg

Froggatt

Upper-Haddon ...,

Harthill

Hassop

Little-Longstone .

Rowland ,

Rowsley ,

Wardlow*

Total of the parish of Bakewell..

Barlborough •

Barrow-on-Trent

Chapelry of Tu-yford, with the 7

township of Stenson j

Townships of Arleston and (

Synfin j

Total of the parish of Barrow..

Barton-Blount

Beauchief-Abbey, extra-par.

Beighton

Fenny-Bentley

Blackwell

li)hai)ite(i Houses.

180I.

181I.

43
8

27
3'
25
38
32

38
21

31
31
25
39
37

1.520

123
5'
29

Bolsover

Township of Glapwell.,

Total of the parish of Bolsover...

Bonsall

Boylston

Bradborne

Chapelries of

Allow

Ballidon

Brassington ,

Tissington ..
Townships of

Aldwark

Lea-Hall ....

Total of the parish of Bradborne

Bradley ,

136

36
88

243
22

265

268
42

136

»5

306

1,596

118
56
43

1 10

•5

144

244
23

267

277
54

J 46

16
3

3'6

Far'.nlu

1801.

36
20

47
8

27
31
25
38
35

1,561

•3?

53
33

145

251
22

273

279
5>

144

18
3

3'8

38
21
52
10

31
31
26

1,624

'3'

56
43

110

10
>5

39
90

244
23

267

278
59
37

•9

146

16
3

322

5»

Number of Inliabltanla.

180I.

161

103

204

113
152
lOI

218
132

• Part of Wardlow is in the parish of Hope,

7.27'

t.77
268

157
58

483

61
102

634

180
420

1,091
109

1,200

1,204
253
>57

137

560

455

68
20

J>477

3'2

1811.

168
102
238

54
144
142
117
199
162

8,280

609

287
230

71
588

66
98

717
192
429

1,043
103

1,146

1,278
327
190

159

650

484

74
24

1,673

Brailsford

DERBYSHIRE.

XXV

Parishes.

Brailsford

Chapelry of Osniaston .

Total of the parish of Brailsford

Breadsall

Church-Broughton

Calke

Carsiiigton

Castleton

Chapelrv of Edale

Total of the parish of Castleton..

Chapel-en-le-Frith ....

Townships of

Bowden-Edge ...

Bradshaw-Edge.,

Coomb's-Edge ...

Total of the parish of Chapel-
en-le-Frith

Chellaston

Chesterfield

Chapelries of

Brampton

Brimington

Temple-Kormanton

Wiiigerworth

Townships of

Calow

Hasland

Newbold and Dunston ,

Tapton

Walton

Total of the parish of Chester-
field

Chilcote chapelry ,
Clown.

Crich

Townships of

Tansley

Wessington .

Total of the parish of Crich.,
Vol. V.

Inhabited Houses.

1801.

123
52

175

93
76
12

43
198

273

170

249

474

46
895

409

107

49
129

3'
134

2,035

272

81
113

466

130
61

191

95
80

210

290

206
312

589

54
95 »

444

117

62
150
174

24
133

2=177

98
361

84
70

515

Faniili(

127
52

179

lOI

198

274

177

z6i

493

917

419

'15

49
136
163

137

2,091

33
108
284

82
1 12

478

137
62

199

210

290

214
316

601

973

458

119

62
150

175

140

2,223

38
105
380

87
70

537

Number of Inliabitanis.

648
225

873

414
420
96
190
843

397

1,240

902

1,329

276

2,507

205
4,2067

2,047

503
141

500

269
560
781
148
661

9.877

168

484

i>4i3

381
51'

2-305

1811.

709
253

962

478

463

242

931

387

,318

1,076
1,59'

375

3,042

261
4.476

2,260
526
151
479

327
697

841
127
720

10,604

194

515

1,828

370
373

2,571

CroxalJ

XXVI

DERBYSHIRE.

Parishes.

Inhabited Houses.

Families.

Number of InhabltanU.

1801.

1811.

1801.

1811.

180I.

iSn.

Croxall

22
6

24
6

137
65

154
58

Township of Catton ,

Total of the parish of Croxall..
Cubley

202

212

75
85

71
76

75
85

71 •
76

431
438

385
381

Chapelry of Marston-Montgo- 1
mery j

Total of the parish of Cubley....
Dalbury

160

147

160

147

869

766

210

139

204
135

218

'39

219

135

187
414

1,077 -
620

210
412

990
617

Dale-Abbey, extra-parochial

Darlev •

Townships of Wensley and 1
Snitterton ; J

Total of the parish of Darley....

Derby —

St. Alkmund.

349

339

357

354

1,697

1,607

411

69
59

92
29

576

116
35

444

85
60

107
38

600

84
85

129
35

2,002

395
357

615
181

2,516

429

427

796
"73

Chapelries of

Lit tie- Eaton

Quardon

Townships of

Darley- Abbey

Little-Chester

Total of the parish of St. 1
Alkmund j

All Saints

660

888

734

933

3.550

4.34"

564

146

559

170

75
245

693
67

690
231

2,862
771
303

3,211
815
34"

St. Michael

Chapelry of Alvaston

Total of the parish of St. 1
Michael j

St Peter

210

252

308

1,074

1,156

459

23
44
21

555

29
45
23
15

486

23
52
21

578

29
49
23
15

2,231

108

214

114

2,696

116

230

112

Chapelries of

Boulton ,

Normanton ,,,,,

Osmaston

Township of Litchurch

Total of the parish of St. 7
Peter 3

St. Werbureh

555

667

590

694

2,702

3.206

564

784

633

825

2,966

3.805

Total of the town of Derby

2,144

2,644

2,441

2,924
3.350

10,832

13.043

Total of the several parishes!
•f Derby J

2.553

3.143

S.902

J3''54

15.719

Derby-

DERBYSHIRE.

XXVll

Parishes.

Derby-Hills, extra-parochia! ,

Doveridge

Dronfield <

Chapelries of

Dore

Holmsfield ,

Townships of"

Coal- Aston

Little-Barlow ,

Totley

Unston ,

Total of the parish of Dronfield

Duckraanton, with Sutton

Duffield

Chapelries of

Helper

Hcage

Holbrook ....

Turndich ....
Townships of

Hazlewood.,

Shottle

Windley

Total of the parish of DufBeld.,

Eckington

Chapelry of Killamarsh.,

Total of the parish of Eckington

Edensor

Township of Pilsley.,

Total of the parish of Edensor.,

Edlaston

and
Township of Wyaston

Egginton

Elmton

Elvaston .'

Etwall

Township of
Barrowcote .

Inhabited Housei.

i8or.

142
231

83
76

43
II
48
69

561

96
312

831
208

93
46

107

1,686

597
125

722

132

18
16

58
84

1811.

155

267

94
II

659

114
359

1,023

234
102

"3
29

Fa">uies.

I»OI.

12
151

234

43
II

48
69

1,992

567

603
133

736

96
324

852

218

56
112

1.749

87
37

124

55
88

629
132

761

104
40

'44

19
39
70
58

1811.

161

269

84
78

94
13

664

117
387

i,i66

247

105

75
116

2,192

620
148

768

lOI

141

Number of Inhabitants.

55
95
92

722

1,182

375
338

244

44
206

352

2,741

515
1,656

4,500
979
559
272

?02
556

i86

9,010

2,694
576

3,270

439
166

605

164

360
261
465
504

1811.

800

1.343

398

386

260

238

439
3.'i5

619
1,882

5.778
1,210

541
323

348
636

.'35

10,853

2,889
632

3.521

439
162

601

202

357
282

438

393

Cl 2

EtwaU

XXVlll

DERBYSHIRE.

Parishes.

Inhabited Houses.

Families.

Number of Inhabitants.

i8oi.

1811.

1801.

1811.

180I.

1811.

Etwall — contimced

117

132

Total of the parish of Etwall....

105

107

124

621

555

196

213
58

196
65

213
64

817
301

1,000
332

Township of Foolow

Total of the parish of Eyatn....

254

271

261

277

1,118

1.332

494

270

150

287

154
192

721

272

489

174
245

505
301

155

361

^56
192

721
331

532
180
245

2.759
1,670

866

1.878

738
972

4,012
1,760

2,801

938
1,286

Mellor

Townships of Ludworth and '
Chisworth, in the chapelry ■
of Mellor

Townships of Beard, 011erset,T
Whittle, and Thornsett, part- 1
ly in the chapelry of Mellor, j
and partly in that of Hay field J

Townships "of Chinley, Bugs-'
worth, and Brownside, in the ■
chapelry of Hayfield

Townships of Great-Hamlet,'
Phoside, and Kinder, in the -
chapelry of Hayfield

Total of the parish of Glossop...
Church-Gfesley

1.547

1,901

1,670

2,009

8,883

10,797

18
10
40
61
44

23
10

53
61

245

11+

94
230
281
216

• 23s

119

77
242

296

Townships of

Drakelow

Linton...,

Total of the parish of Church- 1
Gresley J

Kirk-Hallam

206

190

240

199

1,180

969

13
55

15
56

83
275

109
319

Total of the parish of Kirk- 7
Hallam J

WpBt-Hallam

358

428

118

113

■34

584

^39

f In the returns of 1811, Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe are given together, as follows; but it
is observed that the Derbyshire part of the latter is partly in Measham chapelry : —

Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe | — | 125 || — | 125 || — | 666

Hartingtoa

DERBYSHIRE.

XXIX

Parislu

Hartington ,

Sterndale .

Middle, with Earl-

— Nether.,

— Upper ..

Total of the parish of Hartington
Hartshorn

Hathersage

Chapelries of

Darwent

Stony-Middleton
Townships of

Bamford

Oucseats

Nether-l'adley

Total of the parish of Hather- "J
sage 5

Heanor

Townships of

Codnor

Codnor-Castle and Park.,
Shipley

Total of the parish of Heanor.,

Heath.,

Hope

Chapelry of Fairfield....
Townships of

Abney

Aston and Thornton.

Bradwell

Brough and Shatton .

Fernilee

Grindlow

Hazlebadge

High-low

Great-Hucklow

Little-Hucklow

Offerton

Stoke

Thornhill

Wardlow

Woodland-Eyam

Woodlands <

Inhabited Houses.

1801.

181I.

345

1 12
106

23
89

294

125

159
59
83

426

Total of the parish of Hope.,

214

18
69

23
II

32
36
38

755

74
69

73
163

379

140
1 12

20
103

317

341

207

100

739

89
97

225

17
69
24
12

8
47
52

5
13
23
37
40

838

Familie

180I.

75
70

63
'53

361

112
113

23
89

34
40

304

166

172
65
85

488

79
84

216

69
23
1 1

35
36
37

i8:i.

81
69

177

400

145
113

103

3'9

346

225

108

772

93
99

25
21

237
18
70

24
12

13
25

37
40

Number of Inhabitants.

762

863

1 801.

369
376

318
655

1,718

580
498

«35

404

173

186

1,424

1,061

828
309
433

2,631

378

394
356

J 45
116

955

346

101

171

174
30
68

132
163

239

3.559

1811.

477

396

421
682

1,976

695

570

126
513

190

193

1,631

1,912

1,103

708
563

4,286

362

440
482

137

1 10

1,074

89
368
III
63
34
218
200

125

162

175
233

4,125
Horsley

XXX

DERBYSHIRE.

Parishes.

Horsley

Chape!-y of Denby

Townsh'ps v>f

Horsley- Woodhovse .

Kilbani

Total of the parish of Horsley.,

Halt-Hucknall, including the 1
township of Stainsby J

HuUand-Waicl, extra-parochial ....

Hulland-Ward Intakes

Ilkeston

Kirk-Ireton

Township of Ireton-Wood

Total of the parish of Kirk- ]
Ireton I

Inhabited Houses.

180I.

106

103
78

44'

Kedleston

Kniveton

Langlcy, with the township of j
Meyiiell-Langley j

Langwlth

Longford

Townshi])s of

Alkmanton

Hungrv-Bentley

Hollington

Rodsley

Total of the parish of Longford

Lullington

Township of Coton-in-the-Elms...

Total of the parish of Lullington

Mackworth

Chapelry of Allestrey....,
Township of Markeaton.,

Total of the parish of Mackworth
Mappleton

Marston-on-Dove .
Township of
HattoD

97
36

487

107
20

127

26
60

87
3'

15
10

171

56
54

1811.

Ill
163

103
90

467

50
II

599

III

Familie

1801

60
70
34

164

36
16

140

25
65
89

12
1 1
52
23

191

56
59

115

74
35

175

33
15

158

104
83

458

105
41

518

107
24

'31

26
60

87
33
80

15
1 1

1811.

Ill
168

105
92

476

«74

I'J

67
81
36

184

36
16

108

602

III

143

31
65

12
II

52
32

Number of Inliabitants.

1801.

551

881

551

374

2,357

199

56
58

114

66
74
38

178

33
17
J8

492
176

2,422

512

126

638

'38
285

483
156
414

219

»i5

895

245
248

493

537
916

580
410

2,443

305
350
184

839_
162

100
299

511

248

35
2,970

544
165

709

144
301

5i8

'40
481

259
161

[,042

259
253

512

372
380
199

95 »

178

252

Marston*

DERBYSHIRE.

XXXI

Parishes.

Inhabited Houses.

Famines.

Number of Inhabiiauts.

180I.

1811.

180I.

1811.

180I.

1811.

Marston-on-Dove — continued

Townships of Hilton

77
4

98
4

371
41

465
S5

Hoon

Total of the parish of Marston- "^
on-Dove j

Matlock

133

152

139

157

811

844

475

352

47
109

523

395

50
128

475

370

551
415

52
130

2.354
1,861

256
618

2,490
2,003

239
646

Melborne

Morley ,

Chapelry of Smalley

Total of the parish of Morley...
Morton

,;6

178

163

182

874

885

24
63

109

136
322

^Township of Brackenfield *

Total of the parish of Morton...
Muffffinton

'—

—

458

19
8

29t

31
8

308

153
52

237

317

144

49
267t

Mercaston

Ravensdale.Park

Weston-Undervvood

Total of the parish of Mugginton
Norbury and Roston

136

io3t

139

108

750

111

62
82

79
87

73
82

155

8:
89

384

443

425
449

Chapelry of Snelston

Total of the parish of Norbury..

144

166

170

827-

874

136
306
161

62
61

164
300
143

108

69
65

143
306

177

98
63

164

305
165

117

69
65

719

1,446

827

507

3«8
319

848

1.527

934

587

339
352

Norton

Mickle-Over „

Chapelries of

Findern

Little-Over

Total of the parish of Mickle- 1
Over j

220

242

226

251

1,144

1,278

30
126

43
130

30
126

50
132

124

607

243
626

Peak-Forest, extra-parochial

* There were no returns for Brackenfield in 1801.
t There must have been some mistake in these numbers in the returns.

I'entrich

xxxn

DERBYSHIRE.

Parishes.

Inhabited Houses.

180I.

Pentrich

Township of Ripley.

Total of the parish of Pentrich..

109
194

303

Pinxton I 99

Pleasley ' 84

46
64

228

Radborne..
Ravenston.

Repton

Chapelries of

Bretby

Foreraark

Measham

Newton-Sohiey

Smithsby

Ticknall

Township of Ingleby.

Total of the parish of Repton.
Sandiacre

Sawley

Chapelries of

Breaston

Long-Eaton.

Risley

Townships of

Draycot *

Hopwell

Total of the parish of Sawley..

Scarcliff.

Scropton

Shirland

Shirley

Townships of

Stydd

Yeaveley

Total of the parish of Shirley.,

48
II

210
42
60

229
24

852

83
HS

125

135

521

227

Somersall 19

122
256

378

104

109

321

55
II

254
55
66

248
27

1,037

104
169

124

163
3

599

263

5
46

107

lilies.

18OI.

124
213

337

47
64

279

48
1 1

226
42
61

244
25

936

89
15'

73
128

143
4

542

245

1811.

139
259

398

no
96
46

114

330

55
1 1

281

248

1,077

105

176

131

163
3

618

95
263

5
46

Number of Inhabitants.

iSoi.

670
1,091

1,763

463

473
270
194

1,424

265

1,136

i8i

235

1,125

132

4>575

405

720

379
504
225

690
35

2.553

452

476

1,008

244

29
192

465

Probably the village of Little-Wilne is included in this enumeration.

726
1.439

2,165

548
527
247
43 •
1,648

341

1,525

259

277
1,166

117

5,406

495
823

457
580
240

892
23

3>oi5

454

494

I. '97

302

29
231

562

107

SpondoQ

DERBYSHIRE.

xxxni

Pariihes.

Spondoii

Chanelries of
Chaddesden
Stanley

Total of the parish of Spondon...

Stanton-by-Dale ....
Stanton-by-Bridge .

Stapenhill

Townships of

CaVlwell

Stapton and Newhall.

Total of the parish of Stapenhill

Stavely

Chapelry of Barlow.,

Total of the parish of Stavely.,

Stretton

Sudbury

Sutton-in-the-Dale (See Duck-'
manton ) ^

Sutton-on-the-Hill

Townships of Osleston and "
Thurvaston ^

Total of the parish of Sutton-'
on-the-Hill

Inhabited Houses.

iSoi.

361

1811.

100

18
160

278

326
115

Swarkston .

Thorp

Tibshelf

Tideswell

Chapelry of Wormhill.,
Townships of

Litton

Whetstone

Total of the parish of Tideswell

Trusley

WaltoR-on-Trent

Chapelry of Rosleston ,

Total of the parish of Walton-
on-Trent

Vol. V.

441

55
76

25
42

47
29

133

284

78
10

422

17
49

117

202

104
65

371

33
99

29
190

318

368
118

486

20
89

25
50

135

271

427

78
55

133

Families.

1801.

107
56

363

102

30
162

294

334
139

483

55
89

27
51

49
29

141

301

5»

79
10

44'

18
76
51

127

208

104
65

377

72
33
99

29
212

340

387
131

S18

100

23
'39

271
60

85
1 1

427

17
90
56

146

Numbtr of Inlialiitants.

180I.

865

502
254

1,621

314
167

457

170
798

i>425

I '65 3
552

2,205

212
536

125
263

388

256
152
661

i'35i

234

438

2,070

148

343
255

598

i»ii.

943

506
289

1,738

356

170

447

137
946

1,530

i>793
609

2,402

138
525

123
291

265

'5'

705

1,219
295

458
66

2,038

408

274

682

WestoH"

XXXlV

DERBYSHIRE.

Parishes.

Weston-on- Trent

Whittington

Whitwell

Willesley ,

Willington

North-Winfield

Townships of

Clay-Lane

Pilsley

Stretton

Tupton

Woodthorp

Total of the parish of North- 1
Winfield j

South-Wmfield ,

Winshill in Burton-on-Trent

Wirksworth

Chapelries of

Alderwasley

Cromford

Townships of

Ashley-Hay ,.

Biggin ,

Callow ,

Hopton

Ible

Ideridgehay and Aulton

Iron-brook-Grange *

Middleton

Total of the parish of Wirks- 1
worth 3

Youlgrave

Chapelries of

Elton

Winster

Townships of

Birchovcr ...,<

Gratton

Middleton and Sinerrill

Stanton

Total of the parish of Youlgrave

Inhabited Houses.

76
136
162

9
52
51

59
53
91
39
34

327

167

57
660

57
207

46
25
15
18
16
28

154

1,226

154

99
190

'38

654

1811.

133

153

94
48
90

39
45

371

175
64

744

70
230

20
21

30
6

139

1.345

172

lOI

188

137

666

Families.

180I.

77
139
166

9
61

59
56
94

345

174
62

70J

68
283

46
25
15
18
18
28

•57

1 .363

155

100
190

'44

662

1811.

133
162

94
48

97
39
45

378

186

762

70
260

44
28
18
20
23
30
6

178
1j439

174

104
199

21
6

42
140

686

Number of Inhabitants.

1801.

* No return was made for this township in 1801.

380

663

782

305
240

Hi
263
440
218

201

1.705

898

309
2,978

347
1,115

198

123

134
693

5,862

686

401

753

125

35
183
603

2,786

362
627
707
57
35°
254

422
254

390
216

207

>>743

987

317

3.474

365
1.259

214
.48
105

113
116

159

6,883
852

434

847

116

37
208
656

3.150

Division

DERBYSHIRE.

XXX v

Division of Property at the Time of the Domesday Survey.

When the Domesday Survey was taken, the King held twenty-one manors
in this county in demesne ; and one other was held under the crown,
the Bishop of Chester had two ; the Abbot and convent of Buxton six ;
Roger de Poictou four ; one manor was held under him ; Henry de Ferrars,
ancestor of the Earls of Derby, of that name, held forty-nine manors in
demesne, and forty-one were held under him ; William Peverel held six in
demesne, six others were held under hira ; Walter Deincourt held six
in demesne; Geoffry Alselin had four in demesne, and two were held
under him ; Ralph Fitzhubert held eleven manors in demesne, and eicht
others were held under him ; Ralph de Burun had four in demesne
a fifth was held under him ; Ascoit Musard held five in demesne •
two manors were held under Gilbert de Gand, the Conqueror's nephew •
Nigel de Stafford held nine manors in demesne ; Robert Fitzwilliam, one •
Roger de Busli had four in demesne, and four others were held under
him. The King's Thanes held twenty-two manors immediately of the
crown.

The following table will shew more particularly who were proprietors of
the several manors and lands, both at the time of the Survey and in that
of Edward the Confessor. The modern names of the several estates are
annexed, as far as they could be ascertained.

Ancient Names of Manors
and Lands.

Achetorp ...
Adclardestreu, a ber- 7
wick of Markeaton J
jElwoldestun

.lEstun

Aidele, a berwick of]
Hope - - J

Aiseforde
Aitone

Aitun - . _

Aiune

Alchcmentune -

Modern Names.

Oakthorp
Allestrey -
Elvaston
Aston-on-Trent

Edale -

Ashford
Long-Eaton -

Eaton-on-Dove

Eyara

Alktnanton

Possessors in the Reign of
£dward the Confessor.

Ernvin -
Earl Siward
Tochi -

The King -
The King

Uluric -
Caschin
Uluiet -

Possessors when the Survey of
Domesday was taken.

e 3

Nigel de Statford.

Hugh, Earl of Chester.

GeofFry Alselin.
f Uctebrand, under the
1 King.

The King.

The Bisiiop of Chester.

{Alcher, under Henry
de Ferrars.
The King.

f Ralph, under Henry
' 1 de Ferrars.

Alewoldestune

XXXVl

DERBYSHIRE.

Ancient Names of Manors
and Lands,

Alewoldestune -
Aneise, a berwick of]
Bakewell - J

Apleby
Badequella
Banford
Barcovere

Barctune

Barewe - -
Barleie - -

Barleburgh

Barwe . . .
Basselau, a berwick of 1
Bakewell - J
Bectune

Begelie ...

Belesovre

Belidene

Benedlege, a berwickl
of Ashborne - J

Beneleie ...

Berceles, a berwick 1

of Bakewell - J
Berewardescote, or 1

Berverdescote . j
Berleie, a berwick of 7

JQfcrley - J

Berverdescote -
Blachewelle, a ber-l

wick of Bakewell )
Blanghesbi
Boilestun

Boletune ...
Bolun
Bradeourne
Bradclei, an append- 7

age of DufEeld J

Bradestune

Bradewelle
Braidelei

Braideshale

Braidestune -

Modern Names.

Alvaston

Oneash

Appleby
Bakewell
Bamford
Birchover

Barton-Blount

Barrow
Barlow

Barlborough
Barrow
Baslow
Beightoii

"-}

Beeley
Bolsover
Ballidon
Fenny-Bentley

Hungry-Bentley

Birch-hlUs near

Edcnsor
Berwardscote or 7

Barrowcote - J
Burley-fields in the 7

parish of Darley J
Barrowcote

Blackwell -

Boylston
Boulton

Bradborne

Possessors in the Reign of
Edward ihe Conlessor.

Breaston

Bradwell
Bradley

Breadsall
{• Breaston

Tochi
The King

f Two persons of"!
< the name of Go- >
L dricand others J

Hacon

Lcuric and Uctred

Levenot

Godwin and Colegrl

Steinulf

Swain

Godric

Leuric

Leuric and Levenot

Uluiet and Ulcliel -
Gamel and others -

{

Steinulf

Godric and Levenot

Levenot -

Eluric

Siward

Levenot Sterre

Leving and others -
Aluric and Lewin -

Siward -

Ligulf and Lewin Cilt

Possessors when the Survey of
Domesday was (aken.

Geoffry Alselin.

The King.

The Abbot of Burton.
The King.
Ralph Fitzhubert.
Henry de Ferrars.

Ralph, under Henry de
de Ferrars.

f The King and Ralph

\ Fitzhubert.
Ascoit Musard.
The King's Thanes.

y Robert, under Ralph

I Fitzhubert.
Henry de Ferrars.

The King.

Roger de Poictou.

f Lewin, under Roger

I de Busli.
The King.

y Robert, under Wil-

l Ham Peverel.
Ralph Fitzhubert.

The King.

y Ralph, under Henry
(^ de Ferrars.

The King.

Henry de Ferrars.

The King.

The Abbot of Burton.

The King.

Roger de Poictou.
Henry dc Ferrars.
Ralph Fitzhubert.
Henry dc Ferrars.
Henry de Ferrars.

Henry de Ferrars.

("Herbert, under Hen-
l ry de Ferrars.

William Peverel.

Henry de Ferrars.
f Robert, under Henry

\ de Ferrars.

Roger de Busli.

Geoftry Alselin.

Brailesford

DERBYSHIRE.

XXXVll

Ancient Names of Manors
and Lands.

}

Brailesford
Brandune -
Brantune

Branlege

Branzinctun
Bredelawe, a berwickl

of Ashboine - J
Bietebi
Brimintune, a bei'wick 1

of Newbold - 3
Broctune

Bubedene •-

Bubenenle, a bcrwick /

of Bake well - j
Buitoip, a berwick of)

Newbold - J

Bunteshale, a berwick 1

of Mestesford - J
Bui'iiulfestiinc
Burtune, a berwick of 1

Bakewell - j

Caldecotes -

Caldelawe, a berwick')
of Wirksworth - J

Caldewelle

Calchale

Caluoure, a berwick 7
of Ashford - j

Castelli Terra, in Pecbe
fers

Cedesdene

- \

Celerdestune - J
Cellesdene -
Ceolhal, part of Long- 1

dendale - i

Cestrefeld, a berwick 1

of Newbold - j
Chendre, part of Long- \

dendale - J

Chenivetun -

Chetelestuno

Chetesvorde -

Chetun - • -

Cheveneswrde, part of 7
1 Longdendale - J

Celardestune

Modern Names.

Brailsford

Brampton

{

f Bramley-Lane in 1
t Halt-Hucknall J
Brassington -

Broadlow-ash

Bretby

Brimington -

Church-Broughton

Bubden in Longford

Bubncll

Boythorp -

Bonsall

Burnaston -

Burton, near Bakewell

< Oldcotes, in the
(. parish of Heath -

Callow -

Caldwell

Calver

Castleton, in Peak-
Forest - »
Chaddesden

Chellaston

Chesterfield

Kinder
Kniveton -
Kedleston
Chatsworth -
Catton

Charlesworth

Possessore in the Reign of
Eilward tlie Confessor.

Earl Wallef

Wade

Branwin and Dun-"
nine -

Siward

Algar

Uluric -
fUlchel

Gamel and others -
I Swain Cilt

yElfric -

Sberne and Hacon

Possessors when the Survey of
Domesday was taken.

Gurnebern and
Hundinc

Ulsi

Osmund
Eilraer

Godric
Earl Siward
Ulsi and Godwin
Chetel
Siward

Suiiius -

f Elsin, underHenry de
I Ferrars.
Walter Deincourt.

Ascoit Musard.

Roger de Busli.
Henry de Ferrars.
The King.
The King.
The King.

Henry de Ferrars.

f Elsin, underHenry de

\ Ferrars.
The Bishop of Chester.

The King.

The King.
Henry de Ferrars,
The King.

Walter Deincourt.

The King.

The Abbot of Burton.
The King's Thanes.

The King.

William Peverel.

Henry de Ferrars.

f Amalric, under Henry

\ de Ferrars.
The King.
The King's Thanes.

The King.
The King.

The King.

Hugh, Earl of Chester,

f Gilbert, under Henry

\ de Ferrars.
The King.

f Nigel, under Henry_

\ de Ferrars.

The King.

Chinewoldemarcsc

XXXVlll

DERBYSHIRE.

Aucient Names of Manors
and Lands.

Modern Names.

Possessors in the Reign of
Edward the Confessor.

Possessors when the Survey of
Domesday was taken.

Chinewoldemaresc -1

Chisevurde, part of 1
Longdendale - j

Chiteslei

Cildecote, a berwick"|
of Clifton, in Staf- >
fordshire - J

Cliptune

Clune - - -

Cobelei

Codetune - 7

CoUei

Cornun

Cotenoure

Cotes, a berwick of 7
Darley - J

Cotes, or Cotune

Cranchesberie, a ber-
wick of Bakewell -

Crice

Crocheshalle

Crunforde, a berwick")
of Wirks worth - j

Delbebi -

Dellingeberie -

Denebi

Dentine, an append-!
age of Longdendale j

Dereleie

Detton

Derby

Dochemanestun

Dora

Drachelawe -

Draicot

Dranefeld

Dubrige

Dulvestune

Durandestorp
Duuelle ...
Echintune, a berwick j
of Newbold - J

Echintune
Ednesourc
Ednodestun -
Ednodestuxie -

Killamarsh - -j
Chisworth

Chilcote

Clown
Cubley

Cotton, near Derby

Cowley in Darley -

Codnor

Coton-in-the-Elms -
Cronkesden-Grange,
in Hartington -
Crich

Croxall

Cromford

I Dalbury - j

Denby

Dinting

Darley

Derby -

Duckmanton

Dore

Drakelow

Draycot

Dronfield

Doveridge

Donisthorp
Duffield

\ Eckington

Edensor
l Ednaston

iElwold

Godric, and others

Suinus

Leuric and Levenot
Ernvi

Siward

t Osmund

Swain and Uctred -

Algar

}■ • ■

Leuric and Levenot

■{

Siward

Godric

Osmund
Levenot

Levenot

Edwin and Lewin

Elric

Earl Edwin

Carle
Siward -

Levenot

Levenot and Chetel

Tochi

Ascoit Musard.
The King's Thanes.

The King.

Ralph Fitzhubert.
Ernvi, under the King.

( Ralph, under Henry

( de Ferrars.
The King.
Henry de Ferrars.

( Swain, under Henry

I de Ferrars.
Certain clerks of Derby.

j Warner, under Wil-

l liam Peverel.

The King.

The Abbot of Burton.

The King.

Ralph Fitzhubert.
f Roger, under Henry
I de Ferrars.

The King.

Henry de Ferrars.
The Abbot of Burton.
Ralph de Burun.

The King.

Certain clerks of Derby.
The King.
Ralph Fitzhubert.
Roger de Busli.
Nigel de Statford.
The Bishop of Chester,
The King.

rThe Monks of Tut-
J bury, under Henry

(. de Ferrars.

f Ornie, under Henry

I de Ferrars.
Nigel de Statford.
Henry de Ferrars.

The King.

Ralph Fitzhubert.
Henry de Ferrars.
Henry de Ferrars.
Geoffry Alselin.

Ednunghalle

DERBYSHIRE.

XXXIX

Ancient Names of Manors
and Lands.

Ednunghalle

Eghintune

Eisse

Eitune, a berwick of 1
Ashborne - J

Elleshope, a berwickl
of Ashborne J

Elstretune -

Eitune
Emboldestune

Englebi

Eriestune

Esnatrewic -

Esseburne

Essovre

Estune, a berwiek of
Hope -

Estune

Etelawe

Etewelle -

Faitune

".'}

Farleic

Farulvcstuu

Findre

FJagun, a berwiek of

Asht'ord -
Fornewerche -

Geldeslei

Ghersinturie, a ber-
wiek of Wirksvvorth

Glieveli

Giolgrave
Glapewelle

Modern Names.

Possessors in the Reign of
Edward the Confessor.

Edingale -

Egginton

Ash

Cold-Eaton

Alsop-in-the-Dale

Alfreton -

Elton
vVmbaston -

Ingleby

Arleston

Pinxton -
Ashborne -
Ashover -

Aston in Hope

Aston in Sudbury

f Cold-Aston in
( Dronfield
Atlow -

Etwall -

{Fenton near Ash-
borne
Farley
Foston -
Finderne -

Flagg

Foremark

Yeldersley

Carsington -

Yeavely -

Youlgrave -
Glapwell

iElgar

Tochi

Ulchel, Avic, and
Hacon -

Morcar -

Caschin and Uctred
Tochi

f Golegri and Ra- 7
I venchel - j

Aldene

Leuric and Levenot

Levenot

Uctebrand -

Tolf

Eluric

Garael and others

Dunstan

Ulchil

Levenot and others

Ulchel -

Ulchetel and Godwin

Possessors when the Survey of
Domesday was taken.

r Two persons of 1
i the name of Li- >

I gulf - 3

Two persons of
the name of Li-
gulf

Colle and Chetel -

Leuric

The King's Thanes.
Henry de Ferrars.

f Azelin under Geoffry

t Alselin.

f Robert, under Henry

1 de Ferrars.

The King.

5 Ingram, under Roger
I de Busli.
Henry de Ferrars.
GeofFry Alselin.
f The King.
■J Ralph Fitzhubert.
(.Nigel de Statford.

Henry de Ferrars.

5 Drogo, under William
X Peverel.
The King.

f Serlo, under Ralph
\ Fitzhubert.

The King.

J Alcher, under Henry

I de Ferrars.
Henry de Ferrars.

f Lewin, one of the

I King's Thanes.
Henry de Ferrars.

f Saswalo, under Henry

\ de Ferrars.

t Azelin, under Geof-

l fry Alselin.

f Roger, under Flenry

I de Ferrars.
The King.
Henry de Ferrars.
The Abbot of Burton.

The King.

Nigel de Statford.
( Cole, under Henry de
\ Ferrars.

The King.

Alsi, under Henry de
Ferrars.

Henry de Feirars.
J Serlo, under William
X Peverel.

Glosop

DERBYSHIRE.

Ancient Names c: Manors

P isses^ors ID the Rpign of

Possessors when the Sursey of

and Lands.

Mot^erii Nan^fs.

E'lw^rd til- Ct>nfrbS(>r.

Domesday was taken.

Glosop

Glossop

I.evinc -

The King.

Giatune

Gratton -

Chctel

Henry de Ferrars.

Greherst

. . -

The king.

Habenai

Ahney

Swain

William Peverel.

Hadun 1 berwicks of j' Ovev and Nether- (
Haduna) Bakewell || Haddn - (

The King.

Hainouro

Heanor

fWarner, under Wil-
\ liani Peverel.

Halen, held with Ti!-'
chestune

Little-Hallam

Ulf Fenise -

Gilbert de Gand.

Halun

fK;:-k or Wfst-1
I Hallam - f

Dunstan

Ralph de Burun.

Hanzedone, a berwick 1

Tlie King.

of Ashborne - J

Hanson-Grange

- - -

Hatun

Hatton

Edric and others -

J Saswalo, under Henry
1- de Ferrars.

He^cote

\ Heathcote in >
l Gresley - J

Elric

Nigel de Scatford.

Hedfelt, part of Long-'
dendale

Hadfield -

The King.

Helmetune -

Elmton

Swain Cilt -

Walter Deincourt.

Henlege

T - -

Levenot

Ralph I'itzhubert.

Hcnleie

( Hanley,inNorth- ?
r Winfield - 5

Godric -

Lewin, under the King.

Raven ■- ••

Sedret, under the King.
Henry de Ferrars.

Heorteshorne

Hartshorn

Aluric

Herct*, a berwick of J
Hathersage - j

Ralph Fitzhubert.

Herdebi f

Siward -

Henry de Ferrars,

Turgar

Lovenot and Leuric

Ralph de Burun.
Ralph Fitzhubert.

Hereseige

Hathersage

Hertestaf

Hurstoft

Steinulf

Roger de Poictou.

Heselebec

Hazlebadge

Lewin

William Peverel.

Hetesopc, a berwick 1
of Ashfoi-d - J

Hassop

The King.

Hetfelt

Hayfield

The King,
j' Robert, under Henry

Hiltune

Hilton -

Uluric and others -

■I de Ferrars. •

I The Abbot of Burton.

Hiretune, a berwick 7
of Wirksworth - J

Kirk-Ireton

The King.

Hochelai

Hucklow -

Ernvi and others -

William Peverel.

Hoge

Hoon

Ulsi and Godwin -

Saswalo, under Henry
de Ferrars.

Hoilant

Hulland -

Tochi

Geoffry Alselin.

Holebroc

Holbrook

Siward -

Henry de Ferrars.

Holintune

Hollington

J Lepsi, Elfag, and 1
i others - J

Henry de Ferrars.

Holmesfelt -

Holmsfield -

Swain

Walter Deincourt.

Holtune

Stony-Hoiighton -

Swain Cilt

Walter Deincourt.

* Supposed to be Upper and Nether-Hurst, near Hathersage.
-(■ Supposed to be Coxbench.

Hokm

DERBYSHIRE.

xli

Ancient Names of Manors
and Lands.

Holun

Holun, a berwick ofl
BakeweJl - J

Honestune
Horselei
Horteduii

Hortel - - I

Hoitil - - J

Hougen

Ibeholoii, a berwick 1
of Mestesford - J

Iretune

Langelei

Langeleie -

Langenedele -

Langesdune, a ber- 1
wick of Bakewell - j

Lede

Linctune -

Litun

Lodevorde, part of 1
Longdendale - j

Lodowelle

LongesdiHie

Ludecerce

LuUitune -

Lunt

Machenie

Machevorde, a ber- "i

wick of Markeaton j
Maneis, a berwick of 1

Bakewell - j

Maperlie
Mapletune, a berwick 1

of Ashburne - J
Marchetone -

Merchenestune

Merchetune
Mers

Merstun

Meslach, a berwick of 7
Mestesford - J

Messeham

Vol. V.

Modern Names.

Holm in Brampton
Holm-Hall

Horsley
Hartington

Harlle

Hoon

Ible

f Little-Ireton, '

j near Kedleston ^

Meynell-Langley -

Longdendale
Longstone

Linton
Litton

Ludworth

Ludwell

{LongsdoB, or 1
Longstone - J
Litchurch -

Lullington

Lown, now Heath
Makeney -

Mackworth

Monyash
Maperley -
Mapleton
Mark-eaton

Mercaston

Marston

Matlock
Measham

Possessors in the reign of
Edward the (Confessor.

Dunninc

Turgar -

Godwin and Ligulf

f Chetel

\ Levenot

Godwin
Levenot
Levenot and Chetel

Ligulf

Leuric
Lewin -

Brun

Elsi

Colne -

Auti

Steinulf
Siward -

Earl Siward

Staplevine

Earl Siward -

Gamel

Aided -
Levenot

Brun and Elric

Possessors when the Survey of
Domesday was taken.

Ascuit Musard.

The King.

The King.
Ralph de Burun.
Henry de Ferrars.
Henry de Ferrars.
Ralph Fitzhubert.
The Abbot of Burton.

Th« King.

f Orme, under Henry
I de Ferrars.
Ralph Fitzhubert.

The King. '

f Warner, under Wil-

X liam Peverel.
The King.

The King.

Ralph Fitzhubert.
Henry de Ferrars.
William Peverel.

The King.

Henry de Ferrars.

The King.
i Edmund, under the

I King.
Roger de Foictou.
Henry de Ferrars.

f Gozelin, under Earl

1 Hugh.

The King.
The King.
The King.

Hugh, Earl of Chester.

r Robert and Roger,
■I under Henry de Fer

L rars.

Henry de Ferrars.
The King's Thanes.

r The Monks of

.J Tutbury,underHenry

(. de Ferrars.

The King.

Mestesforde

xlii

DERBYSHIRE.

Ancient Names of Manors
aud Lauds.

Mestesforde *

Middletone - [

Middletune, aberwick 1
of Wirksworth - t

Mileburne -

Mogintun

Moresburg -

Morlei

Mortune

Muchedes near 1

Wormhill - J

Muchdeswelle, a ber- 7

wick of Hope - J
Muleforde
Neutone
Neutune
Newebold -
Newetun

Normanestune

Normantune -

Normentune
Nortberie
Nortuii -

Nortune -

Ochebroc -
Ochenavestun, a ber- 1

wick of Ashborne J
OfFretune, a berwick |

of Hope - 3

Onestune

Opetune, a berwick '}
of Wirksworth - j

Opewelle -

Ophidicotes, a ber- 1
wick of Ashborne J

Modern Names.

ar 1

f Middleton near

I Youlgrave
MiddletoninWirks- 1
worth - J

Milton

Melborne
Mugginton -
Mosborousb

Morley
Morton

Milford

Newton in Blackwell

Newton grange

Newbold -

King's-Newton
f Normanton near 1
I Derby - j

Norbury

Norton -

Ockbrook -
Hognaston

OfFerton -

Oneston or Unston -
Hopton

Hopwell -

Offcote

Possessors in t)ie Reign of
Edward the Confessor.

Levenot

Earl Algar
f Goded

Dunninc and Elvin
The King -

Gamel -

Siward
Swain Cilt

Siward

Siward -

Leuric and Levenot

Osmer

Algar

Lewin and Edwin -

{Leurity, Gamel,
and Teodric -

Elfag

Siward

r Godeva and Bada

Tochi

Lewin and Edwin

Possessors when the Survey of
Domesday was taken.

The King.
Ralph Fitzliubert.

The King.

The King.
The King.
Ralph Fitzhubert.
Henry de Ferrars.
The King.

f Chetel under Henry
\ de Ferrars.
Ralph Fitzhubert.
Henry de Ferrars.
Walter Deincourt.

Henry de Ferrars.

The King.

Henrj' de Ferrars.
Ralph Fitzhubert.
Henry de Ferrars.
The King.
The King.

The King.

The King.
The King.

f Amalric, under Henry
X de Ferrars.
f Edwin, under Wil-
\ liam I'everel.
Henry de Ferrars.
f Ingram, under Roger
I de Busli.

The King.

Geoffry Alselin.

The King.

Ralph Fitzliubert.
The King.

The King.

I RalphFitzhubert, un-
< der the Bishop of

L Cliester.
The King.

* Supposed to have been near Matlock.

Osmundestiine

DERBYSHIRE.

xliii

Ancient Names of Manors
and Lands.

Osmundestune -

Modern Names.

Oswardestune

Ougedestun
Oughedestune
Padefeld, part

Longdendale - /
Padinc
Paltretune
Pentric

Pevrewic
Pilesberie

Pinneslei

Pirelaie

Potlac, a berwick of "1

Over - - J

Presteclive, a hamlet 1

of Bakevvell - J

Radburne

Ralunt, a berwick of 1
Ashford - J

Rapendune -

Ravenes — h

Ravencstun

Redeslei

Redlavestun

Redlesleie

Reuslege, a
of Bakevvell

Ripelie

Riselei -

Riseleia

Roschintone, or Rou

ceston
Rugetorn -
Salham *
Salle

Sandiacre

Sapertune -
Scardeclif

berwick 1

Osmaston near Der-
by, and Osmaston
near Ashborne

Osleston

Ogston -

Padfield

Palterton -
Pentrich

Parwich

f Pilsbury, inHar-7
I tington - 3
f Pilsley, in North- 1
I Winfield - j

Potlock
Priestcliff -

Radbourn

Rowland
Repton -

Ravenston
Rodsley -
Rosleston
Rodsley

Rowsley

Ripley -

Risley

Roston
Rowthorn

Saw ley
Sandiacre

Saperton
Scarcliff

Possessors in the reign of
Edward the Confessor.

Possessors when the Survey of
Domesday was taken.

Osmund

Wallef and Ailict

Ernvi and Lewin

I Swain Cilt
Levinc -

Levenot
Levenot -

Elsi

Swain Cilt
Dunning -

Uisi -

1 Godric
Brune
Earl Algar

Levenot
r Lewin -

•juisi

Siward

Ulsi and Steinulf
Cole

f Toli, Cnut, and

\ others

f Godric and Lewin

I Cilt

Levenot -

{The King and Henry
de Ferrars.
Elfin, under Henry
de Ferrars.
5 John, under Henry de
c Ferrars.
Ralph Fitzhubert.
Walter Deincourt.

The King.

The King.
Ralph Fitzhubert.
Ralph Fitzhubert.

f Colne, under the

1 King.

Henry de Ferrars.

Walter Deincourt.
Henry de Ferrars.
The Abbot of Burton.

The King.

f Henry de Ferrars,
J Ralph Fitzhubert
(_ claiming a third.

The King.

Nigel de Statford.

Henry de Ferrars.

The King.

The Abbot of Burton.

The King.

Ralph Fitzhubert.
The King's Thaoes.

f Fulc, under Roger de

I Busli.

Henry de Ferrars.

Roger de Busli.
Henry de Ferrars,
The Bishop of Chester.

The King's Thanes.

Roger, under Henry de

Ferrars.
Ralph Fitzhubert.

• Supposed to be in the parish of Hartington, where is a pasture-field still called Saum.

£ 2 Scelhadun,

xliv

DERBYSHIRE.

Ancient Names of Manors
and Lands.

Scelhadun, a berwick 1
of Ashford - J

Scetune, a berwick 1
of Hope - j

Scipelie

Scochetorp
Scrotun

Sedenefeld
Segessale -

Serdelau

Sinitretone, a berwick 1
of Mestesford - J

Sirelei

Sirelunt

Sivardingescotes

Smalei

Stnidesby

Smithcote -

Snellestune

Sorchestun

Sothelle

Spondune
Stanlei

Stantone

Stantun

Stantune
Stapenhille -

Stavelie

Steinesbi

Steintune -

Stertune

Stoche, a berwick of
Hope

Stratpne -

}

Modern Names.

Streitun

Sheldon
Shatton -

Shipley

Oakerthorp
Scropton

Sinfin
Sedsall
Shardlow -
Snitterton
Shirley -

Shirland

Swadlingcote
Smalley -
Sraithsby

Snelston

Swarkston

Shottie, in Duffield

Spondon
Stanley -

Stanton-by-Dale

Stanton

f Stanton-ward, Inl
I Stapenliill - j

Stanton

Stapenhill

Stavely

f Stainsby,in Halt- ")
I Hucknall - j

Stenston

f Sturston in Ash- 1
I borne - J

Stoke

Stretton, in Shirland
and North-Winfield

Stretton-in-the-Fields

Possessors in the Reign of
Edward the Confessor.

Brun and Odincar -

Leuric and Levenot
Tochi -

Ulchel -
Uluric - ■ -

f Chetel,Ulrae,and 1
t others - J

Leuric

Godric

Edwin

f Levenot, Elfric, 1
I and others - J
Ganiel and others -

Gamel

Stori
Uifar

Ulf Fenisc

Edward

Alwin

Godric and Raven -

Godric
Hacor>

Steinulf

Leuric

Ulchil

J Leuric
L Levenot
.ffiluric

Possessors when the Sun-ey of
Domesday was taken.

The King.

{Malger, under Gilbert
de Gand.
Ralph Fitzhubert.
Henry de Ferrars.

f William, under Henry

X de Ferrars.

f Alcher, under Henry

\ de Ferrars.

f Uctebrand, under the

1 King.

The King.

Henry de Ferrars.

f Warner, under Wil-

\ Ham Peverel.
Nigel de Statford.
The King.
Nigel de Statford.

5 Warner, under Wil-

I liam Peverel.
The Abbot of Burton.

( Ralph, under Henry

( de Ferrars.
Henry de Ferrars.

f Godric, under Henry

I de Ferrars.
Henry de Ferrars.
Robert Fitzwilliara.

f Malger, under Gilbert

X de Gand.

Ernvi, under the King.

Henry de Ferrars.

Henry de Ferrars.
The Abbot of Burton.
Nigel de Statford.
Ascuit Musard.

Roger de Poictou.

Henry de Ferrars.
f Roger, under Henry
I de Ferrars.

The King.

f Robert, under Ralph
X Fitzhubert.
The same.

f Roger, under Henry
X de Ferrars.

Sudberie

DERBYSHIRE.

xlv

Ancient Names of Manors
and Lands.

Sudberie

Sudberie
Sudtune
Sudtun

Sudtune
Suerchestune

Sumersale

Tadintune, a ber- 1
wick of Ashford - j

Tapetune, a berwick 1
of Nevvbold - J

Tegestou

Teneslege, or Tanes-
lege, a berwick of
Mestesford

Tibecel -

Tichenhalle '

}

Tideswelle, a berwick 1
of Hope - J

Tilchestune -

Tizinctun -

Topetune - - 1

Topetune - }

Tornesete, part of 1

Longdendale - J
Torp - ...

Torulfestune or Tu-l

rulvestun - j

Torverdestune

Totingelei

Toxenai

Trangesbi * - -
Trangesby -

Modern Names.

Sudbury -
Sutton in the Dale -
Sutton on the hill -
Swarkston

Somersall -

Tadington -
Tapton

f Egstow inNorth-
l Winfieid -

Tansley -

Tibshelf
Tickenhall -

Tideswell -

Ilkeston

Tissington -

Tupton

Thornset

Thorp

Thurlston in Elvaston

Thurvaston -

Totley

Trusley

Possessors in the Reign of
Edward the Confessor.

Possessors when the Survey of
Domesday was taken.

Godric, Uluric, and
Elmer

Steinulf

Tori, Elwold, and
others

r Ormer and Ernich
lElric

Bada
Levenot

Ligulf

UlfFenise -

1 Osmund Benz
[Toli

J UlchiljEdriCjandl
X others - J

{

Dofin .
Ligulf -

Tochi

Ulchel

Tolf

Ulchetil and Avic

Elnod

{Alcher, under Henry
de Ferrars.
The Abbot of Burton.
Roger de Poictou.
The Abbot of Burton.
Wazelin, under Henry

de Ferrars.
The King.

f Ulcher, under Henry
X de Ferrars.
j" Alric, under Henry de
X Ferrars.

The King.

The King's Thanes.
f Robert, under Ralph
X Fitzhubert.

The King.

r Robert, under the
■J King, William Pe-
l. verel, keeper.

The King.

The Abbot of Burton.

Nigel de Statford.

The King.

f Malger, underGilbert

I de Gand.

f Osmund, under the

1 King.
The King's Thanes.

Henry de Ferrars.

The King.

The King's Thanes.

The King.

GeofFry Alselin.

f Elfin, under Henry de

X Ferrars.
The King's Thanes.

f Hugh, under Henry

X de Ferrars.
The King.
Nigel de Statford.

* Not known. It was somewhere in the hundred of Reptonand Gresley, near the borders
of Leicestershire.

Tuiforde

xlvi

DERBYSHIRE.

Ancient Names of Manors
and Lands.

Modern Names.

Possessors in ihe Reign of
Edward tlie Confessor.

Possessors when the Survey of
Domesday was taken.

Tuiforde
Tunestal -
Tunestalle

Turvurdestune

Uffentune

Ufre
Ufre parva

Uftune

Uluritune

Upetun

Wadescel

Walestune
Waletune

Watrefeld -
Welledene, a berwick

of Wirksworth
Werchesvorde
Werredune -
Westone -
Westune

Widerdestune

Wilelmestorp
Willetune
Winbroc -

Winefeld

Wineshalle
Wingreurde
Winiiefelt
Winsterne •

Wistanestune

Witewelle
Witfeld,part of Long- 1

dendale - - j
WitintuiK', a berwick 1

of NLnvbold - j
Winle.slii - - 1

Winleslcie - r \

Wodncslei, a berwick!

of Mestesforde - J
Wruenele - r

Twyford

Thurvaston -

( Ufton, in South- '
} Winfield -

Mickle-Over

Little-Over -

Ufton

VWadeshelf

{

Wallston in Duffield

Walton-on-Trent -
Walton

Welledune -
Wirksworth

Weston-on-Trent -

Weston- Underwood

f Wyaston, or Wy- 1
L ardston - J

Williamstliorp

WiJiington -

Ivenbrook -

South-Winfield

Winshall
AVingerworth
Nortii-VVinfield
Winster

Wessington

Whitwell -
Whitfield

Whittington

Willesley -

Wednesley, or 1
AVensley - J
Wormhill

Leuric
Levenot

Steinulf

Hedul

The King -

Leuric
Alun

Wade

unninc and
Branwin

I ]

Gamel

Earl Algar

Hundulf

Lewin

Levenot -
Earl Algar

urn

Earl Edwin

Swain Cilt -

Leuric

Chetel

EInod

Leving and Raven

Swain Cilt
Levenot

(^ Aluric
Earl Siward

Henry de Ferrars.
Ralph Fitzhubert.
Roger de Poictou.

f Robert, under Henry

\ de Ferrar.s.

i Nigel, under Ralph

\ Fitzhubert.
The Abbot of Burton.
The Abbot of Burton.

f Warner, under Wil-

\ liam Peverel.
The King's Thanes.
The King.
Walter Deincourt.

Ascuit Musard.

f Godric, under Henry

\ de Ferrars.
The King.
The King.
William Peverel.

The King.

The King.
Ralph Fitzhubert.
The King.
The King.

f Gilbert, under Ralph

\ de Burun.

Henry de Ferrars.

Walter Deincourt.

Ralph Fitzhubert.

Henry de Ferrars.
f Robert under Earl
< Alan,andAlan under
I. William Peverel.

The Abbot of Burton.

The King.

Walter Deincourt.

Henry de Ferrars.
f Levinc, under Ralph
I Fitzhubert.

Walter Deincourt.

Ralph Fitzhubert.

The King.

The King.
Henry de Ferrars.

The King.

Henry de Ferrars.

The

DERBYSHIRE. xlvii

The only estates which have continued in the descendants of those wlio
were their possessors at the time of the Domesday Survey, are some manors
of the Gresley family, which have passed to tlieni in uninterrupted succes-
sion from their ancestor Nigel de Statford. Tlie greater number of the
estates of Henry de Ferrars, were parcelled out among liis retainers, not
long after the date of this survey, by Henry de Ferrars, and his son Robert,
the first Earl Ferrars. Among those who had grants from the former, we
find tl'.e ancestor of the Fitzherberts, wiio still possess the estates then
granted. The manors which were retained by the Ferrars family in their
own hands, were forfeited by Robert, Earl of Derby, in the reign of
Henry HI., and became parcel of the duchy of Lancaster.

Ralph Fitzhubert was ancestor of the Frechevilles, who continued to
possess estates in Derbyshire till the extinction of the family in the reign of
Charles H. The estates of Walter Deincourt continued in his descendants
tdl they became divided between coheiresses in the i-eign of Henry VI.
The estates of the Barons Musard passed to coheiresses in the reign of
Edward H. ; a marriage with one of them increased the landed property
of the Frechevilles.

The estates of William Peverel, Geoffry Alselin (the heiress of whose
family married Bardolf), Ralph de Burun and Roger Busli, passed out of
those families at an early period.

Among the possessors of considerable landed property in the reign of
Henry H. we find only the Shirleys and Curzons who retain any part of it
at the present day. Among the larger landed proprietors of lator date,
may be mentioned the Vernons of Haddon, whose estates have passed by
inheritance to the Duke of Rutland ; the Longfbrds and Leakes, whose
estates have beer, dispersed ; the Montgomerys, whose estates passed by
inheritance to Lord Vernon's ancestors, and the representatives of t!ie other
coheiress ; the Stanhopes, whose estates are now held by the three noble
families of that name ; the Talbots, and Cavendishes.

The estates of Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, in Derbyshire have been
partly divided among coheii'esses, and have partly passed by gift of Eliza-
beth, Countess of Shrewsbury, to the family of Sir William Cavendish,
her husband. These estates, with numerous grants of abbey lands, have
passed to his descendant, the Duke of Devonshire, who has by far the
largest landed property in the county, and is lessee, under the crown, of
the greater portion of the ancient Ferrars estate, which was annexed to
the duchy of Lancaster.

Vol. V. * f 4 NobiUty

xlviii

DERBYSHIRE.

Nobility of the County.

The noble family of Howard became possessed of the manor of GIossop,
in this county, by marriage with one of the coheiresses of Talbot, Earl of
Slirewsbury. Having been settled on a younger branch of the family,
Glossop-hall was the property, and occasionally the residence, of Bernard
j'j^Si^^ Howard, Esq., before he succeeded to the title of Duke of
-, Norfolk, on the death of his cousin the late Duke, in 1815.
Arms: — Gules, on a bend, between six cross-crosslets,
fitchee, Argent, an escutcheon, Or ; therein a demi-lion
rampant (pierced through the mouth with an arrow),
within a double tressure, flory counter-floiy.

Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire. — Sir William Cavendish, descended
liom an ancient family who took their name from Cavendish in Suffolk^ the
place of their residence, settled in Derbyshire in consequence of his mar-
riage with the heiress of Hard wick, about the year 1544; by which match
he became possessed of Hardwick-hall, and other estates. Having been an
active and useful instrument in the business of the Reformation, he obtained
several grants of manors and lands in this county, which had belonged to reli-
gious houses ; was raised to the dignity of a Privy-counsellor, and appointed
by King Henry VHI. to the office of Treasurer of the Chamber. In the reign
of Edward VI. he purchased Chatsworth, ever since one of the principal seats
of his noble descendants, of the family of Agard, and began to build on the
site of the old hail a mansion, which was finished by his widow. This lady,
more celebrated as the Countess of Shrewsbury, built a new mansion at
Hardwick, which appears to have been the chief seat of Sir William Caven-
dish, their elder son : this Sir William was created Baron Cavendish, of
Hardwick, in 1605, and in 16 18, Earl of Devonshire. His great-grandson,
the fourth Earl, one of the first and most zealous promoters of the Revolu-

' The first of tlic family who settled at Cavendish is said to have been a younger son of the
C-crnons, of Derbyshire ; but, though the tradition is by no means improbable, no documents
have been brought forward in support of it.

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tion, was, in 1694, created Marquis of Hartington, and Duke of Devonshire
which titles are now enjoyed by his immediate descendant WiUiam George,
the sixth Duke, and ninth Earl, whose chief country seat
is at Chatsworth. Hardwick-hall is occasionally inhabited
by the family, and is still kept up in its original style, with
the ancient furniture.

Arms : — Sable, three harts' heads caboshed. Argent,
attired, Or.

Crest : — On a wreMh, a snake noue, Proper.
Supporters : — Two harts, Proper, each gorged with a
garland of roses, Arg. and Az. attired, Or.

Manners, Duke of Rutland. — Sir John Manners, second son of the first
Earl of Rutland, became possessed of Nether-Haddon, and large estates in
Derbyshire, in consequence of his marriage with the coheiress of Sir
George Vernon who died in 1561. Upon the death of George, seventh
Earl of Rutland, in 1641, the elder branch of that noble family having be-
come extinct, John Manners of Nether-Haddon, grandson of Sir John above-
mentioned, succeeded to the title, and Haddon-hall became, for some time,
one of the principal seats of the Earls of Rutland, as it was of the first Duke,
who was raised to that dignity in 1703: it is now the property of his
Grace, John Henry, the present Duke, but has not been for many years
inhabited by the family. The first Duke of Rutland, during the
life of his father, John, eighth Earl of Rutland, was summoned to par-
liament by writ, as Baron Manners of Haddon. Sir Roger Manners, a
younger son of Sir John, who married the coheiress of Vernon, settled at
Whitwell in this county ; he died without issue.

Arms of Manners, Duke of Rutland : — Or, two bars
Azure ; a chief quarterly of the second and Gules, the first
and fourth charged with two fleurs de lis of the first, and
the second and third with a lion passant-guardant of the
same, being an augmentation given to the family, in con-
sequence of their descent from King Edward IV.

Crest : — On a chapeau, Gules, turned up Erm. a pea-
cock, in pride. Proper.

Supporters : — Two unicorns, Arg, their horns, manes,
tufts, and hoofs. Or.

Bentinck, Duke of Portland. — The grandfather of the present Duke

became possessed of Bolsover castle, in this county, by his marriage with

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the representative of Henry Cavendish", the last Duke of Newcastle of that
family. The old mansion above-mentioned is kept up and furnished, though
not inhabited by its present noble owner.

Arms of Bentinck, Duke of Portland : — Azure, a cross
moline. Argent.

Crest : — Out of a marquis's coronet, Proper, two arms
counter-embowed and vested, Gules, gloved, Or, and hold-
ing each an ostrich feather. Argent.

Supporters : — Two lions, double queve6 ; the dexter,
Or, the other Sable.

Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield : — The Stanhope family were originally
of the County of Durham : they came into Nottinghamshire in the reign of
Edward III., in consequence of a marriage with the heiress of Maulovel.
Sir Michael Stanhope had grants of abbey lands in Nottinghamshire and
Derbyshire. Shelford, in the former county, was for several generations,
the chief seat of this family. Sir Thomas Stanhope, son of Sir Michael,
became possessed of considerable estates in Derbyshire, in consequence of
his marriage with the coheiress of Sir John Port, who was one of the re-
presentatives of the Montgomerys of Cubley ; and in the year 1585, he pur-
chased the manor and park of Bretby, now the principal seat of this noble
family. Philip, the grandson of Sir Michael, was created, in 161 6, Baron
Stanhope of Shelford, and in 1628, Earl of Chesterfield. The title of Ches-
terfield is now enjoyed by George Augustus Frederick, a minor, who is the
sixth Earl, and only son of Philip, Earl of Chesterfield, who died in 1815.
Arms of Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield : — Quarterly,

Ermine and Gules.

Crest : — On a wreath, a tower, Azure, with a demi-lion

rampant, issuing from the battlements, crowned ducally.

Gules, and holding between his paws, a grenade, firing,

Proper.

Supporters : — Dexter, a talbot guardant. Ermine ;

sinister, a wolf, Erminois, both gorged with chaplets of oak.

Proper.

Shirley, Earl Ferrers : — Fulcher, the son of Sewall de Etingdon, who
held large possessions in Derbyshire and other counties, under Henry de
Ferrars, had five sons, two of whom were founders of ancient families in

* Daughter of Edward Harley, Earl of Oxford, by the heiress of John Hqlles, Duke of New-
castle, who had married the heiress of Henry Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle.

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this county, the Shirleys and Iretons, each having been denominated fiom
the place of their residence. Sewall, who having settled at Shirley, took
the name of De Shirley, died about the year 1129; his son married the
heiress and assumed the arms of Clinton ; his grandson, Sewall, married a
coheiress of Meynell. Sir Ralph, grandson of the last-mentioned Sewall,
married a coheiress of Waldeshef ; Sir Thomas, son of Sir Ralph, married
the heiress of Lord Bassett of Drayton, his son. Sir Hugh, the heiress of
Braose or Breus, of Gower ; Sir Ralph, the next in succession, the heiress
of Basssett, of Brailsford ; his son Ralph, the heiress of Staunton. Ralph
Shirley, who died in 151 7, being grandson of Ralph last-mentioned, had
four wives ; by a coheiress of Walsh, he had an only daughter, who married
an ancestor of Pulteney, Earl of Bath. John, grandson of the last-men-
tioned Ralph, married the heiress of Lovett. His son George was created
a Baronet in 161 1. Sir Henry Shirley, the second baronet, married a
coheiress of Devereux, Earl of Essex, through whom the barony of Ferrars
of Chartley came into the family. Sir Robert Shirley, grandson of Sir
Henry, (being the seventh baronet,) was declared, in 1678, Lord Ferrars of
Chartley'', and, in 171 1, was created Viscount Tamworth and Earl Ferrers;
the two last-mentioned titles are now enjoyed by his grandson, Robert, the
present and seventh Earl Ferrers. The old seat of the family, at Shirley,
has long been destroyed. Ednaston, another mansion in this county belong-
ing to the family, is now a seat of the Honourable Washington Shirley,
brother of the present Earl.

Arms of Shirley, Earl Ferrers : — Paly of six. Or and
Azure, a canton. Ermine.

Crest : — On a wreath, the bust of a Saracen, side-faced
and couped. Proper, wreathed about the temples. Or and Az.
Supporters : — On the dexter side, a talbot. Ermine,
eared, Gules, and gorged with a ducal coronet. Or ; on the
sinister side, a rein-deer of the second, attired and gorged
in like manner. Or, and charged on the shoulder with a
horse-shoe, Argent.

« The Barony of Ferrars of Chartley, was inherited in 1717, on the death of the first Earl
Ferrers, by Elizabeth, the then only surviving child of his eldest son Robert, who died some
years before him ; this Elizabeth was the wife of James, Earl of Northampton and grandmother
of the late Marquis Townshend, in whose right he was Baron Ferrars of Chartley. The said
Elizabeth Shirley was also, through her mother who was daughter of Sir Humphrey Ferrers, of
Walton-on-Trent in Derbyshire, and grand-daughter and heiress of Sir John Ferrers of Tam-
worth, the representative of the other great branch of the ancient family of Ferrers or Ferrars,
that of Groby and Tamworth.

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Stanhope, Earl of Harrington. — Sir John Stanhope, elder son of Sir
John Stanhope of Shelford, and great grandson of Sir Michael, was settled
at Elvaston, in this county. John, son of Sir John Stanhope, the younger,
married a coheiress of Agard of Foston ; Thomas, the elder surviving son
of John, a coheiress of Thacker, of Repton-priory. Charles, the next
brother of Thomas, succeeded him in the Elvaston estate, was some time
Secretary to the Treasury, and Treasurer of the Cliamber. On his death,
without issue, in 1760, Elvaston passed to his nephew, William, Earl of
Harrington, whose father (younger son of John Stanhope, Esq., who mar-
ried the coheiress of Agard) had been created an Earl in 1742. Elvaston-
hall is now the seat of Charles Stanhope, third Earl of Harrington.

Arms : — Quarterly Ermine and Gules, with a crescent
on a crescent for difference.

Crest : — On a wreath, a tower Azure, a demi-lion ram-
pant issuing from the battlements, Or, holding between his
paws a grenade firing. Proper.

Supporters: — On the dexter side, a talbot guardant, Arg.
gutte de poix ; on the sinister, a wolf Erminois ; each sup-
porter gorged with a chaplet of oak, Vert, fructed. Or.

CuRZON, Lord Scarsdale. — The ancient family of Curzon, or as it is fre-
quently spelt in records, Curson, were settled at Kedleston, their present
seat, and at Croxall, as early as the reign of Henry I. The Croxall branch,
which appears to have been the elder, became extinct by the death of
Henry Curzon, Esq. in 1639. The daughter and sole heiress of Sir George
Curzon, Knt. (elder brother of Henry), who died in 1622, married Edward
Sackville, Earl of Dorset, ancestor of the present Duke. Richard, the
common ancestor of both branches, married the heiress of Camville. Sir
John Curzon, of Kedleston, the ninth in descent after the separation of
tlie branches, married the heiress of Twyford, and was common ancestor of
Lords Scarsdale and Curzon, of Sir Robert Curzon (who was created a
Baron of the Empire by the Emperor Maximilian, in the year 1500, and
died without issue), the Curzons of Water- Perry, in the county of Oxford,
now extinct, and the Curzons of Letheringset, in Norfolk. John Curzon,
the immediate descendant (being the ninth in descent) from Sir John above-
mentioned, was created a Baronet in 1641. Sir Nathaniel Curzon, the
fifth Baronet, was, in 1761, created Baron Scarsdale, and was father of Na-
thaniel, the present Lord Scarsdale. The coheiresses of Vernon of Stoke-

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say, in Shropshire, and Ashton of Middleton, in Lancashire, have married
into the Curzon family.

Arms : — Argent on a bend. Sable, three popinjays, Or,
1^1 collared, Gules.

Crest : — On a wreath, a popinjay rising, Or, collared, G.
Supporters : — On the dexter side, the figure of Pru-
dence, represented by a woman, habited Argent, mantled
Azure, holding in her sinister hand a javelin, entwined with
a remora. Proper ; and on the sinister, the figure of Libe-
rality, represented by a woman habited Argent, mantled
Purpure, holding a cornucopia. Proper.

Vernon, Lord Vernon. — The first connection of the ancient family of
Vernon with this county was by the marriage of Richard, a younger son of
one of the Barons of Shipbrooke, in Cheshire, with a coheiress of the
Avenells, of Nether-Haddon. This Richard died without male issue, leav-
ing a daughter and heiress, married to Gilbert le Francis, whose son Ri-
chard'' took the name of Vernon, settled at Haddon-hall, and was common
ancestor of the Vernons of Haddon, Stokesay, Hodnet, Sudbury, &c. The
elder line of the Haddon branch of the Vernons became extinct in 1561,
by the death of Sir George Vernon, one of whose coheiresses brought
Haddon, as before-mentioned, to Sir John Manners, ancestor of the Duke
of Rutland. A coheiress of Camville, the heiresses of Pembrugge, and
Ap-Griffith (who married the heiress of Stackpoole), and a daughter of
Swynfen, who was heiress to Pype and Spernore, married into the Haddon
branch of the Vernon family.

Sir John Vernon, a younger son of Sir Henry Vernon, of Haddon,
settled at Sudbury in the reign of Henry VIII., in consequence of having
married one of the coheiresses of Montgomery ; his grandson, John, dying
without issue, this branch of the family became extinct. He bequeathed
his estates to the issue of his widow by her first husband, Walter Vernon,
of Houndshill, in Staffordshire. Sir Edward Vernon, the elder son, who
settled at Sudbury, married the heiress of a younger branch of the Vernons,
who were of Hilton, in Staffordshire ; Henry, his son, married the heiress
of Sir George Vernon, of Haslington, in Cheshire, one of the Justices of
the Common Pleas, by which match his posterity became the representa-

•* This Richard died in the year 1322, aged 65; he married a daughter of Michael de
Harcla. William, his grandson, then aged lo years, being the son of Richard, wlio died
in Iiis father's life-time, was found to be his heir. See Esch. 6 Edw, I., and 16 Edw. II.

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tives of the original elder male line of the Vernons, Barons of Shipbrooke.
His grandson, Henry, married the heiress of Pigot, and representative of
the ancient family of Venables, Barons of Kinderton, in Cheshire. George
Venables, the son, was, in 1762, created Lord Vernon and Baron of Kin-
derton. His son, George Venables, the second Lord Vernon, married
the heiress of Lord Mansell, by whom he left an only daughter. On his
death, in 18 13, the title of Vernon, and the Sudbury estate, devolved to his
next brother, Henry Venables, who had previously taken the name and arms
of Sedley, but since his coming to the title has resumed those of Vernon.
Arms : — Quarterly, i and 4, Azure, two bars Argent,
Venables ; 2, Argent, a fret. Sable, Vernon ; 3, Or, on a
fess Azure, three garbs of the field.

Crest: — A boar's head, erased, Sable, ducally gorged, Or.
Supporters: — On the dexter side, a lion. Gules, collared
and chained. Or ; on the sinistei-, a boar, Sable, ducally
collared and chained, Or.

Upon the death of the late Earl of Newburgh without issue, that Scottish
title being inheritable through heirs female, Francis Eyre, Esq. of Hassop-
hall, assumed it, as being the son of Lady Mary, the younger daughter and
coheiress of Charlotte, - Countess of Newburgh, by Charles RadclifFe, a
younger son of Francis, Earl of Derwentwater ; Prince Justiniani, son of
the elder daughter, being incapable of inheriting as an alien. Francis Eyre
is the immediate descendant of Stephen Eyre, a younger son of Ralph
Eyre, Esq., of Padley, who settled at Hassop in the reign of Henry VH.
Arms: — Quarterly, i and 4. Eyre.' — 2. Radchfie.' —
3. Arg. on a bend, G. between three gillyflowers, slipped,
Proper, an anchor of the first, all within a double tressure,
Vert. Livingston.

Crest of Livingston : — A moor's head, couped at the
shoulder. Proper, banded. Gules and Argent, with pen-
dants at the ears, of the last. — This crest is borne together
with those of Eyre and Radclifle.

Supporters : — On the dexter side, a savage man ; on
the sinister, a horse, Argent, caparisoned, Gules.

' See the account of Gentry.

See Extinct Gentry.

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DERBYSHIRE.

Irish Peers •who have Seats in Derbyshire.

Butler, Marquis of Ormond. — Walter, Earl of Ormond, became pos-
sessed of Siitton-hall and manor by marriage with the grand-
daugliter and representative of Godfrey Bagnall Clarke,
Esq. He was created a Marquis in 1815.

Arms : — Or, a chief indented, Gules.

Crest : — Out of a plume of feathers an eagle issuing.

Supporters : — On the dexter side, an eagle j on the si-
nister, a griffin.

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Cavendish, Lord Waterpark. — Henry, a natural son of Sir Henry Ca-
vendish (elder brother of the first Earl of Devonshire), became possessed of
the Doveridge estate by his father's gift, and was immediate ancestor of
Henry Cavendish, Esq., who was created a Baronet in
1755, and was grandfather of Richard, Lord Waterpark,
whose mother was, during her widowhood, created a Ba-
roness in her own right, in the year 1792.

Arms : — Sable, three bucks' heads, caboshed, Arg. at-
tired. Or. within a border of the second.

Crest : — On a ducal coronet, a snake nowed, Proper.
Supporters : — Two bucks. Proper.

Evfinct Peerages.

Cavendish and Holles, Dukes of Newcastle. — Sir Charles Cavendish,
younger son of Sir William Cavendish, of Chatsworth, became possessed of
Bolsover Castle by purchase in 1613 ; his son William, by the coheiress of
Ogle (who became Baroness Ogle in her own right), was, in 1628, created
Baron Cavendish, of Bolsover, and Earl of Newcastle-on-Tyne; in 1644, Mar-
quis of Newcastle; and in 1664, in consequence of his long and loyal ser-
vices, Earl of Ogle, and Duke of Newcastle. Henry, Earl of Ogle and Duke
of Newcastle, son of the second Duke, having died without issue by his wife
(the heiress of Percy, Earl of Northumberland), John Holies, Earl of Clare,
who married Lady Margaret Cavendish, one of the Duke's daughters and
coheiresses, possessed Bolsover Castle, and was, in 1694, created Duke of
Newcastle. That title became again extinct at his death, in 171 1, and Bol-
sover passed with his heiress to Edward Harley, Earl of Oxford, and with
that Earl's heiress to the Duke of Portland, as before mentioned.

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Arras of Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle, and Crest : — The same as the
Duke of Devonshire, with due difference.

Supporters : — On the dexter side, a bull, Or, gorged with a ducal coro-
net, G. ; on the sinister, a lion per fesse, O. and G., ducally crowned. Or.
Arms of Holies, Duke of Newcastle : — Ermine, two
piles, Sable.

Crest : — On a chapeau, G., turned up. Ermine, a boar
passant, Az., bristled, hoofed, and armed, Or.

Supporters : — On the dexter side, a lion, Azure ; on
the sinister, a wolf, Or.

Ferrars, Earl Ferrars and of Derby. — Henry de Ferrars possessed nu-
merous manors in Derbyshire, by gift of William the Conqueror ; his son,
Robert, appears to have been the first Earl Ferrars. Robert, the second
Earl Ferrars, was, according to Vincent (on the authority of Ordericus Vi-
talis), created Earl of Derby, in 1138. His son, William, Earl Ferrars and
of Derby, married the heiress of Peverel. William, the third Earl of
Derby, married the coheiress of Blundeville ; his son, the fourth Earl, one
of the coheiresses of Marshall, Earl of Pembroke, by whom he had seven
daughters, and afterwards one of the co-heiresses of Quincy, Earl of Win-
chester, by whom he had two sons and a daughter. Robert, the succeed-
ing and fifth Earl of Derby, was dispossessed of his estates, and deprived
of his Earldom, for his repeated acts of rebellion, in the reign of Henry HI. :
he died in 1278. His descendants enjoyed the title of Lord Ferrars, of
Chartley, but had no longer any connection with this county. The last
Lord Ferrars, of Chartley, died in or about the year 1449. His daughter
and heiress married Sir Walter Devereux ; and the barony, having passed
through the families of Shirley and Compton, is now enjoyed by Marquis
Townshend. The Earls of Derby had a castle at Duffield. After the
title of Earl of Derby had been taken from the Ferrars family, it was given,
with that of Lancaster, to several of the blood-royal of the Plantagenets.
Melbourne Castle was one of the seats of Edmund, Earl of Lancaster. King
Henry VIL conferred the title of Earl of Derby on the Stanley family,
in whom it has ever since continued. The Tamworth branch of the Fer-
rars family had for some time a seat at Walton-upon-Trent, in this county.
The heiress of this branch having married Robert Shirley, his descendant
Marquis Townshend is representative of this branch, as well as that of
Ferrars of Chartley.

Arms

DERBYSHIRE.

Arms of the Earls Ferrars and of Derby :

The three first Earls bore,
Arg. six horse-shoes, Sable.
William, the fourth Earl,
bore, Vaire, O. and G., a
border. Azure, semee of
horse-shoes, Arg.

The two last Earls bore
only Vairc, Or and Gules.

Leake, Earl of Scarsdale. — This ancient family derived their descent
from Alan de Leca (Leak in Nottinghamshire,) who was living in 1141.
William Leake, who first settled at Sutton, in Derbyshire, early in the
fifteenth century, was a younger son of Sir John Leake, of Gotham in Not-
tinghamshire. Sir John Leake, the younger, married the heiress of Hilary,
alias Grey ; his father, the heiress of Towers. Francis Leake (the fifth in
descent from William above-mentioned, and son of Sir Francis, who married
a coheiress of Swift, of Rotheram) was created a Baronet in 1611 ; in
1624, Lord Deincourt, and in 1645, Earl of Scarsdale. These titles became
extinct by the death of Nicholas, the fourth Earl, and the last of the Leake
family, in 1736. A younger branch of this family, de-
scended from Thomas, second son of William Leake who
first settled at Sutton, was for some descents of Hasland,
in the parish of Chesterfield.

Arms : — Arg. on a saltier engrailed. Sable, nine an-
nulets, Or.

Crest : — Two popinjays, rising. Or, supporting a pea-
cock's tail. Proper.

Supporters : — Two angels, Proper.

Grey, Lord Grey of Codnor. — Richard Grey who settled at Codnor,
was son of Henry de Grey, of Turroc, in Essex, by the heiress of Bardolf.
This Richard was one of the Barons in the interest of King John : he mar-
ried the heiress of De Humez ; his grandson Henry was summoned to par-
liament as a Baron in the reign of Edward I., Richard Lord Grey, K. G.
Lord Treasurer of England, (grandson of Henry) married the heiress of
Bassett, of Sapcote, Henry his son, the heiress of Percy, Lord of Athol.

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Henry, the last Lord Grey of Codnor, died without issue, in the year 1496,
when the title became extinct. A branch of the Zouch's of Harringworth,
possessed the Codnor estate, and became representatives
of tlie family, in consequence of the marriage of Sir John
Zouch, a younger brother of William Lord Zouch, of
Harringworth, with Ehzabeth, daughter of Richard Lord
Grey, and aunt of the last Lord Grey.

Arms : — Barry of six Arg. and Azure.

Crest : — Out of a ducal coronet. Or, a demi-peacock
displayed with wings elevated, Argent.

Supporters : — Two boars.

Segrave, Baron Segrave. — This noble family, before and after they
were summoned to parliament as Barons, had a seat at
Bretby, which John, Lord Segrave, had a licence to castel-
late in 1228. Elizabeth, sole heiress of John, Lord Segrave,
who died 27 Edw. HL married the son and heir of John,
Lord Moubray.

Arms of the Barons Segrave : — Sable, a lion rampant,
Arg. crowned. Or.

MouBEAY, Baron Moubray. — John Moubray, who married the heiress
of Segrave as above-mentioned, succeeded his father as
Lord Moubray, and died seised of Bretby castle, &c. in
1400 ; his coheiresses married Berkeley and Howard,
whose descendants, the Earls of Berkeley, and the Dukes
of Norfolk, have borne among their other titles, those of
Baron Segrave and Moubray.

Arms of the Barons Moubray : — Gules, a lion rampant.
Argent.

Grey, Baron Grey de Wilton. — This noble family, who derived their
descent from John de Grey, a younger brother of Richard, the first Lord
Grey of Codnor, had, for some generations, a seat at Shirland. Sir Henry
Grey was summoned to parliament 50 Edw. HL, by the style of Henry
firrey de Shirland, Chevalier. Henry, the last Lord Grey de Wilton, of tbe

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male line, died in 1614 ; Shirland had some time before passed out of the
family. The title was, in 1784, revived in the Egerton family, who wei'e
descended from a sister of the last Lord Grey. This Baronial family
took their distinguishing appellation, from Wilton-castle, in Herefordshire,
which they had acquired by marriage with the heiress of Longchamp.

Arms : — The same as Grey of Codnor, with due difference.

Crest : — On a gauntlet, Arg., a falcon rising, Or.

Supporters : — Two griflins, Or, langued, Gules.

Chomwell,

Baron Cromwell. — The Cromwell family possessed the
manor of West-Hallam from an early period ; but it does
not appear that they had anj' residence in Derbyshire befoi'e
Ralph, Lord Cromwell, Lord Treasurer of England, inhe-
rited the manor of South-Winfield, and built the manor-
house, of which the fine ruins now remain. The Lord
Treasurer died without issue, and had, before his death,
sold the reversion of the Winfield estate.

Arms : — Arg. a chief G. over all a bend, Azure.

TucHET, Baron Audley. — John, son of Thomas Tuchet, (whose ancestors
had long possessed a park and seat at Markeaton, near Derby,) by one of the
coheiresses of Nicholas, Lord Audley, of Heleigh, became
Baron Audley ; his descendant, John, Lord Audley, sold
this estate to the-Mundy family, in the early part of the
sixteenth century.

Arms of Tuchet, Lord Audley : — Ermine, a chevron,
Gules.

Crest : — On a ducal coronet. Or, a swan naiant, Arg.
beaked, G. ducally crowned, Or.

Supporters : — Two griffins. Sable, langued. Gules.

Blount, Lord Mountjoy. — The family of Blount were, for several gene-
rations, of Barton Blount, and of Elvaston near Derby. Sir Walter Blount,
of Barton, was Standard-bearer to King Henry IV. ; his descendant and
name-sake, Lord Treasurer to King Edward IV., was, in 1465, created
Lord Mountjoy of Thurvaston. Most of the Derbyshire estates passed
out of the family long before the death of the last Lord Mountjoy, who was
created Earl of Devonshire in 1603, and died in 1606. Thurvaston, how-

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ever, appears to have been inherited under his will, by his natural son,
Mountjoy Blount, who, in i6'27, was created Lord Mount-
joy of Thurvaston, and the next year, Earl of Newport.
These titles became extinct by the death of Henry the fourth
Earl, in 1681.

Arms of Blount, Lord Mountjoy : — Barry, nebulee of
six. Or and Sable.

Crest : — On a ducal coronet. Or, a wolf passant, Sable,
between two feathers of the first.

Supporters : — Two wolves, Sable.

Frecheville, Lord Frecheville, of Stavely. This ancient family was
settled at an early period at Bony in Nottinghamshire. Anker de Freche-
ville, about the year 1175, married the heiress of Hubert Fitz-Ralph.
Another Anker de Frecheville (son of Ralph) having married the heiress of
Musard, became possessed of Stavely, in Derbyshire, and settled there. His
son Sir Ralph, was summoned to parliament as a Baron 29 Edw. I. ; but
none of his immediate descendants received a like summons. John
Frecheville, the fourth in descent from Sir Ralph, married the heiress of
Nuthill. John Frecheville, the sixth in descent from the last mentioned
John, was created Lord Frecheville of Stavely, in 1 664. The title became
extinct at his death in 1682; he left three daughters, coheiresses; the
elder married Charles, Duke of Bolton j the second, Philip Warwick, Esq.,
(son and heir of Sir Philip Warwick,) and afterwards Conye'rs, Earl of
Holderness ; the third, Colonel Thomas Colepeper.

Arms : — Azure, a bend between six escallop shells,
Argent.

Crest : — A demi-angel issuing from a wreath. Proper,
crined and winged. Or, on his head a cross fbrmee of the
last ; vested in mail, and the arms in armour, Proper,
holding in both hands an arrow in bend, Or, feathered
and headed, Argent.

Supporters : — Two angels, habited as in the crest,'each
holding an arrow.

Baronial

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Baro7iial Families, eatinct.

William Peverel, a natural son of William the Conqueror
had large possessions in Derbyshire by his father's gift : he
built the castle of the Peak, and either he or his son are
supposed to have built that of Bolsover. The heiress of
William Peverel the younger married William de Ferrars,
the first Earl of Derby.

Arms : — Vaire, Or, and Gules.

Deincourt. — Walter Deincourt possessed several manors in this county
by gift of the Conqueror. Edmund Deincourt, the last of the elder branch
died in the early part of the reign of Edward III. The chief remaining
branch had their principal residence at Park-hall or Park-house, in the
parish of Morton. John Deincourt, who died 7 Hen. IV., married the heiress
of Grey of Rotherfield. His elder son, William, dying
without issue in 1422, and a younger son Robert, in 1442,
the male line of the family became extinct. The sisters
and coheiresses married Ralph, Lord Cromwell and Wil-
liam Lord Lovell. The heiress of a, branch of this family
married Barton, about the year 1370.

Arms of Deincourt of Park-hall : — Sable, a fesse daun-
cettee between ten billets, four above and six below,
Argent.

DQDD
□ □.

MUSARD. —

Ascuit Musard held Stavely (the place of his residence,)
and other manors at the time of the Domesday Survey.
Nicholas, the last heir male of the family, died in or
about the year 1300. The elder of the coheiresses married
Sir Ralph Frecheville ; a second left a daughter and heiress,
married to William de Chelaston, the name of her husband
is not known.

Arms : — Or, two chevrons, Azure.

FlTZ-

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Fitz-Ralph. — Hubert Fitz-Ralph held numerous manors in Derbyshire
at the time of the Domesday Survey, in which he was succeeded by his son
Hubert Fitz-Ralph. Crich was the seat of their barony. The heiress of
Fitz-Ralph married .4 nicer de Frecheville, ancestor of the Derbyshire family
of that name.

There appears to have been another baronial family of Fitz-Ralph, Lords
of Alfreton, one of whom was founder of Beauchief-abbey, and one of
whose coheiresses married Chaworth.

Nobleme7i''s Seats.

Mr. Kinder, speaking of the Nobility of Derbyshire, says, " No countie
in England hath so manie princelie habitations, the theatie of hospitalitie,
and seats of fruition ; as Bolsover, Haddon, Hardwick, another escurial,
Brettby, Sutton, Olcoates. In tymes past, the Castle of the Peake, for the
honour of Peverell ; Codnor, for the Lord Grey ; Elvaston, for the family
of Blount, Lord Mountjoye ; the Earls of Shrewsbury at Buttons ^ ; and
Elizabeth, Countess of Shrewsbury, at Chatsworth.""

The present noblemen's seats are, Chatsworth, the chief seat, and Hard-
wick, an occasional residence, of the Duke of Devonshire ; Elvaston, the
seat of the Earl of Harrington ; Sudbury, of Lord Vernon ; and Kedleston,
of Lord Scarsdale. Bretby, the seat of the Chesterfield family, is shut up,
during the minority of the present Earl. Haddon and Bolsover, belonging
to the Dukes of Rutland and Portland, although the buildings are kept up,
have many years ceased to be inhabited by those noble families. The
Duke of Rutland has lately fitted up a Hall on the banks of the Derwent,
in the parish of Youlgrave, called Stanton- Woodhouse, for the purpose of
an occasional residence during the shooting-season. Sutton is a seat of the
Marquis of Ormond, of the kingdom of Ireland, in right of his wife. Do-
veridge is the seat of Lord Waterpark, of the kingdom of Ireland ; Hassop
of the Earl of Newburgh, of the kingdom of Scotland.

The only remains of ancient seats of the nobility are those of Codnor
Castle, formerly belonging to the Lords Grey, and Winfield manor-house,
the seat of the Earl of Shrewsbury.

s It seems probable, that this was a name sometimes given to South-Winfield manor-house,
of which Mr. Kinder makes no mention ; yet it had been inhabited by the Slirewsbury family
not many years before his time. We know of no place in Derbyshire now called Buttons, nor
have wc seen any record of such.

I* MS. History of Derbyshire in the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford.

Baronets.

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Baronets.

Greslev, of Drakelow. — This ancient family derive their origin from
Nigel de Stafford, (said to have been one of the younger sons of Roger da
Toni, Standard-bearer of Normandy,) which Nigel had large possessions in
this county. The grandson of Nigel was Robert de Greslei, so called from
Gresley in this county, one of the manors belonging to his grandfather at the
time of the Domesday Survey ; William de Greslei, his son was of Drake-
low in the same parish, the present seat of the family. Sir Nicholas, the
sixth in descent from William, married the heiress of Wasteneys, of Colton
in Staffordshire, from whom this family inherited large possessions. George,
the seventh in descent from Sir Nicholas, was created a Baronet in 1611.
Sir Thomas, the second baronet, (grandson of Sir Nicholas) married a
coheiress of Morewood ; his grandson. Sir Thomas, the fourth baronet, a
coheiress of Sir William Bowyer, Bart, of Staffordshire. The title is
now enjoyed by Sir Roger Gresley, a minor, born in 1799,
great grandson of the last-mentioned Sir Thomas, who is
the eighth baronet of the family : he was son of Sir Nigel
the late baronet by his second wife, the heiress of Garway.
Arms: — Vaire, Erm. and Gules.
\^iJV|^i/^ijy^ Crest : — On a wreath, a lion passant, Erm. armed,
X^2^>^ langued, and collared, Gules.

Harpue, of Calke, (now Crewe). — The Harpurs were an ancient War-
wickshire family ; the first who settled in Derbyshire, was Richard Harpur,
Esq. one of the Justices of the Common-pleas, in the reign of Elizabeth, a
native of Chester, where a younger branch of the Harpur family at that
time resided. Judge Harpur seated himself at Swarkston-hall, which had
belonged to the Rollestons ; he married the heiress of Findern, of Fin-
dern, by whom he had two sons, Sir John, ancestor of the Harpurs of
Swarkston, Breadsall, and Calke, and Sir Richard, ancestors of the
Harpurs of Little-Over. The elder or Swarkston branch became extinct after
four generations, the coheiresses (sisters of Sir John, the last heir male, wlio
died in 1677,) married Gilbert of Locko and Cooper of Thurgarton in Not-
tinghamshire. John, the second son of Sir John Harpur of Swarkston,
married the heiress of Dethick j his son. Sir John, who was of Swarkston,
afler the extinction of that line, married the heiress of Henry Howard, of

the

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DERBYSHIRE.

the Suffolk family, by whom he had a son, who married, but left no issue,
Henry, the third son of Sir John Harpur of Swarkston, before mentioned,
was created a Baronet in 1626. Sir John Harpur, his great-grandson, the
fourth baronet, married one of the coheiresses of Thomas Lord Crewe, of
Stean, (by his second wife, a coheiress of Armine.) The present and seventh
baronet, is Sir Henry, great-grandson of Sir John. In the year 1808, he
took the name of Crewe, by the King's sign-manual, in consequence of
his descent from Lord Crewe, as above-mentioned.

The elder branch of the Harpurs of Little-Over, became extinct by the
deathof John Harpur, Esq., in 1754; the heiress married Heathcote. A
younger branch of the Harpurs of Little-Over, was settled'for three descents
at Twyford, wliich estate came afterwards to a younger branch of the

Harpurs, of Calke, the coheiresses of which married Francis

and Revell.

Arms : — Argent, a lion rampant and a border engrailed.

Sable. The Twyford branch bore a canton, S. charged

with a fi'et. Argent, for difference.

Crest : — On a wreath, a boar passant, Or, bristled, G.

and collared with a ducal coronet of the second.

Every, of Egginton. — Simon Every, who was created a baronet in 1641,
was of a Somersetshire family : he settled at Egginton in this county in
consequence of his marriage with Mary, elder daughter and coheir of Sir
Henry Leigh. Sir Henry, the third baronet, married one of the coheiresses
of Russel, of Strensham in Worcestershire, but left no issue either by her
or by his second wife. His brother, Sir John Every the succeeding baronet,
was a naval officer of some note in the reign of King William. Upon the
death of his younger brother the Reverend Sir John Every, the seventh
baronet, in 1779, the elder branch became extinct, and the
title devolved to Mr. Edward Every, then of Derby, being
the fourth in descent from Francis, third son of Sir Simon,
the first baronet, which Francis was buried at Egginton in
1708 ; his son. Sir Henry, is the present baronet.
Arms : — Or, four chevronels, Gules.
Crest : — An unicorn's head, couped, Proper,

CuRzoN, of Kedleston. See Lord Scarsdale,

HUNLOKE,

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HuNLOKE, of Wingerwortli Tlie first of this family who settled in

"Derbyshire, was Nicholas Hunloke who purchased Wingerworth of the
Curzons in the reign of Henry VIII. Henry Hunloke, his grandson, who Mas
Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1624, married to his second wife, the heiress of
Alvey. Henry his son, by her, was for his signal services in the battle of
Edghill, created a Baronet in 1 643 ; his son, the second baronet, married
the heiress of Tyrwhit, in consequence of which marriage, the late Sir
Thomas Windsor Hunloke was, in 1806, adjudged by the Hotise of Lords
to be one of the coheirs of Robert de Roos, who was summoned to parlia-
ment, 49 Henry III.' The barony being taken out of abeyance, was then
given to Lady Henry Fitzgerald. The present and sixth baronet of this
family is Sir Henry Hunloke, a minor, born in 1812.

Arms of Hunloke : — Azure, a fesse between three tigers'
heads erased, Or.

Crest : — On a chapeau Azure, turned up Erm. a cock-
atrice with wings expanded. Proper; comb, beak, and
wattles, Or.

BooTHBY, of Broadlow-Ash. — This family was originally of Boolhby in
Lincolnshire. Henry, third son of William Boothby, a merchant in London,
was created a baronet by King Charles I., in 1644, but the patent never
passed the seals : he was described as of Clatercote in Oxfordshire. His
grandson William, being of Broadlow-Ash, near Ashborne in Derbyshire,
procured a renewal of the patent, although not with precedence from 1644.
His son Francis, who died in his father's life-time, married a coheiress of
Child ; Henry the grandson, who was the second Baronet, died without
issue, when the title devolved to William son of Sir William, by his second
wife who was a coheiress of Brooke ; he was succeeded by his grandson of the
same name, on whose death, in 1787, the title went to Brooke Boothby, son
of Brooke, second son of Sir William before mentioned,
by the coheiress of Brooke. The late Sir Brooke, who
enjoyed the title only two years, married the heiress of
Hollins : he was succeeded by his son Sir Brooke Boothby,
the present and sixth baronet.

Arms : — Argent, on a canton. Sable, a lion's paw erased,
in bend. Or.

Crest : — On a wreath, a lion's paw erased, erect. Or.

Vol. V.

' George Earl of Essex was also adjudged one of the coheirs.

Cavendish,

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DERBYSHIRE.

Cavendish, of Doveridge. See Lord Waterpark.

WiLMOT, of Chaddesden. — This family was originally of Nottingham-
shire, afterwards of Derby. They have been settled at Chaddesden some-
what more than two centuries. Robert Wilmot \ who was living in 1600,
married the heiress of Shrigley. His descendant, Di\ Edward Wilmot,
physician to the late King and to his present Majesty, was created a Baronet
in 1759; his son, (by the daughter of the celebrated Dr. Mead,) Sir
Robert Mead Wilmot, married the heiress of Wollet, and
was father of Sir Robert Wilmot, the present baronet.

Arms : — Sable, on a fesse, Or, between three eagles'
heads couped, Arg. as many escallops, Gules.

Crest : — An eagle's head, couped, Argent, in its beak
an escallop. Gules.

Wilmot, of Osmaston. — This branch of the family descended from Sir
Nicholas, a younger son of Robert Wilmot of Chaddesden above-mentioned,
by the heiress of Shrigley. Robert, the elder son of Sir Nicholas, married
the heiress of Eardley, and his eldest son, Robert, a coheiress of Sir Samuel
Marow, Bart. Robert, the son of the last-mentioned marriage, was created a
Baronet in 1772, with remainder to Robert Wilmot, Esq. of
Osmaston, who is th€ second and present baronet.

Arms : — The same as Wilmot of Chaddesden, with the
distinction of a border, engrailed. Or, (granted in 1760.)

Crest : — The same as Wilmot of Chaddesden, the
eagle's head being gorged with a collar engrailed. Azure,
for difference.

FiTZHERDERT, of Tissingtou. — The Tissington branch of this ancient
family, is descended from Nicholas, a younger son of John Fitzherbert of
Somersall, which Nicholas, about the middle of the fourteenth century, ac-
quired Tissington, by marrying a coheiress of Meynell. The Fitzherberts had
possessed Somersall, which from them acquired the name of Somersall-Her-
bert, beyond the reach of records. The elder branch of the family became
extinct by the death of Richard Fitzherbert, Esq., of Somersall in 1803.

William Fitzherbert, Esq., of Tissington, the immediate descendant of
Nicholas above-mentioned, was created a Baronet in 1783. He was suc-

'' The grandfather of this Robert, is the first person mentioned in the Heralds' visitations ;
he and his son were of Derby.

ceeded,

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Ixvii

ceeded, in 1791, by his eldest son Anthony, and Sir
Antliony, in 1799, by his brother Henry, the present and
third Baronet. Alleyn Fitzherbert, brother of Sir WilHam
the first baronet, was, in 1801, created Baron St. Helen's.

Arms : — Gules, three lions rampant. Or.

Crest : — An armed arm, erect, couped ; vested. Ermine,
cuffed, Argent.

Hastings, of Willesley-hall. — Charles Hastings, Esq. (a natural son
of Francis, Earl of Huntingdon), who married the heiress
of Abney, of Willesley-hall, was created a Baronet in 1806.
Sir Charles Hastings is a General in the army.
Arms : — Arg. a maunch, within a border engrailed. Sab.
Crest : — A bull's head, erased, Erminois, attired, and
ducally gorged. Argent.

Bateman, of Hartington. — It is uncertain when the Bateman family
first settled at Hartington ; but, probably, in tlie early part of the sixteenth
century : they first appear in the parish Register, in the year 1554: it is pro-
bable that they came from Norfolk, where a family of that name, of consider-
able note, existed in the fourteenth century.* Hugh Bateman, Esq., the im-
mediate descendant and representative of Hugh Bateman, who was baptized
at Hartington in 1554, was, in 1806, created a Baronet, with remainder, suc-
cessively, to the male issue of his two daughters, since married to tlie eldest
son of Sir Joseph Scott, Bart., and to Sir Alexander Hood. Sir Hugh Bate-
man's grandfather married a coheiress of Osborne, by a coheiress of Sache-
verell. Robert, a younger brother of Hugh Bateman, of Hartington-hall,
which Robert died in 1645, '^^'^^ ^ merchant in London and Chamberlain of
t4ie City ; three of his younger sons, William, Anthony, and Thomas, were
Aldermen of London, all knighted by King Charles II., at the Restoration,
and designated as Knights of the Royal Oak, had the Institution of that order
taken effect. Sir Anthony was Lord Mayor of London in
1664; Sir Thomas who was in the same year ci'eated a Ba-
ronet, died without male issue.

Arms : — Or, three crescents, each surmounted by an
etoile of six points. Gules ; a dexter canton. Azure.

Crest : — A crescent, surmounted by an etoile. Gules,
between two eagle's wings. Or.

' Some of the Hartington family were possessed of lands in Norfolk as late as 1676.

i 2 SrrwELL,

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DERBYSHIRE.

SiTWELL, of Renishaw-hall. — The family of Sitwell was settled in the
parish of Eckington early in the sixteenth century.' They afterwards be-
came possessed of Renishaw-hall in that parish. Upon the death of Francis
Sitwell, Esq., in 1753, without issue, his estates devolved to Francis Hurt,
(son of his cousin-german, Catherine, daughter of William Sitwell, Esq.)
Mr. Hurt took the name of Sitwell in 1777, and was father of Sitwell
Sitwell, Esq., who was created a Baronet in 1808. Sir
Sitwell died in 181 1, and was succeeded by his only son,
George, a minor (born in 1797), who is the present
baronet.

Arms : — Barry of eight, O. and Vert ; over all, three
lions rampant, Sable.

Crest : — A demi-lion rampant, erased. Sable, holding
an escutcheon, per pale. Or and Vert.

Baronets "who tvere not described as of Derbyshire at the Time of therr

Creation.

BuRDETT, of Bramcote, in Warwickshire, now of Foremark, in Derby-
shire. This ancient family was of Leicestershire immediately after the
conquest. Sir Robert Burdett settled at Arrow, in Warwickshire, in the
reign of Edward H. Thomas, his immediate descendant, being then of
Bramcote, was created a Baronet in 161 8. Previously to this period, the
heiresses or coheiresses of Camville, Veale, Bruin, and Waldief, had
married into the family. Sir Thomas Burdett, Bart., acquired Foremark
by marriage with the heiress of Francis ; and it became, in conse-
quence, the chief seat of the family. Francis, son of Sir
Robert Burdett, the fourth baronet, married the heiress of
Jones, of Ramsbury manor, Wilts, and died in his father's
life-time : his son, Francis, is the fifth and present baronet.
Arms : — Azure, two bars. Or.

Crest : — On a wreath, a lion's head, erased. Sable, Ian-
gued. Gules.

Cave, of Stanford, Northamptonshire, now Cave Browne, of Stretton-
in-the-Fields, Derbyshire. On the death of the Rev. Sir Charles Cave, of

' There had been five descents at Eckington in 1662. — Hieron's Collections.

9 Thedingworth,

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Thedingwortli, in Leicestershire, in i8io, the title devolved to William
Cave Browne, Esq., of Stretton, descended from Roger, elder son of Sir
Roger Cave, Bart., who died in 1703, by his second wife. This Roger
married Catherine, danghter of William Browne, Esq., of Stretton : his son
John, on succeeding to this estate took the name and arms of Browne, in
1753, and was father of Sir William Cave Browne, Bart.
The heiress of Bromflete, and coheiresses of Genell and
Danvers, have married into the Cave family.

Arms of Browne, of Stretton : — Azure, a chevron be-
tween three escallops. Or ; a border engrailed, Gules.

Crest : — An ostrich, Argent, the wings, collar, and
beak. Or.

Banks, of Revesby- Abbey, in Lincolnshire, now occasionally resident at
Overton-hall, in Derbyshire. — The family of Banks was originally of York-
shire. Joseph Banks, Esq., M. P. for Peterborough, married the heiress of
Hodgkinson : William, his son, took the name of Hodgkinson for the Over-
ton estate, which afterwards passed to his younger brother, the late Robert
Banks Hodgkinson, Esq. Joseph Banks, Esq., of Revesby-Abbey, (son of
William, above-mentioned, who had resumed the name of Banks, and grand-
son of Joseph Banks, above-mentioned) was created a Baronet in 1783.
On the death of his uncle, Robert Banks Hodgkinson, in 1792, he
became possessed of Overton-hall, which has since been
his occasional residence. In 1795, he was made Knight
of the Bath ; and upon the new-modelling of that order in
1 8 14, one of the Knights Grand Cross. Sir Joseph married
one of the coheiresses of Hugesson, of Provender in Kent.
Arms : — Sable, a cross. Or, between four fleurs-de-lis.
Argent.

Crest : — On the stump of a tree, couped, Proper, a
stork, close. Argent, beaked, Or.

WU.

Extinct Baronets.

Leake, of Sutton, 161 1. See Earl of Scarsdale, among the extinct
Peers.

Kniveton, of Mercaston, 161 1. — This ancient family, was originally
of Kniveton, whence they took their name. Sir Matthew Kniveton was

settled

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settled at Bradley in the reign of Edward I., and there the elder branch
continued till the early part of Charles I.'s reign, when it became extinct,
after a continuance of about fifteen generations. Matthew, a younger son of
Sir Matthew Kniveton above-mentioned, settled at Mercaston. Thomas,
the eighth in descent from Matthew, married a coheiress of Leche of Chats-
worth. His son William, who was created a Baronet in 1611, married the
heiress of RoUesley of RoUesley-hall. Sir Gilbert, the second baronet, who
married the heiress of Gray, of Tanney in Hertfordshire, removed to Brad-
ley after the extinction of the elder branch. Sir Andrew, the third baronet,
a zealous Royalist, having been much impoverished by the civil war, sold
Bradley and the greater part, if not the whole, of the family estates. Sir
Andrew had a younger brother, Thomas, and three sisters married to Sir
Aston Cokaine, Pegge of Yeldersley, and Henry Neville. We have not
been able to find when the title became extinct ; but Collins, in his Baronet-
age of 1720, says that Sir Thomas Kniveton, one of the Gentlemen Pen-
sioners in the reign of Charles II. was supposed to have been the last
Baronet. This Sir Thomas continued to belong to the band of Gentlemen
Pensioners, in the early part of King Wdliani's reign, and was living in
1690. He was the younger brother of Sir Andrew Kniveton before
mentioned.

Arms : — The bearings of this family have been various. The earliest
coats were, a chevron between three knives, borne by Sir Henry Kniveton,

temp. Edw. I., and Gules, a bend vaire, Arg. and Sable.

Sir Henry Kniveton, temp. Edw. III. bore a bend, vaire.

between six crosses forraee. A later coat, and that borne

by the baronets of the family, was Gules, a chevron, vaire,

Argent and Sable.

Crest, a demi-eagle issuing from a wreath. Or, the wings

expanded, Sable.

WiLLOUGHBY, of Rislev, 1611. — Sir Richard Willougliby, who, during a
great part of the reign of Edward III. was one of the justices of the Com-
mon-pleas, and sometime chief justice of the King's-bench, acquired the
Risley estate by marriage with the heiress of Morteyne : his younger son
Hugh, settled at Risley. The son of Hugh married the heiress of
Dabridgecourt, and his son, it appears, bore his mother's arms, (Ermine,
three bars humettee) which are engraved on his monument at Wilne, ina-
paled with Clifton. Henry, the last heir male of this branch, was created
a baronet in 16 1 1, during the life-time of his father. Sir John Willoughby,

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who died in 1625. Sir Henry dying without male issue, in 1649, t^e title
became extinct : he had four daughters ; by his first wife, Elizabeth and
Anne ; by his second wife, (the coheiress of Darcy,) Catherine and Eli-
zabeth. Tlie elder, Elizabeth, married Sir Henry Griffith, and died with-
out issue ; Anne married Sir Thomas Aston, Bart., and afterwards, the
Honourable Anchetil Grey, second son of the Earl of Stam-
ford ; Catherine married Sir J.Bellingham, Bart., and after-
wards George Pnrefoy, Esq. ; and Elizabeth, the youngest,
~ - Sir Symonds Dewes, Bart., and afterwards Sir John Wray,
Bart.

Arms of Willoughby, of Risley : — Or, on two bars,
Gules, three water bougets, Argent.
Crest : — An owl, crowned. Or.

FoLJAMBE, of Walton, 1622. — The first of this family of whom we have
any account in the pedigrees, is Sir Thomas Foljambe, whose son, Sir
Thomas, appears to have been settled at Darley. Sir Godfrey, son of the
last-mentioned Sir Thomas, died in or about the year 1376 ; his son Thomas
married the heiress of Loudham, of Walton near Chesterfield, which was
the seat of his posterity for several generations. Sir James and Godfrey,
sons of Sir Godfrey, who was great-grandson of Thomas above-mentioned,
married the coheiresses of Fitzwilliam of Aldwark. George, a third son,
was of Barlborough, where his elder son, Henry, was living in 1569.
Francis Foljambe, Esq. descended from Sir James, who married one of
the coheiresses of Fitzwilliam, was created a Baronet in 1622. The title,
and the elder branch of the family became extinct at his death. Aldwark, in
Yorkshire, inherited from Fitzwilliam, continued to be the seat of a younger
branch, till that also became extinct, in the male line, about the year 1740;
The Staffordshire branch of Foljambe was descended from an illegitimate
son of Godfrey Foljambe, who married the other coheiress of Fitzwilliam,
but died without lawful issue.

Aims of Foljambe: — Sable, a bend between six escallops.
Or.

Crest : —In the year 1513, Godfrey Foljambe, of Wal-
ton had a grant of the following crest ; — A Calopus or
Chatloup, passant, quarterly. Or and Sable, the horns quar-
terly in like manner. The family nevertheless bore, at a
later date, for their crest, a man's leg coiiped at the thigh,
quarterly. Or and Sable, spurred, of the first.

RODES,

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DERBYSHIRE.

RoDES, of" Barlborough. 1641. — This was an ancient Nottinghamshire
family. William, sixth in descent from Sir Gerard Rodes, who lived in the
reign of King John, married the heiress of Cachehors, of Stavely-Wood-
thorpe in Derbyshire, where his posterity settled. Francis Rodes, the fifth
in descent from William, was one of the justices of the Common-pleas in
the reign of Queen Elizabeth : he purchased Barlborough, which, in his
soil's time, became the seat of the family. His grandson. Sir Francis Rodes,
Knt., created a Baronet in 1641, married the heiress of Lascelles, of Sturton,
in Nottinghamshire. The title and the male line of the family became
extinct by the death of Sir John Rodes, the fourth baronet, in 1743. His
sister and heiress married Gilbert Heathcote, whose grandson, Gilbert, took
the name of Rodes, and died in 1768. Cornelius, nephew of the latter,
took the name of Rodes in addition to that of Heathcote
in 1776, and is the present possessor of the Barlborough
estate, and representative, in the female line, of the ancient
family of Rodes.

Arms : — Arg. two cottises Ermine, and in bend a
lion passant-guardant. Gules, between two acorns. Azure,

Crest : — On a wreath, a hand couped at the wrist, hold-
ing an oak bough with acorns thereon, Proper.

Coke, of Longford, 1641. — Clement, the sixth son of Lord Chief Justice
Sir Edward Coke, settled at Longford in the early part of the seventeenth
century.'' Sir Edward was the representative of an ancient Norfolk family,
into which the heiress of Crispin and coheiresses of Folcard and Knightly
had married ; he himself married a coheiress of Fasten ; his son Clement,
a coheiress of Rediche, by the heiress of Dethick of Newhall. Edward
Coke, Esq., of Longford, son of Clement, was created a Baronet in 1641 :
he married a coheiress of Dyer ; his son, the second baronet, a coheiress
of Barker. The title of this branch of the family became extinct by the
death of Sir Edward, the third baronet, in 1727. After this event, Long-
ford passed to the elder or Holkham branch, which became extinct by the
death of Robert Coke, Esq. Wenman Roberts Esq., his nephew, took
the name of Coke in 1756, and was father of T. W. Coke, Esq. M.P., now
of Holkham, and of Edward Coke, Esq., of Longford, M. P. for Derby,

" He died in 1629.

Arms :

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Arms : — Per pale, Gules, and Azure, three eagles dis-
played, Argent.

Crest : — On a wreath, an ostrich, Argent, in the beak a
horse-shoe, Azure.

Gell, of Hopton, 1641. — The Gells were of Hopton as early as the
reign of Edward III.' Sir John Gell was created a baronet in 1642, The
title and the male line of the family became extinct by the death of Sir
Philip Gell, the third Baronet in 1719 : his sister and eventually heiress mar-
ried William Eyre, Esq., of Highlow, whose second son, John, took the
name of Gell, about the year 1735. He married a coheiress of Jessop, of
Broom-hall in the parish of Sheffield, by the heiress of
Lord Darcy, of the kingdom of Ireland ; and was grand-
father of Philip Gell, Esq. M, P., the present possessor of
Hopton.

Arms of Gell : — Per bend. Azure and Or, three mullets
of six points, in bend, pierced and counter-changed.
Crest : — A greyhound statant. Sable, collared, Or.

Pye, of Hoone, 1 664. — The ancient family of Pye was originally of
Kilpec-castle in Herefordshire : their descendant, Sir Robert Pye, who
married a coheiress of Croker, settled at Farringdon in Berkshire, in the
^"^ ^ early part of the sixteenth century ; his second son, John

who settled at Hoone in Derbyshire, was created a Baronet
in 1664. The title became extinct in 1734, by the death of
Sir Robert Pye, the fourth Baronet.

Arms : — Ermine, a bend, fusily, Gules.
Crest : — A cross crosslet fitchee, Gules, standing be-
tween a pair of wings, displayed, Argent,

Jenkinson, of Walton, 1685. — Richard Jenkinsun inherited Walton from
his uncle, Paul Fletcher : his son Paul was created a Baronet in 1 685. Sir

' Ralph Gell, the first who is mentioned in the pedigrees of the family is supposed to have
married the heiress of Hopton.

Vol. V.

Paul

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Paul, the second baronet, married one of the coheiresses of
Revel, of Ogston. The title became extinct on the death
of his younger brother, the third baronet, in 1741.

Arms : — Azure, two barrulets in fesse. Or ; in chief
three suns. Proper.

Crest : — On a wreath, a sea-horse's head couped, Azure,
finned, and gorged with two barrulets. Or.

Barker, of Glapwell. — This family was of considerable antiquity in Der-
byshire. The Barkers were originally of Dore, and are mentioned in the list
of Gentry, temp. Hen. VI.: they were afterwards of Norton-Lees, which was
acquiied by marriage with the heiress of Parker of that place and of Dron-
field-Woodhouse. Sir Robert Barker, who married the heiress of Brabazon
Hallowes, Esq., of Glapwell, was the last of the family. He was created a
Baronet in 1781, and died in 1789.

Arms : — Per chevron, engrailed. Or and Sable, a lion
rampant counter-changed ; a canton Azure charged with a
fleur de lis. Or.

Crest : — A demi-dragon, wings expanded, Vert, holding
in the fore paw a sword erect. Proper.

Levinge, of Parwich, and afterwards of High-Park, Westmeath, in the
kingdom of Ireland. An Irish baronet. — Thomas Levinge descended from
a Norfolk family, purchased Parwich of the Cokaines soon after the year
1600; his descendant, Sir Richard Levinge, Speaker of the House of
Commons and Lord Chief Justice of the King's-bench, in Ireland, was
created a Baronet in 1685, and was ancestor of the present
Sir Richard Levinge, Bart., who sold Parwich (after it had
long ceased to be a seat of the family,) in 1814.
Arms : — Vert, a chevron. Or ; in chief, three escallop

shells. Argent.

Crest : — Within a chaplet. Vert, an escallop shell,
Argent.

Baronets'

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Baronets' Seats.

The present Baronets' seats are, Ashborne-hall, Sir Brooke Boothby's ;
Calke, Sir Henry Crewe's ; Wingerworth, Sir Henry Hunloke's ; Egginton,
Sir Henry Every's ; Tissington, Sir Henry Fitzherbert's ; Chaddesden, Sir
Robert Wilmot's ; Osmaston, Sir Robert Wilmot's ; Foremark, Sir Francis
Burdet's ; and Stretton, Sir William Cave Browne's. Of these, only Sir
Henry Crewe, Sir Henry Every, Sir Henry Fitzherbert, Sir Robert Wilmot
of Chaddesden, and Sir William Cave Browne, are at present resident in
the county. Ashborne-hall, is in the tenure of Richard Arkwright, Esq.,
jun. Wingerworth is shut up during the minority of the present baronet.
Foremark and Osmaston are at present uninhabited.

Gentry^

Arkwright, of Willersley-hall. — The founder of this family was the
late Sir Richard Arkwright, who, from an humble origin, acquired opu-
lence by the industrious application of his extraordinary mechanical talents,
to the improvement of the cotton manufacture. He was sheriff of
the county in 1786, and the same year created a knight. In 1782 he pur-
chased the Willersley estate, and, in 1788, built Willersley-hall, which is now
the residence of his son, Richard Arkwright, Esq. M.P.

Arms granted in 1787: — Arg., on a mount, Vert, a
cotton tree fructed. Proper, and, on a chief, Azure, be-
tween two besants, an inescutcheon of the field, charged
with a bee, volant. Proper.

Crest : — An eagle rising, Or, in the beak, pendant by
a ribband, G., an escocheon. Azure, thereon a hank of
cotton. Argent.

Bagshaw, of Abney, and of the Ridge. — These two branches of Bagshaw
were of considerable antiquity in the Peak. They bore the same arms, and were
no doubt originally from the same stock ; but it does not appear by Glover's
pedigree in the earliest visitation of Derbyshire, how they were connected.
The elder line of the Abney branch became extinct towards the latter end of

' The families of ancient gentry are given as existing, if any of the male line are known to
remain in the county, although no longer in possession of the seat of their ancestors, as Bagshaw
of Abney, Beresford of Bentley, Calton of Calton, &c. &c.

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Queen Elizabeth's reign by the death of Nicholas Bagshaw who had two
daughters. The Bagshaws of" Hucklow became representatives of the family.
The Reverend William Bagshavi^, an eminent puritan divine, known by the
name of the Apostle of the Peak, was the eldest son of William Bagshaw,
of Hucklow and Abney ; he lived at Ford which has since been the chief
residence of the family. The present male representative is the Reverend
William Bagshaw of Wormhill. The Bagshaws of the Oaks were descended
from a younger son of the Bagshaws of Hucklow. John Bagshaw, the last of
this branch, died in 1791. In the year 1801, William Chambers Darling
being maternally descended through the family of Chambers, from Richard
Bagshaw, sometime of Castleton and the Oaks ; on coming into possession
of the latter, which is now^ his seat, took the name of Bagshaw by the
King's sign manual, and had a grant of the arms of Bagshaw, with a differ-
ence. He was knighted in 1805. The Bagshaws became possessed of the
Oaks by marrying the heiress of Gill.

The family of Bagshaw of the Ridge became extinct by the death of
Thomas Bagshaw, Esq., in 1721. One of his daughters and coheiresses
married William Fitzherbert, Esq. of Tissington, and the Ridge estate was

settled on her and her issue male. An heiress of the

Cokaines married into this family.

Arms of Bagshaw of the Ridge: — Or, a bugle horn.

Sable, between three roses. Proper.

Crest : — An arm couped at the elbow and erect, Proper,

grasping a bugle horn, Sable, stringed, vert.

The arms of Bagshaw, of Abney, were not proved in 1 634 : the fol-
lowing have been granted to their descendant. Sir Wil-
liam Chambers Bagshaw ; — Per pale, Erminois and Gules,
a bugle stringed between three roses, all counter-changed,
barbed, and seeded. Proper.

Crest : — A dexter cubit arm issuing out of the clouds,
the hand, Proper, holding a bugle-horn, Or, the handle.
Sable, within the strings a rose, Gules.

Bainbrigge, of Derby. — A branch of the Bainbrigges of Lockington, in
Leicestershire, of which J. Bainbrigge, Esq., is the present representa-
tive, have been settled at this place somewhat more than a century. It
does not appear whether they are descended from William Bainbrigge of

Derby,

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Derby, \Vho, in 1581 or 1582, had a grant of arms somewhat varying
from those of Bainbrigge of Lockington, or whether the said William left
any descendants.

Arms of Bainbrigge, of Lockington : — Arg. a chevron embattled, be-
tween three battle-axes. Sable.

Arms granted to William Bainbrigge of Derby, 24 Eliz. :
— Arg. a chevron, Ermines, between three battle-axes.
Sable.

Crest : — A demi-arm armed, the gauntlet. Or, holding a
battle-axe. Sable, mantled, G., doubled. Argent.

Balguy, of Aston in the Peak. — This ancient family, which had been set-
tled in the Peak for many generations, is supposed to have been descended
from that of Baguly, of Baguly in Cheshire : the arms are the same. The
present representative is John Balguy, Esq., of Duffield,
one of His Majesty's Justices of the Great Sessions for
Wales, and Recorder of Derby. An heiress of Brails-
ford, of Norton, and a coheiress of Lee, of Lancashire,
have married into this family.

Arms : — Or, three lozenges. Azure, two and one.
Crest : — A bear passant, Proper, collared and chained,
Or.

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Beaumont, of Barrow. — Edward, a younger son of Thomas Beaumont,
of Thringston, (which Thomas was second son of Sir Tho-
mas Beaumont, of Cole-Orton, by the heiress of Maure-
ward,) settled at Barrow, about the year 1550. John Beau-
mont, Esq., of Barrow, is the present representative of this
branch.

Arms : — Azure, semee de lis, and a lion rampant, charged
with a crescent. Or.

Crest : — A lion passant, Or, charged with a crescent.

Beresford, of Bentley. — Thomas Beresford, a younger son of the family

of that name in Staffordshire, married the heiress of Hassall, of Hassall in

Cheshire, and settled at Bentley in the fifteenth century. The elder line

of this branch became extinct in the reign of James L by the death of

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DERBYSHIRE.

Thomas Beresford, whose heiress married the representative of" the Stafford-
shire branch : the heiress of this elder branch married Sir John Stanhope,
of Elvaston, by whom she had a daughter and heir married to Charles Cotton.
Hugh, a younger son of Thomas Beresford, who first settled at Bentley,
seated himself at Newton-Grange, in the parish of Ashborne, at which place
they had resided for five generations in 1611. The Newton-Grange estate
was sold by Richard Beresford, father of John Beresford,
Esq., now of Compton, near Ashborne.

Arms : — Argentj a bear rampant. Sable, chained, col-
lared, and muzzled. Or ; a crescent for difference.

Crest : — A dragon's head, erased. Sable, pierced through
the neck with a broken spear, Or, and holding a piece
with the point of the same in his mouth ; and headed.
Argent.

Borrow, of Derby. — Isaac Borrow, father of John, who was sherifll' of
Derbyshire in 1688, settled at Castle-fields, adjoining to Derby : he was de-
scended from the ancient family of Burgh, alias Stockden, of Leicestershire.
His descendant (who writes his name Burrough) still possesses the site of
the Castle at Derby, but resides at Chetwynd-park, in Staffordshire. His
cousin, John Borrow, Esq., lord of the manor of HuUand in Ashborne,
resides at Derby.

Arms granted to John Borrow, of Derby, in 1702: —
Argent, on a mount in base, the trunk of an oak-tree,
couped, sprouting out two branches, Proper, with the shield
of Pallas thereon fastened by a belt. Gules.

Crest : — An eagle regardant, with wings expanded.
Standing on a mount. Proper, supporting with his dexter
foot the like shield as in the arms.

Bradshaw, of Bradshaw, Windley, Holbrook, &c. — All the Derbyshire
Bradshaws were descended from Bradshaw, of Bradshaw in the Peak : they
became possessed of Champeyne-park, in Dulfield, by marrying the heiress
of Folcher, who had married the heiress of Champeyne. They were after-
wards of Windley, in the same parish. The elder branch appears to have
been settled at Abney in the seventeenth century. Francis Bradshaw, who
was the head of the family about 1600, married a coheiress of Stafford, of
Eyam. George Bradshaw, Esq., the last of the elder branch, died in 1735;
his sister and heiress married Galliard ; the coheiresses of Galliard married

Smith

DERBYSHIRE.

Ixxix

Smith and Bowles ; a son of the former, now of Annan, in Scotland, is re-
presentative of the elder daughter. A younger branch (descended from
Anthony, a fourth son of William Bradshaw,of Windley and Bradshaw) was of
BeJper, and afterwards of Holbrook. This branch became extinct (at least
in its elder line™) by the death of the Rev. Samuel Bradshaw, of Upminster,
in Essex, in 1767. Mr. Joseph Baggaley " (in 1768; took the name of Brad-
shaw, and was father of Francis Bradshaw, Esq., now of
Barton-Blount.

Arms of Bradshaw, of Windley and Bradshaw : — Arg.
two bendlets between two martlets, Sable ; an annulet for
difference, G.

Crest : — On a wreath, a hart, G., charged with an an-
nulet. Or, standing under a vine-bough. Vert.
The Bradshaws of Marple, in Cheshire, (now extinct,) were a branch of
the Derbyshire family. The celebrated President Bradshaw was of this
branch, which has been for many years extinct in the male line, and is re-
presented by the Isherwoods.

Bristowe, of Twyford. — William Bristowe, Esq., ancestor of Samuel
Bristowe, Esq., now of this place, who settled at Twyford, early in the
seventeenth century, was a younger son of the Bristowes
of Beesthorp, in Nottinghamshire, originally of Burstowe,
in Surrey, whence they took their name.

Arms: — Ermine, on a fesse, cottised, §able, three
crescents. Or.

Crest : — Out of a crescent, Or, a demi-eagle displayed,
Azure.

Buxton, of Buxton, afterwards of Bradborne and Brassington The

first of the name we meet with is Henry de Bawkestones, mentioned in a
deed of the year i 256. The regular pedigrees begin about the year 1500,
or somewhat earlier. The visitation of 1634 describes the family as having
resided for four generations at Buxton, when the elder branch appears to
have removed to Brassington, in consequence of the marriage of Richard
Buxton with the heiress of Lane : his son married a coheiress of Feme ;
Richard, his elder grandson, the heiress of Jackson, and left only daughters.

" Mr. Joseph Bradshaw, of Makeny, is probably a descendant of Vicesimus, the twentictli
child of Anthony Bradshaw mentioned above, who died in 1614; he has a younger brother,
Vicesimus.

" Son of Anne, eldest daughter of Anthony Bradshaw, uncle of the said Samuel.

John,

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DERBYSHIRE.

John, son of the first Richard, was of Ashborne in 1662. This branch appears
to be extinct. A younger branch of the Buxtons of Brassington settled at
Youlgrave, and were some time possessed of that manor, which they sold
to the Rutland family. A younger branch of this family was of Bradborne
for several descents : the representative of this family is the Rev. George
Buckston, now of Ashborne, whose father first adopted that spelling. JMr.
Buckston's father married one of the coheiresses of Peacock ; his grand-
father, a coheiress of Stubbing, of West-Broughton.

Arms of Buxton, of Brassington : — Sable, two bars

Arg. ; on a canton of the second, a buck, trippant, of the

field.

Crest : — A pelican, vulning itself, Or.

-Hi^'-f^

Buxton of Bradborne : — The same arms, with the ad-
dition of three mullets Arg. between the bars. This dis-
tinction appears to have been first borne by Mr. Buckston's
immediate ancestor, German, second son of George Bux-
ton, of Bradborne, who died in 1662.

Calton, of Calton in Bakewell, and of Edensor. — This family is men-
tioned in the list of Gentry, temp. Hen. VI. ; they were then of Edensor.
Calton was sold by the family to the Countess of Shrewsbury, in the reign
of Queen Elizabeth. The present representative of a younger branch,
settled for some generations at Chesterfield, is Mr. Richard Calton, attorney
at law, of that town. The Caltons of Milton, in Berk-
shire, seem to have been of this family. The elder
branch is supposed to be still in existence in a reduced
state."

Arms : — Or, a saltier engrailed, between four cross
crosslets. Sable.

Crest : — A boar, passant.

" According to the information we have received, it seems that the representative is a clerk,
or writer, in some office at Manchester. His father kept one of the principal inns in Derby.
The grandfather sold the remains of the family estate in Darlev-Dale.

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DERBYSHIRE. Ixxxi

Coke, of Trusley. — This family is of considerable antiquity. Hugh
Coke married the heiress of Owen, of Marchington, in Staffordshire, and
settled at that place in the reign of Edward IH. : Thomas, his grandson,
about the middle of the fifteenth century settled in Derbyshire, in conse-
quence of his marriage with one of the coheiresses of Odingsells, of Trusley.
Richard Coke, the fifth in descent from this Thomas, married the heiress of
Sacheverell, of Nottinghamshire. William Coke, grandson of Richard,
married a coheiress of Beresford, of Alsop, William Coke, great-grandson
of the last-mentioned William, dying without male issue in 1716, the elder
branch became extinct : his daughters and coheiresses married Edward
Wilmot, or the Chaddesden family, and D'Ewes Coke, of Suckley, in Wor-
cestershire, descended from George Coke, Bishop of Hereford, a younger
brother of Sir Francis Coke, of Trusley, who died in 1639. The Reverend
Francis Wilmot, Rector of Trusley, and D'Ewes Coke, Esq., of Brookhill-
hall, in the Nottinghamshire part of the parish of Pinxton, are the repre-
sentatives of this branch.

Daniel Parker Coke, Esq., of the College in Derby, descended from the
Reverend Thomas Coke, Rector of Trusley, a younger brother of Robert
Coke, Esq., who died in 17 13, is the male representative of the family,
being the eleventh in descent from Thomas Coke, who married the heiress
of Odingsells. The mother of Mr. Coke was heiress of Goodwin ; his
grandmother, the heiress of Willet, both of Derby. Sir John Coke, Secre-
tary of State to King Charles I., and younger brother of Sir Francis Coke,
of Trusley, settled at Melbourne in this county. George
Lewis Coke, Esq., the last heir male of this br,anch, died in
1750 ; his sister and sole heir married Sir Matthew Lambe,
Bart., father of the present Lord Viscount Melbourne.

Arms of Coke, of Trusley : — Gules, three crescents,
and a canton, Or.

Crest : — The sun in splendor, Or.

Coke, of Longford. — See Extinct Baronets.

Cotton, of Etwall. — The Cottons of Bellaport, in Staffordshire, de-
scended from the Cottons of Ridware by a coheiress of Venables, settled at
Etwall in consequence of a marriage with Mary, daughter and coheiress of
Sir Samuel Sleigh, who died in 1679. WiUiam Cotton, Esq., who died in
1776, left a son of the same name, who was legitimated by act of parlia-
ment, and is the present possessor of the Etwall estate.

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DERBYSHIRE.

Arms of Cotton, of Etwall : — Azure, an eagle dis-
played, Argent, armed, Gules. This was the coat of Rid-
ware, adopted by Cotton after the match with the heiress
of that family : their ancient coat was — Argent, a bend,
Sable, between three pellets.
Crest : — An eagle displayed.

Crompton, of Derby. — This family have resided at Derby for about a
century. Samuel Crompton, Esq. had a grant of arms in 1751, and served
the office of Sheriff in 1768. The present representative of this family is
settled in Yorkshire ; his younger brother Mr. John Crompton, resides at
Derby.

Arms: — Vert, on a bend. Argent, double cottised,
Ermine, between two covered cups, Or, (one in the sinister
chief, the other in the dexter base,) a lion passant. Gules j
on a chief, Azure, three pheons, Or.

Crest : — A demi-horse rampant, issuant, vulned in the
breast by an arrow. Or, shafted and feathered, Argent.

Dale, of Flagg. — The present representative of this family, of which
three descents are recorded in Dugdale's Visitation"', (1662,) is Robert
Dale, Esq., of Ashborne, who served the office of sheriff in the county
in 1786.

Arms : — Paly of six. Gules and Arg., a bend. Ermine,
on a chief. Azure, three garbs. Or.

Crest : — On a mount. Vert, three Danish battle-axes,
two in saltier and one in pale, Proper, the staves. Azure,
encompassed with a chaplet of roses, alternately G. and A.
banded by a ribband, Or.

Eyre, of Highlow, &c. — We find this ancient and widely spreading
family first settled at Hope, where William le Eyre held a messuage and
lands in the reign of Edward I. The earliest pedigree in the Heralds'

P They were of Flagg, in 1601.

Visitations,

DERBYSHIRE. Ixxxiii

Visitations, begins with Nicholas, son of this William. It appears by record,
that this Nicholas was Hving in 1365. He had four sons. There is no
account of the posterity of the two elder in the Visitations. Ralph Eyre,
of Offerton in Hope, buried at Hathersape in i493» was, probably, the
son of one of them. Robert Eyre, third son of Nicholas, married the
heiress of Padley, of Padley in Hathersage, by whom he had eleven sons.
Robert, the eldest, settled at Padley. Sir Anthony, his great-grandson,
was thrice married and had several children, but left only one surviving
daughter and heiress, who marrried Sir Thomas Fitzherbert, of Norbury.

Thomas, grandson of Robert Eyre, by the heiress of Padley, being the
next brother of Robert, son of Robert, settled at Highlow in Hope. The
immediate male representative of this Thomas, and, in consequence, of the
elder branch of Eyre of Padley, and most probably also, of the original
Eyres of Hope, is Philip Gell, Esq. M.P. of Hopton, whose grandfather took
the name of Gell as before mentioned.

One of the younger sons ' of Robert Eyre, by the heiress of Padley,
was of Holme-hall in the parish of Chesterfield ; he married the heiress of
Whittington, who was heiress also of Bakewell. Edward Eyre, grandson
of this marriage, had two wives : from the first is descended Anthony Eyre,
Esq., of the Grove in Nottinghamshire, many years one of the members
for that county. Thomas Eyre, son of the second wife, settled at
Holme-hall, and his descendants were afterwards of Newbold and of
Dronfield- Wood house. The immediate representative of this branch is
Edward Eyre, Esq., now of the Upper Crescent in Bath. Mr. Vincent
Henry Eyre, son of the late Mr. Eyre, of Sheffield, and grandson of a
younger brother of Mr. Edward Eyre's father, resides at Highfield in the
parish of Chesterfield.

For an account of the Eyres of Hassop, (descended from Stephen,
the tenth son of Ralph Eyre, by the heiress of Padley,) see Earl of
Newburgh.

The Eyres of Bradway and Rowter were younger branches of the
family of Eyre of Hassop. — The Bradway Eyres were descended from
Adam Eyre, son of Ralph, by a coheiress of Stafford. This branch is
extinct : the heiress married Tatton, and afterwards Radcliffe. Thomas

•» Called in the Visitation Robert, and described as the fourth son, the elder being Robert
also. It is more probable that his name was Roger, as was that of his eldest son. There is but
one Robert mentioned among the children of Robert and Jane Eyre, ois the monument in
Hathessage church : the third is there called Roger.

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DERBYSHIRE.

Eyie, Esq., the last of the Rowter branch, died in 17 19, having be-
queathed Rowter to Henry Eyre, of the Nottinghamshire family. This
Henry left an only daughter married to the first Earl of Massareene.
In Diigdale's visitation is a pedigree of the Eyres of Shatton in Hope.
— Thomas Eyre, of Shatton, vi^as 56 years of age in 1662 ; his son Robert,
aged 32, was of Edale, and had several brothers. It is not stated how
they were descended, but they bore the coat of Eyre quartered with
Padley. There is a pedigree in the same Visitation, of Eyre of Cuchill
and Ashop, in Hope, who bore the arms of Eyre within a border. Azure.
Joseph Eyre, of this branch, was 42 years of age in 1662, and had a son
of the same name. There are numerous families of this
name among the yeomanry, both in the parish of Hope and
elsewhere in the Peak.

Arms of Eyre : — Argent, on a chevron. Sable, three
quatrefoils. Or.
V / Crest : — A leg couped at the thigh, quarterly. Argent

\\^>^ and Sable, spurred. Or.

'f3^J

FosBROOK, of Shardelow. — The ancestor of Leonard Fosbrook, Esq.,
being descended from a Northamptonshire family, settled
at Shardelow in the reign of Charles II.

Arms : — Azure, a saltier between four cinquefoils.
Argent.

Gell, of Hopton. See extinct Baronets.

Gell, of Middleton and Wirksworth. — This family is descended from
Thomas Gell, who died in 1626. We have not been able to ascertain their
connection with the Hopton family. ' The representative of the Gells oi
Middleton and Wirksworth, at least the representative of the Derby-
shire branch \ is Philip Gell, Esq., of the Gatehouse in Wirksworth.

"■ John Gell of Hopton, who died about the year 1520, had two younger brothers, Ralph, who
was of Ible, and Thomas : and it does not appear by the pedigree that they died without issue.

» An elder brunch of the Gells of Middleton and Wirksworth removed into Huntingdon ;
whether they are extinct or not we have not been able to ascertain.

Arms

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Arms granted in 1731 : — Per bend, Arg. and Gules, a
rose between two mullets of six, bendways, counter-
changed.

Crest : — A greyhound. Sable, collared, Gules.

GiRARDOT, of Allestrey. — John Charles Girardot, Esq. descended from
an ancient French family, settled at Allestrey in the year
1805.

Arms, as granted by the Parliament of Dijon : — Quar-
ter!}', I and 4, Argent, a lion rampant. Sable. — 2 and 3,
Gules, a chevron. Argent.

Gladwin, of Cold-Astoji, temp. Jac. i., afterwards of Edelstow and
Tupton, now of Stubbing. — The present representative
of this family is Charles Dakeyne, Esq., Lieutenant-Colonel
of the Derbyshire militia.

Arms : — Ermine, a chiefs Azure, over all a bend, G.
charged with a sword, Arg., hilt and pomel. Or.

Crest : — On a mount, Proper, a lion seiant, Arg. guttee
de sang, holding in his dexter paw a sword, Or.

Greaves, of Beely. — This ancient family took their name from a place
called the Greaves or Greves in the parish of Beely, where they resided as
early as the reign of Henry IH. John Greaves, their descendant, in the
reign of Queen Elizabeth, was a joint purchaser of the manor of Beeley, at
which place they continued to reside till about the year 1700. The present
representative of the Derbyshire branch of this family, is the Reverend
George Greaves, rector of Stan ton-by-bridge and Swarkston.
There is another branch settled at Liverpool, but which of
them is the elder we have not been able to ascertain.
Arms: — Per bend. Vert, and Gules, an eagle dis-
played. Or.

Crest : — An eagle displayed, Or, winged. Gules, issuing

from a wreath.

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Hallowes, of Dethick, afterwards of Glapwell. — This family was ori-
ginally of Hallowes, in Dronfield. Samuel Hallowes, of Dethick, married
the heiress of Woolhouse, of Glapwell, about the middle of the seventeenth
century. The heiress of the late Brabazon Hallowes, Esq., married Sir
Robert Barker, Bart., since deceased : his nephew, Thomas Hallowes, Esq.,
now of Glapwell, is the representative of this family. The
family of Hallowes disclaimed at the time of Dugdale's
Visitation.

Arms granted in 1711: — Azure, on a fesse. Argent,

between three crescents of the second, as many torteauxes.

Crest : — A demi-griffin rampant. Sable, winged, Ar-

gent.

Halton, of South-M'^infield. — The first of this family who settled in Der-
byshire was Mr. Immanuel Halton, steward of Henry,
Duke of Norfolk, who died in 1699: he was the repre-
sentative of the ancient family of that name, of Green-
thwaite-hall, in Cumberland. The present representative
of the family is Winfield Halton, Esq.

Arras : — Per pale, Gules and Azure, a lion rampant,
Or.

Heathcote, of Little-Over. — It is probable that this family was origi-
nally of Heathcote, in the parish of Hartington. The first mention we
find of them is in the reign of Edward IV., when they were engaged in
mercantile concerns at Chesterfield. A family of Heathcote had been some
time resident at Brampton in 1614, when they purchased Cutthorp in that
parish. The immediate descendant and representative of the Heathcotes
of Brampton is Cornelius Heathcote Rodes, Esq., of Barlborough, who
took the name of Rodes in 1776, as before-mentioned. The ancestor of
Bache Heathcote, Esq., now of Little-Over, was of Derby at the time of
his death, in 1618. Samuel Heathcote, Esq., father of Bache, married the
sister and heir of John Harpur, Esq., of Little-Over, who died in 1754.
Gilbert Heatlicote, alderman of Chesterfield, who died in 1690, was ances-
tor of both the Baronets of that name. Sir Gilbert, his eldest son, who was
one of the founders of the Bank of England, and sometime Lord Mayor
of London, was created a Baronet in 1733, nnd was ancestor of Sir Gilbert
Heathcote, Bart., of Normanton, in Rutlandshire. William Heathcote,
nephew of Sir Gilbert, being son of Samuel, third son of the Alderman of

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Cliesterfield, was created a Baronet the same year, and was ancestor of Sir
William Heathcote, Bart., of Hursley, Hants.

Godfrey Heathcote, of Chesterfield, was father of Ralph Heathcote,
Rector of Stavely, from whom descended the Heathcotes of Sileby in Lei-
cestershire. Dr. Ralph Heathcote, Vicar of Sileby, was a controversial

writer of some note in the early part of the last century :

his son, Ralph Heathcote, Esq., was plenipotentiary at

Cologne and Hesse-Cassel.

Arms of Heathcote : — Ermine, three pomeis, each

charged with a cross. Or.

HoLDEN, of Aston. — The first of this family K)f whom we find mention
in Derbyshire was of Wilne ; his son, Robert Holden, Esq., settled at Aston,
and died in 1659. Robert Holden, Esq., the last heir male of the elder
branch, died in 1746. Charles, fourth son of James Shuttleworth, Esq.,
by the heiress of Holden, now the Rev. Charles Shuttleworth Holden, of
Aston, took the name of Holden by sign manual in 1791, and had a grant
of arms somewhat differing from those which had been borne by the
Holdens ', but were not allowed at the Heralds' College.
Robert Holden, Esq., of Darley-Abbey, is the male repre-
sentative of a younger branch of the Holdens, above-men-
tioned.

Arms : — Sable, a fesse engrailed, Erminois, between two
chevrons. Ermine.

Crest : — On a mount. Vert, a heath-cock rising, Sable,
winged. Or.

Hope, of Grange-field. — This family is traced to the reign of James I. ;
the present representative is the Rev. Charles Stead Hope,
of Derby, whose father married the heiress of Stead.

Arms : — Argent, a chevron engrailed. Sable, between
three Cornish choughs, Proper.

Crest : — A Cornish chough, rising. Proper.

Viz. — A plain fesse, between two chevrons, Ermine.

HORTON,

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HoRTON, of Cattun. — This ancient family has been settled at Catton, now
the seat of Eusebius Horton, Esq., more than 400 years. A younger branch,
which became extinct in 1 740, had settled at Coole-Pilate,
in Cheshire, in the reign of Henry IV., in consequence of
having married a coheiress of St. Pierre.

Arms : — Sable, a buck's head, caboshed, Argent, at-
tired, Or.

Crest : — On the waves of the sea. Proper, a spear erect.
Or, headed. Argent, entiled with a dolphin of the first.

Hurt, of Alderwasley. — This family had been for five generations of
Ashborne at the time of the Visitation of 161 1. Christopher Hurt, of this
family, married a coheiress of Blackwall, of Shirley. Nicholas Hurt, who
settled at Alderwasley about the year 1690, in consequence of his marriage
with the heiress of Lowe, of that place, was of Castern, in Staffordshire,
near Ashborne. Alderwasley is now the seat of his great-
grandson, Francis Hurt, Esq.

Arms : — Sable, a fesse, between three cinquefoils. Or.
Crest (granted by William Flower, Norroy, to Hurt, of
Ashborne) : — A hart, statant. Gules, attired. Or, vulned
or hurt in the flank, with an arrow of the second, fleched,
Argent.

Jebb, of Walton. — Joshua Jebb, Esq., now of Walton, and Richard Jebb,
Esq. of Tapton-grove, are grandsons of Joshua Jebb, Alderman of Chester-
field. Samuel Jebb, M.D., well known in the literary world, and John
Jebb, Dean of Cashell, were brothers of the Alderman of Chesterfield.
Dr. Samuel Jebb was father of Sir Richard Jebb, Bart.,
the late eminent physician ; the Dean of Cashell was father
of Dr. John Jebb, a well known controversial and poli-
tical writer who died in 1786.

Arms of Jebb : — Quarterly, Vert and Or ; in the first
quarter, a falcon, close. Argent, belled of the second ; in
the fourth, a hawk's lure of the third.

LoNGSDON, of Little-Longsdon. — This ancient family is descended from
Matthew, a son of Thomas, Rector of Bakewell ; who, before the reign of
Edward I., having settled at Little-Longsdon, was called " De Parva

Longsdon,"

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Longsdon," and his posterity afterwards Longsdon. The
present representative is James Longsdon, Esq., of Little-
Longsdon.

Arms : — An eagle displayed, with two heads.

Lowe, of Denby and Locko. — This ancient family is said to have been
originally of Cheshire. They settled at Denby, in or about the reign of
Henry VL in consequence of the marriage of Lawrence Lowe, Esq., Ser-
jeant at law, with the heiress of Rosell. Richard Lowe, Esq., the last heir
male of this family, died without lawful issue, in 1785 : he bequeathed the
estates of Denby and Locko to William Drury, a distant relation, who in
1 79 1, pursuant to his will took the name (in addition to that of Drury)
and the arms of Lowe (to be borne quarterly^. William Drury Lo^e, Esq.
is the present proprietor of Locko.

Arms : — i and 4, Azure, a hart trippant. Argent ;
Lowe. — 2 and 3, Arg. on a chief Vert, two mullets. Or,
each charged with an annulet. Azure ; Drury.
Crest of Lowe : — A wolf passant.
Crest of Drury : — A greyhound current, Sable, gorged
with a plain collar, Or, and charged with two mullets of
the last.

Thomas Lowe, of the Denby family, having married the heiress of Fawne,
or Fowne, of Alderwasley, settled at that place in or about the reign of
Henry VIL The sole heiress of this branch married Hurt, not long before
the close of the seventeenth century.

Mellor, of Mellor and Ideridge-hay. — The Mellors were descended
from a younger son of Simon de Stavely, who settled at Mellor in
the reign of Henry IIL The coheiresses of the elder branch of Mellor
married Radcliffe, Stafford, and Ainsworth, about the middle of the
fourteenth century. A family of this name, supposed to be a younger
branch, was of Ideridge-hay as early as the reign of Henry VH. Mr.
Samuel Mellor, the representative of this family, who died in 1795,

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left no male issue surviving ; his grand-daughters and co-
heiresses married Cresswell and Cock. His nephew,
Tliomas Mellor, Esq., is tiie present heir male of this
family.

Arms : — Argent, three blackbirds, Proper.

Meynell, of Meynell-Langley, Willington, and Bradley. — This ancient
family was settled in Derbyshire at an early period. Hugh de Meinell,
who was of Langley-Meinell in 125 1, married the heiress of Edensor ;
his grandson, Sir Hugh, the heiress of Ward, of Stanton-Ward, in
Stapenhill. Another Sir Hugh, who was of Newhall in Stanton, and of
Langley-Meynell, married a daughter of Lord Bassett, of Drayton, who,
through her mother, was heiress of Everdon. One of the three coheiresses
of Ralph Meynell, who died in 1387, married Staunton; the other two into
the Dethick family. Bassett of Blore married the heiress of Dethick, and
the heiress of Bassett of Blore, William Cavendish, afterwards Earl and
Duke of Newcastle.

A younger branch of this family, descended from William Meynell, of
Yeavely, brother of Ralph above-mentioned, settled at Willington, about
the year 1500. The immediate descendant and representative of this
branch is Godfrey Meynell, Esq., of Bradley, whose ancestor Francis
purchased that place in 1655: his father, Godfrey, was at that time the
representative of the Willington and Yeavely branches. Godfrey Meynell,
Esq., now of Meynell-Langley, is the representative of
Francis Meynell, Esq., younger brother of Godfrey before-
mentioned, which Francis settled at Anslow, in Stafford-
shire, in the reign of Charles I.

Arms : — Vaire, Argent and Sable.'
Crest : — A horse's head, erased, Argent.

MiDDLETON, of Leam, in Eyam. — Robert Middleton, the last heir male
of this flimily, died in 1736. His daughter and heir married Mr. Jonathan
Oxley, of Sheffield ; pursuant to whose will, Marmaduke Carver (son of the

• These arms were originaHy borne by the family of Ward, or De la Ward, and adopted by
the Mcynells of Derbyshire, after the marri.ige with the heiress of that family.

Rev.

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Rev. Mr! Carver, of Mortham, in Yorkshire) took the name of Middleton
in 1795, and is the present proprietor of Leam.

No arms were entered at the Heralds' College at the time of the change
of name.

MiLNES, of Tapton-hall, Aldercar, Dunston, and Cromford. — The family
of Milnes is traced to the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Richard Milnes,
Alderman of Chesterfield, who died in 1628, was ancestor of the Milnes's of
Aldercar, Dunston, and Cromford. Richard Milnes, Esq., of Aldercar-
park, was Sheriff in 1720; William Milnes, Esq., of Cromford, in 1771.
Richard Milnes, elder brother of this William, was of Dunston : his only
child who left issue was a daughter, married to Robert Mower ; by whom
she had a daughter (her only surviving child), now widow of the late Tho-
mas Smith, Esq., of Dunston. William Milnes, Esq., above-mentioned, who
acquired Cromford in marriage with the heiress of Soresby, had a grant or con-
firmation of arms in 1795, and died without male issue in 1797. One of his
coheiresses married Smith ; another, Lee, and afterwards Pegge ; and the
third, Gell, of Hopton. Richard Milnes, Esq., of Chesterfield, nephew of
William above-mentioned, is the male representative of Milnes of Dunston
and Aldercar ; he is unmarried. Mr. Gell, of Hopton, is the repre-
sentative, in the female line, of Milnes of Cromford and
Aldercar. The other coheiresses left no issue.

Arms of Milnes, of Dunston, Aldercar, and Crom-
ford : — Or, a bear rampant, Sable, muzzled, collared, and
lined. Gules.

Crest: A bear's head, couped, at the neck. Sable,

charged with a mill-rind. Or.
JatJleTMilnes, who settled at Tapton-hall, was a yoimger brother of Ri-
chard Milnes, Alderman of Chesterfield, before-mentioned. This branch
became extinct in the male line in 1717. The sisters and coheirs of the
last heir male married Revell and Brailsford. The Yorkshire branch (of
which is Sir Robert Shore Milnes, created a Baronet in 1801) derives its
descent from Richard Milnes, of Chesterfield, a younger brother of James
Milnes, Esq., of Tapton-hall ; which Richard died in 1706.

MoREwooD, of Alfreton. — This family resided at Staden, in Bakewell,
previously to the reign of Henry VHL, when Rowland Morewood married
one of the coheiresses of Staftbrd, of Eyam ; some of the descendants
settled at Alfreton. One of the coheiresses of Anthony Morewood, who

died

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died in 1636, brought Alfreton to the Honourable Alexander Stanhope j
but it reverted to the male line. John Morewood, Esq., of Alfreton, had a
grant of arms in 1678 : his descendant, George Morewood, Esq., died
without issue, in 1792. The Rev. Henry Case, Rector of Ladbrook, in
Warwickshire, who married his widow, took the name of Morewood by sign
manual, in 1793, with licence to quarter the arms of Morewood and Case.
Arms : — 1 and 4, Vert, an oak-tree, Argent, fructed,^

Or } Morewood. — 2 and 3, Or, on a bend, invecked,

Azure, double cottised. Gules, three square buckles of the

first ; Case.

Crest of Morewood : — A dexter and sinister arm,

armed, Proper, supporting a chaplet of oak-branches^

Vert, acorned. Or.

Crest of Case : — A cubit arm, armed ; in the hand,.

Proper, a bugle-horn. Sable, stringed, Gules, between two

oak-branches. Proper, fructed, Or.
Some of the descendants of Rowland Morewood and Catherine Stafford
were settled in the parish of Dronfield. Andrew Morewood, of the Hal-
lows in that parish, who died in 1678, left several daughters coheiresses..
We can learn nothing further of this branch.

MowEU, of Woodsears. — The ancestor of this family married the heiress
of De Mora, with whom he had Woodseats, in or about the reign of
Henry VI. The present male representative of this family, into which the
coheiresses of Hewgate, Kinge, Sheldon, Prichard, and Johnson have mar-
ried, is George Mower, Esq., now of Holt-house, in
Darley. There was a younger branch of this family at
Holmes-field. George Mower, of this branch> had two
sons, Kobert and James, living in 1651. We can learn
nothing further of this branch.

Arms : — Ermine, upon a chevron, Azure, three roses.
Gules.

MuNDY, of Markeaton. — Sir John Mundy, Lord Mayor of London, a
native of High- Wycombe, in Buckinghamshire", settled in Derbyshire in

" In the fourth volume of Nichols's Leicestershire is a pedigree of Mundy, carried up to an
early period. It docs not appear where they were resident, but one of the ancestors, in tlwj
reign of Edward I., married an Eyre of Hope, and his grandsou a daughter of Meinell,^ alias
Ward; both Derbyshire families.

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the reign of Henry VHI., having purchased Markeaton of Lord Audlev.
"^ ^~ The present representative is Francis Mundy, Esq.

Arms : — Per pale, Gules and Sable, on a cross, en-
grailed, Argent, five lozenges, Purpure ; on a chief j Or,
three eagles' legs, erased, a-la-quise, Azure.

Crest: — A wolf's head, erased. Sable, bezantee^ fire
issuing from his mouth. Proper.

Mundy, of Shipley. — Edward Mundy, Esq., descended from a younger
branch of the Mundys of Markeaton, and father of Edward Miller Mundy,
Esq., now of Shipley, one of the representatives for the county, married the
heiress of Miller, who had married the heiress of Leche, the former possessors
of that place.

Anns, tlie same as Mundy of Markeaton, with due difference.

The heiress of a younger branch of Mundy of Markeaton, settled at
Quarndon, married Musters.

Newton, of Horsley and Mickle-Over. — 'This family, being descended
iiom the Newtons of Newton, in Cheshire, settled at Horsley about the
year 1500. The descendants of the elder son of Roger Newton, Esq., of
Chaddesden, whither the family had removed, settled at Duffield. This
branch became extinct by the death of Timothy Newton, whose heiress
married Hancock of Brampton. Robert Newton, son of Roger by his
second wife, settled at ATickle-Over, and died in i6ii. This branch be-
came extinct in the male line by the death of Robert Newton, Esq., in
1789. John Leaper, Esq., descended from a sister of the late Mr. Newton's
father, took the name and arms of Newton, by sign manual, in 1790. He
served the office of Sheriff in 1798, still possesses the house and estate at

Mickle-Over, but is at present resident at Clifton, near

Bristol.

Arms : — Sable, two human shin-bones, in saltier. Ar-
gent.

Crest : — A naked man, kneeling on his sinister knee,
and holding a sword, Proper, the point downward, hilt and
pomel, Or.

Nightingale, of Lea. — Peter Nightingale, Esq., purchased this estate
in 1707. By the will of Peter Nightingale, Esq., who was sheriff of the

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DERBYSHIRE.

county in 1770, his great nephew, William Edward Shore, Esq., took
the name of Nightingale in 18 15. He resides at Lea-wood house near
Cromford. No arms were entered when the change of name took place.

Pegge, of Beauchief. — The Pegges were for several generations of
Yeldersley near Ashborne."' Mr. William Pegge of Yeldersley, the last of the
elder branch died without issue in 1768. Edward Pegge, Esq., who became
possessed of Beauchief-abbey by marrying the heiress of Strelley died in
1679. The present representative of this family is Peter Pegge Burnell,
Esq. Another branch of the Pegges was of Osmaston near Ashborne.
— Dr. Samuel Pegge, the antiquary, was of this branch ; and
his grandson. Sir Christopher Pegge, M. D., Professor of
Physic in the University of Oxford, is its present repre-
sentative.

Arms of Pegge of Beauchief and Osmaston : — Argent,
a chevron between three piles. Sable.

Crest : — A demi-sun issuing from a wreath. Or, the
rays alternately Argent and Sable.

Pole, of Radborne. — The Poles are said to have been of an ancient Staf-
fordshire family ; but they had been for some time of Hartington in this
county, before the marriage of Sir John de la Pole with the heiress of Wake-
bridge, in the fourteenth century. Peter his son, married a daughter of
Sir John Lawton, who was heiress, on her mother's side, of Sir John
Chandos. Ralph, son of Peter, was appointed one of the justices of the
King's-bench in 1452. Ralph, his eldest son, was of Radborne, and married
the heiress of Motton. The elder branch of the Radborne line became
extinct by the death of German Pole, Esq., in 1683, when Radborne and
other estates passed, under his will, to Samuel Pole, Esq., of a younger
branch settled at Lees, immediate ancestor of Edward
Sacheverel Chandos Pole, Esq. now of Radborne. One
of the coheiresses of Sacheverel of Morley, married the
present Mr. Pole's great-grandfather.

Arms of Pole of Radborne : — Argent, a chevron be-
tween three crescents. Gules.

Crest : — A hawk rising. Proper.

" Katherine Pegge, of ihis family, was one of the mistresses of King Charles II., and
mother of Charles Fitz-Charles, Earl of Plymouth.

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John, a younger son of Ralph Pole the judge, settled at Wakebridge,
where his descendants continued till the year 1724, when John Pole, Esq.,
the last heir male of this branch died leaving a sister and heir married to
Morphy. A younger branch of the Poles of Wakebridge, was settled at
Park-hall in Barlborough. This branch became extinct in 1750, by the
death of Francis Pole, Esq.

Henry, anotiier younger son, of Ralph Pole the judge, settled at Heage,
where his father also appears to have had a seat in the reign of Henry VI. ;
he married a coheiress of Dethick. The last heir male of this branch died
some time in the seventeenth century : the coheiresses married Frith and
Chaworth.

The Poles of Wakebridge bore in addition to their ancestors' arms, a
canton, Azure ; those of Heage, a canton Gules.

RoDES of Barlborough. See extinct Baronets.

Shore, of Mearsbrook and Norton-hall. — Samuel Shore % of Sheffield,
father of Samuel Shore, Esq., now of Mearsbrook, and grandfather of
Samuel Shore, Esq., now of Norton-hall, purchased Mearsbrook in
the parish of Norton, and retired thither in the latter part of his life.
Mr. Shore, of Mearsbrook, who was sheriff" of the county in 1761, mar-
ried a coheiress of Offley ; his son, Mr. Shore of Norton-
hall, a coheiress of Foye.

Arms: — Argent, a chevron, Sable, between three holly
leaves, Vert.

Crest : — A stork, holding in the dexter claw, a pebble
of the sea shore.

" The name of Shore appears to have been of considerable antiquity in Derbyshire: it appears
among the list of gentry temp. Henry VI. Sir John Shore, an eminent physician at Derby,
entered his pedigree and arms at the time of Dugdale's visitation ; but the pedigree is not traced
far up : his father was of Snitterton. Lord Teignmouth is the immediate descendant and repre-
sentative of Sir John Shore. It is probable that the Shores of Sheffield were, as they claim
to be, descended from the same family. The arms are the same ; they must have branched
off before 1608.

Shuttleworth,

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DERBYSHIRE.

SHUTTLEWoRTir, of Hathersagc. — The father of Ashton Ashton Shut-
tleworth, Esq., now of this place, married the heiress of
Spencer of Yorkshire, who had married the heiress of
Ashton of Hathersage."

Arms : — Argent, three weavers' shuttles. Sable, tipped
and quills furnished. Or.

SiTWELL, of Steynesby. — Edward Sacheverell Wilmot Sitwell, Esq.,
who purchased this place about the year 1782, is grandson of Richard
"Wilmot, D.D., Rector of Morley, youngest son of Robert Wilmot, Esq.,
of Chaddesden, by Joyce Sacheverell, sister of the last Sacheverell, of
Morley. His elder brother, Richard Staunton Wilmot, took the name
of Sitwell in addition to that of Wilmot, pursuant to the will of Mrs.
Elizabeth Sitwell, (daughter and heir of George Sitwell, Esq.,) who
died in 1769. On the death of Richard Staunton Wilmot Sacheverell,
Esq., in 1772, his brother Edward Sacheverell Wilmot took the name of
Sitwell.

Arms : — Sitwell and Wilmot quarterly. '

Smith, of Dunston. — The late Thomas Smith, Esq., of a Yorkshire
family, acquired Dunston in marriage with the daughter
and only child of Robert Mower, Esq., by his first wife,
who was eventually sole heiress of Milnes of Dunston. The
eldest son is just of age.

Arms granted in 1816. — Argent, on a bend, engrailed.
Azure, between two unicorns' heads erased. Gules, three
fleurs de lis. Or.

Strelley, of Shipley, Beauchief, and Ulkerthorpe. — The Strelleys were
an ancient Nottinghamshire family. Philip de Strelley hg^d a share of the
manor of Repton in 1232. About the beginning of the fourteenth cen-
tury, a branch of this family settled at Shipley, inconsequence of a marriage
with the heiress of Vavasor. Shipley passed from the Strelley family in the
reign of Queen Elizabeth. Sir Nicholas Strelley had a grant of Beauchief-

y See p. Ixviii. and p. Ixvi.

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Abbey in 1536,

The Beauchief branch of this family became extinct
about the middle of the sixteenth century. Edward Pegge,
Esq., who married the heiress, died in 1679. Benjamin
Strelley, Esq., of Okerthorp or Ulkerthorpe in South-Win-
field, is descended from Philip Strelley, citizen and gold-
smith, of London, who died seised of Ulkerthorpe in 1603,
and is supposed to have been of a younger branch of this
family.

Arms : — Paly of six, Arg. and Azure.

Thornhill, of Stanton. — The grandfather of Bache Thornhill, Esq.,
now of Stanton, being descended, as appears from family documents, from
the Thornhills, of Thornhill in the Peak \ married Ann, the daughter and
heir of Henry Bache of London, and niece and heir of Raphael Bache, Esq.,
of Stanton, in the year 1697.

Arms borne by Thornhill of Stanton as granted in 1734 :
— Gules, two bars gemelles. Argent, a chief of the second,
with the addition of a mascle. Sable, thereon for dif-
ference.

Crest: — A mount; thereon a thorn-tree. Proper, charged
on the branches with a mascle, Or.

TuRBUTT, of Ogston. — Richard Turbutt, Esq., of Doncaster, who mar-
ried one of the coheiresses of Revel of Ogston, in the
early part of the last century, was the immediate ancestor
of William Turbutt, Esq., now of Ogston.

Arms : — Azure, three turbots. Argent, finned, Or.

Crest: — A naked arm holding in the hand. Proper, a
trident. Or, armed and headed. Argent.

Wilkinson, of Hilcote-hall : — The ancestor of John Wilkinson, Esq.,
now of Hilcote-hall, settled at that place about the beginning of the last
century, and died in 1721. The elder son of his son John Wilkinson, Esq.,
assumed the name of Lindley in 1782. Hilcote-hall was settled on the
issue of Stephen, a younger son, who was grandfather of the present Mr.
Wilkinson.

Vol. V.

' See the account of Thornhill in the parish of Hope.

Arms ;

xcvm

DERBYSHIRE.

Arms : — Gules, a fesse, Vaire, in chief an unicorn pas-
sant, Or, all within a border, Sable, bezantee.

Crest : — A fox's head, couped, per pale, V. and Or,
holding in his mouth a dragon's wing, Arg.

WoLLEY, of Riber and Allen-hill. The family of WoUey are of consi-
derable antiquity in Derbyshire ; the name occurs among those of the gentry
returned by the commissioners in the reign of Henry VI. Two branches
of this family were for many generations settled at Riber and AUen-hill, in
Matlock. The Riber branch became extinct by the death of Anthony
Wolley, Esq., in 1668. Mr. John Wolley, of London, grocer, is the repre-
sentative of the AUen-hill branch. His younger brother, Mr. Adam Wolley,
to whom we have been indebted for so much valuable assistance, resides at
Matlock-Bath. A younger branch of the Wolleys of Allen-hill, (some
time extinct,) was, for several generations, of Marston-on-Dove. Mr.
William Wolley, who wrote a MS. history of Derbyshire
about the year 17 12, was of this branch.

Arms : — Sable, a chevron vaire. Or, and Gules, be-
tween three maidens' heads couped, Proper, crined of
the second.

Crest : — A man's head, (side face, with a beard,) issuing
from a wreath, Proper.

WoLSTENHOLME, of Horslcy-gate, in the parish of Dronfield. — A younger
branch of the ancient family of Wolstenholme, of Wolstenholme in Lan-
cashire, settled at this place about the year 1450. A younger brother of
this branch, who went to London about the middle of the sixteenth cen-
tury, settled at Stanmore in Middlesex, and was ancestor of Sir John
Wolstenholme, who was created a baronet in 1664. The title and the
Stanmore branch became extinct by the death of the late Sir Francis
Wolstenholme, the sixth baronet. The present representative of the
elder line of the Horsley-gate branch which continued in Derbyshire, is the
Reverend Hugh Wolstenholme, curate of Crich, whose father having a small
estate and a numerous family, sold his ancient patrimony at Horsley-gate.

Arms:

DERBYSHIRE.

XCIX

Arms : — Azure, a lion passant guardant, between three
pheons, Or.

Crest : — An eagle displayed, Or, treading on a snake,
nowed in fret. Azure.

Families extinct before the Time of the Heralds' Visitations.
Aderley of Heage. — One of the coheiresses married Winfield.

Alfreton. — The coheiresses married Latham and Chaworth — extinct
in 1269.

Arms : — Azure, two chevrons, O/, adopted by Cha-
worth.

Archer of Abney, Highlow, and Hucklow. — Edw. I. — Edw. III.

AvKNELL, of Nether-Haddon. — The coheiresses, in the reign of King
John, married Vernon and Bassett.

Arms : — Gules, six annulets, Argent.

Bakepuze, of Barton-Blount. — Henry H., — Edw. I.

Arms : — Gules, two bars, Argent, in chiefi three horse
shoes, Or.

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Bakewell,

c DERBYSHIRE.

Bakewell, of Bakewell. — One of the coheiresses married Linacre before
the year 1400.

Arms : — Or, three magpies, Proper.

Bec or Beck of Pleasley. — The nieces and coheiresses of Anthony Bee,
Bishop of Durham, who possessed estates in this county,
and died in 1 340, married Harcouil and Willoughby.
Arms : — Gules, a cross moline, Ermine.*

Beeley or Beelegh, of Beeley. — Temp. Ric. I., and John.

Bei-lers, of Criche, temp. Edw. II. — Ric. II. — One of the coheiresses
married SwilHngton.

Arms : — Per pale, Gules and Sable, a, lion rampant,
Argent.

Bernake, of Upper-Padley: — An ancient family, not extinct till after the
reign of Edw. I. The heiress of Padley, who had married
the heiress of Bernake, or of a branch of Bernake who pos-
sessed Padley and had taken that name, married Eyre.
Arms : — Arg. three horse barnacles. Sable.

• The Bishop adopted the ermine bearing ; the cross in the family arms was Argent, and it is
so borne in the Willoughby quarterings.

1 1 BOTHE,

DERBYSHIRE. ci

BoTHE, of Barrow, — 1431. 1484.

Brampton, of Brampton. — temp. Hen. II., &c.

Breton, of Walton; extinct in the early part of the 14th century.— The
heiress married Loudham.

Arms : — Argent, a chevron between three escallops.
Gules.

Brimington, of Brimington ; extinct temp. Edw. III. — The heiress
married Stuffin.

Cachehors, of Stavely-Woodthorpe. — The heiress married Rodes about
the latter end of the fourteenth century.

Arms : — A chevron between three cross crosslets, Sable,
an annulet for diflFerence.

C ADM an, of Cowley. — The heiress married Needham, temp. Eliz.

Cauz, or De Cauceis, of Bradborne and Brampton ; Hen. II., John,
Hen. IV. — The family of Cauz of Brampton, descended in the female
line from the Baronial family of Cauz in Nottinghamshire, became extinct
about the year 1460. Two of the coheiresses married Ash
and Baguley.

Arms : — Per chevron. Or and Gules, three human
hearts counter-changed.

9 9

Chandos,

Cll

DERBYSHIRE.

Chandos, of Radborne. — The heiress married Lawton, whose heiress
brought Radborne to the Poles, temp. Hen. VI.
Arms : — Argent, a pile. Gules.

Champeyne, of Champeyne in Duffield. — The coheiresses married
Foucher and Daundelin, in the 14th century.
Arms : — Or, fretty, Sable.

Chaworth, of Alfreton. — The heiress married Ormond, temp. Hen. VII.
Arms : — Barry often, Argent and Gules, three martlets.
Sable. After the match with Alfreton, this was borne as
the first quartering.

CuRZON, of Breadsall. — The heiress married Dethick, about the com-
mencement of the 14th centiu-)'.

Arms : — Gules, on a bend. Azure, three horse-shoes,
Argent.

Daniell,

DERBYSHIRE

Daniell, ofTideswell; extinct about the year 1330. — One of the
coheiresses married Meverell.

Arms : — Az. a bend between six escallops, Or.

Parley, of Darley, temp. Edward III. — The heiress married Co.
lumbell.

Arms : — Gules, six fleurs de lis. Argent.

Dune, of Breadsall. — From the time of William the Conqueror till about
the year 1 200, when the heiress married Curzon.
Arms : — Or, four pales, Gules.

DuRANDESTHORP or DoNisTHORPE, of Donisthorpc. — From 1 100 to 14 . . .

Fitz-Ercald, extinct temp. Ric. I. — The coheiresses married Longford
and Sacheverell.

Arms : — We believe the annexed coat, Arg., three hares playing bag-
pipes. Gules, to be that of Fitz-Ercald, though it has usually been assigned
to Hopwell. It occurs as the first quartering in some of the old monu^
ments of the Sacheverells at Morley. We cannot find any
trace of a match between Sacheverell and the heiress of
Hopwell. The only person of the name of Hopwell, indeed,
of whom we have found mention, (Roger de Hopwell, in
the reign of Edward III.) bore a different coat ", and no
other coat applicable to Fitz-Ercald appears among the
Sacheverell quarterings.

* See Thoroton's Nottinghamshire, p. 493. This Roger de Hopwell did not possess the
manor of Hopwell, but died seised of a small estate in that hamlet. Esch. Edw. HI.

FOLCHER

CIV

DERBYSHIRE.

FoLCHER or FoucHER, of Windley, married a coheiress of Champeyne. —
The heiress married Bradshaw.

FowNE or Le Fun, of Yeaveley, temp. Ric. I., and Alderwasley, Hen. IH.
Hen. VII. — The heiress of the latter married Lowe.

Francis, of Derbyshire. — Sir John Francis, goldsmith, Lord- Mayor of
London, 1400.

Arms : — Ermine, on a canton, Sable, a harp. Or.

Gotham, of Lees in Norton. — The heiress married Parker about the
year 1400.

Arms : — Per fesse embattled. Or and Sable, three goats
trippant, counter-changed.

Gernon, of Bakewell, Ric. I. — Ric. II. — The coheiresses married
Peyton and Botetort.

Arms : — Paly-wavy of six. Argent and Gules.

Glapwell, of Glapwell, extinct at an early period. — It is probable that
the heiress married Woolhouse, who succeeded them in the Glapwell
estate.

GOUSHILL,

DERBYSHIRE. cv

G0USHIL.L, of Barlborough. — Married the heiress of Hathersage, temp.
"^ Hen. HI. ; the heiress of Goushill married Wingfield

about the beginning of the sixteenth century.

Arms: — Barry of six. Or and Gules, a canton,
Ermine.

Grey, of Sandiacre, — descended from a brother of the ancestors of
Lord Grey of Codnor and Lord Grey of Wilton. The heiress of Grey
of Sandiacre married Hilary, who took the name. John Hilary alias Grey,
died s. p. m 1392. The heiress married Leake.

Arms : — The same as Grey of Codnor, with a label of three points
bezantee.

Hathersage of Hathersage. — The coheiresses married Goushill and
Longford, about the latter end of Henry IH.'s reign.

Arms : — Paly of six, Arg. and Gules, on a chief; Azure,
a fesse dancettee. Or,

Helyon of Bakewell. — Married a coheiress of Swinborne. l^he co-
heiresses of Helyon married Montgomery and Tyrell, &c.,
in or about the reign of Henry VI.
• Arms : — Gules, fretty. Argent, a fesse. Or.

Heriz, of South-Winfield. — The heiress married De la Riviere, about
the year 1330.

Arms : — Azure, three hedge-hogs, Or.

Vol. V.

Herthill,

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DERBYSHIRE.

Herthill, of Herthill ; extinct in 1402. The heiress of this family
married Cokaine.

Arms : — Argent, two bars Vert.

Hilary. — See Grey.

HopTON, of Hopton ; temp. John — Edward IV. The heiress of the
elder branch married RoUesley in the reign of Edward II. Another brancii
became extinct in the male line in the reign of Henry VI.: the heiress is
supposed to liave married Gell.

Ingwardby, of Willesley. — A coheiress married Abney, about the year
1400.

Arms : — Or, on a chief, Gules, a lion passant, Ar-
gent.

Lathbury, of Egginton. — This family had married the heiress of
Cadby ; the heiress of Lathbury married Leigh, about the
year 1500.

Arms : — Argent, ttvo bars. Azure ; on a canton of the
second, a martlet, Or.

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Levett. — The heiress married Shakerley, of Longsdon.
nziS^ z:zz 1 Arms : — Argent, A fesse embattled, counter-embattled,
between three leopards' faces. Sable.

LOUDHAM,

DERBYSHIRE.

evil

LouDHAM, of Nottinghamshire, married the heiress of Breton, of Walton,
near Chesterfield : the heiress of Loiidham married Fol-
jambe, temp. Ric. II.

Arms : — Argent, a bend, Azure, crusuly. Or.

MoNJOYE, of Yeldersley. — The heiress married Ireland, temp. Ed-
ward III.

Arms : — Azure, three escutcheons. Or.

MoNTGOMERT, of Cublcy ; extinct 7 Hen. VIII.
married Vernon and Giffard.

Arms : — Or, an eagle displayed. Azure

The coheiresses

MoRLEY, of Morley. — Richard de Morley, great grandson of Philip,
Lord of Morley, and sixth in descent from Edmund, Lord
of Morley, had a daughter and heir married to Hugh
de Rislep, whose heiress married Mascy, of Sale, in
Cheshire, whose heiress married Statham, temp. Edw. III.
Arms : — Argent, a lion rampant, double queued. Sable,
crowned. Or.

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MoRTEYNE,

cvni

DERBYSHIRE.

MoRTEYNE, of Eyani and Risley. — The heiress married Willonghby,
temp. Edw. III.

Arms : — Ermine, a chief. Gules.

Odingsells, of Trusley ; temp. Edw. I. — The coheiresses married Coke
"7\ /V /\| and Piper, about the middle of the fifteenth century.
y^ i^ A-^ Arms : — Argent, a fesse Gules, in chiefi three mullets,
Sable.

Padley, of Padley in Hathersage. — The heiress of Bernake married
into this family, or one of the Bernakes assumed the name of Padley. The
heiress of Padley married Eyre about the close of the fourteenth century.

Arms, the same as Bernake.

Plesley, of Plesley, descended from Serlo, who lived in the reign of
William the Conqueror. The coheiresses of Plesley, about the end of the
twelfth century married Willonghby and Deincourt.

Plumpton, of Darley; a Yorkshire family. — The coheiresses of Sir Wil-
liam Plumpton, who died in 1480, married Sotehill and
Rocliffe.

Arms : — Argent, five fusils in fesse, Sable, each fusil
charged with an escallop of the field.

RiBOEF, of Etwall, in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.

RiSLEV,

DERBYSHIRE.

cix

RisLEY, of Risley,

Arms : — Argent, a fesse, Azure, between three cres-
cents. Gules.

RosELL, of Denby, temp. Hen. HI. The heiress married Lowe, temp.
Edw. IV.

Arms : — Argent, thiee roses, Gules, barbed and seeded.
Proper.

Savage, of Tissington. — At an early period the coheiresses married
Meinell and Edensor.

Shepey, of Smithsby. — A younger branch of the Shepeys, of Shepey in
Leicestershire, married the heiress of Comin, of Smithsby,
A coheiress of Walcot, by the heiress of Walleis, had pre-
viously married into this family. The heiress of Shepey, of
5<( Smithsby, married Kendall before the year 1500.
Arms : — Azure, a cross, Or, fretty. Gules.

Snitterton, of Snitterton, a branch of the Shirley family. The heiress
married Sacheverell before the year 1500.

Arms : — Gules, a snipe. Argent, gorged with a crown,
Or.

SOLNEY,

DERBYSHIRE.

SoLNEV, of Newton-Solney. — There were five generations of this family,
all knights. The coheiresses, in the fourteenth century,
married Sir Nicholas Longford and Sir Thomas Stafford.
Arms : — Quarterly, Argent and Gules.

SoMERSALL, of Somcrsall ; extinct in 1548. Tlie coheiresses married
Derby and Siston.

Stafford, of Eyam ; temp. Hen. IH. — Eliz. The heiress of Roland
married into this family in the reign of Henry VI. The coheiresses of Hum.
phry Stafford, the last heir male, married Savage of Castleton, Eyre of Hassop,
Morewood, and Bradshaw. The immediate descendants of these coheiresses
quartered the arms of Stafford of Eyam the same as those of Stafford of
Botham. We have seen a seal of Stafford of Eyam in the collection of Mr.
WoUey, of Matlock, with the following arms : — Ermine, on a bend. Gules,
three roundles."

ToKE or TouKE, De Tolka, of Synfen, Hilton, and Potlock. Hen. II. —
Hen. V.

Arms : — Barry of six."

Trusley, of Trusley, temp. Hen. II.

TwYFORD, of Twyford. — Robert de Twyford, a priest who lived in the

'^Xl I fourteenth century, was the last legitimate male heir of this

Xxj family. The descendants of this Robert, by a concubine,

bore the name of Twyford, and were not extinct in

1500.

Arms : — Argent, two bars, Sable ; on a canton of the
second, a cinquefoil, Or.

•> This coat has been attributed (the bend G. and the roundles Arg.) to Folcher, whose heiress
married Bradshaw. See p. civ. The same coat, with the same colours, was borne by Botterill.
See G. 15. Heralds' College.

" Vincent's Derbyshire, in the Heralds' Office : the colours are not expressed.

Wakebridge,

DERBYSHIRE.

CXI

Wakebridge, of Wakebridge. — The heiress niairied Pole, temp.
Edw. III.

Arms : — Azure, a fesse. Gules, between six lozenges,
Sable. Wyrley, in his Use of Arms, speaks of Sir William
Wakebridge, who bore this coat, as a valiant knight, not-
withstanding he bore colour upon colour in his coat-
armour.

Walkelin, of Radborne. — The coheiresses, in the thirteenth century,
married Chandos and Stafford.

Arms : — Barry of six, Gules and Azure, a lion rampant.
Ermine.

Waldeshef, of Boylston and Fairfield, married the heiress of Basinges :
the coheiresses married Shirley and Ridware, in the reign of
Edw. II.

Arms : — Gules, three swords erect. Argent.

Whittington, of Whittington. — The heiress of the elder branch mar-
ried Dethick before 1320; and a coheiress of Dethick
married Pole. The heiress of a younger branch married
Eyre, temp. Hen. VII.

Arms: — Sable, a cross engrailed. Argent, between
four pomegranates, Or.

WiNFiELD, of Edelstow, in Ashover. — The heiress married Plumley at
an early period.

Families

CXIl

DERBYSHIRE.

Families extinct, or removed out of the County, since 1500.

Abney, of Willesley. — This family settled at Willesley, in consequence
of a marriage with the heiress of Ingwardby, soon after the commencement
of the fifteenth century. The elder branch becaiTije extinct in 179 1, by the
death of Thomas Abney, Esq., whose heiress married Charles Hastings,
Esq. (now General Sir Charles Hastings, Bart.) Edward
Abney, Esq., of Measham-field, is of a younger branch of
this family. Sir Thomas Abney, of Stoke-Newington, in
Middlesex, who was Lord-Mayor of London in 1701,
was of a younger branch of the Willesley family. This
branch is extinct: the heiress died unmarried in 1782.
Arms : — Argent, on a cross, Sable, five bezants.

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Agard, of Foston and Sudbury. This ancient family settled at Foston
as early as the year 13 10. The estate was sold in the reign of Charles II. ;
and about the same time one of the coheiresses of Charles Agard, Esq.,
the last heir male, married Jolin Stanhope, of Elvaston, ancestor of the
Earl of Harrington.

One of the Agards of Sudbury married a coheiress of Ferrers of Tam-
worth. We do not find when this branch became extinct.

Arms of Agard of Foston. — Argent, a chevron en-
grailed. Gules, between three boars' heads, couped, Sable,
langued. Gules.

Arms of Agard of Sudbury : — Argent, on a plain
chevron. Gules, between three boars' heads, couped. Sable,
langued of the second, a fieur de lis, Or.

Crest : — A bugle-horn, Arg. garnished. Or, slinged, Sab.

Alen,

DERBYSHIRE.

CXUl

Alen, or Aleyne, of Gresley. — Sir Cliristopher Aleyne, son of Sir
John Aleyne, or, as he himself wrote his name, Alen, Lord Mayor of
London, in 1535, settled at Gresley. His descendant, Samuel Stevenson
Aleyne, Esq., (who died in 1734,) was the last heir male of this branch of
the family : his sisters and coheirs married Malbon, Cowper, and War-
burton. The Aleynes, Baronets, of Hatfield, in Essex, were descendants
also of the Lord Mayor.

Arms of Aleyne of Gresley : — Sable, a cross potent,
Or.

Crest : — A demi-lion rampant. Sable, holding in his
paws, a rudder, Or.

Sir John Alen, the Lord Mayor, bore — Or, three ogresses, on each
a talbot passant of the field ; on a chief. Gules, a lion passant guardant of
the field. This coat is quartered on the monument of the Aleyne family
at Gresley.

Alsop, of Alsop-in-the-Dale. — This ancient family was settled at Alsop,
about the time of the conquest, and continued in an uninterrupted descent
for 19 or 20 generations. It appears to have become extinct by the death
of Anthony Alsop, Esq., somewhat more than a century ago. John Alsop,
of a younger branch, settled in London, had a grant of arms in 1597.
Another branch was of Marshfield in Leicestershire, at the time of the
visitation of that county, in 161 9.

Old arms of Alsop : — Sable, a bend Argent, between
three doves in chief, wings expanded, of the second, legged
and beaked, Gules, with ears of wheat in their beaks. Pro-
per ; and three pheons in base. Or.

In the Visitation of Derbyshire, 1634, the arms of Alsop,
of Alsop, are described — Sable, three doves, rising. Ar-
gent, beaked and legged. Gules.
The grant to Alsop of London was — Sable, on a bend, between six
doves, Argent, legged and beaked, Gules, three pheons of the field.

Crest : — A dove. Argent, legged and beaked. Gules, between two
ostrich-feathers, Sable.

The Alsops of Leicestershire bore — Sable, on a chevron, between three
rooks. Or, a mullet of the field.

Vol. V.

ASHTON,

cxiv DERBYSHIRE.

AsHTON, of Castleton, Stony-Middleton, &c., descended from the Ash-
tons of Lancashire. — Alexander Ashton, of Castleton, the representative
of this branch, was aged 40 in 1667, and had a son, Robert." Robert, a
younger son of Charles Ashton, who was of Castleton in 1625, settled at
Stony-Middleton ; his son, Robert who was sheriff in 1 66 ^ had three wives :
Robert, his son by his first wife, settled at Bradway, and his elder son,
Richard, who was of Broadway and of Scotton, in Lincolnshire, died in 1706.
This Richard had several brothers, one of whom was the learned Dr. Charles
Ashton, master of Jesus College, Cambridge.

Robert Ashton, of Stony-Middleton, the sheriff, had by his second wife
ohly a daughter ; by his third wife a son, Benjamin, who
settled at Hathersage : the daughter, and eventually sole
heir of Benjamin married Spence, whose heiress married
Shuttleworth.

Arms : — Argent, a mullet. Sable, a crescent for dif-
ference.

Crest : — A boar's head, couped. Argent.

Babington, of Dethick and Normanton. — Thomas Babington, second son
of Sir John Babington '', by the heiress of Ward, and brother of Sir Wil-
liam Babington, who was appointed Chief Justice of the King's Bench in
1423, married the heiress of Dethick, and settled at Dethick. His grand-
son, Thomas, had four sons : Sir Anthony, the elder, who continued the
Dethick line ; William, who married one of the coheiresses of Beaumont
of Tinmore, in Staffordshire, where he settled ; Rowland, who settled at
Normanton ; and Humphrey, who settled, at Temple- Rothley, in Leicester-
shire, and married the other coheiress of Beaumont. The last-mentioned
was immediate ancestor of Thomas Babington, Esq., now of that place,
sometime M.P. for Leicester. Sir Anthony's first wife was a coheiress
of Ormond, by the heiress of Chaworth : by his second wife he had three
sons, the elder of whom was ancestor of the Babingtons of Rampton, in
Nottinghamshire. Anthony, great-grandson of Sir Anthony, being de-
scended from the first wife, was executed for high treason, in 1586. The
Dethick estate, which had been secured by a previous transfer to his
younger brother, was sold about the middle of the following century. The
elder grandson of his brother George was living, and 32 years of age, in

' Probably Robert Ashton, who was Lord of the manor ofBamford in 1688 ; but we have not
been able to trace the Castleton branch any further.

" This Sir John was son of Sir John Babington, Captain of Morlais in Britanny, temp.

Edw. III.

1672.

DERBYSHIRE.

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1672. None of the family remain in Derbysliire ; but the late Mr. Corne-
lius Babington, of Bolingbroke in Lincolnshire, descended from Cornelius,
great nephew of Anthony Babington, who was attainted in 1586, died in
1 8 1 1, at an advanced age, leaving male issue. The Norman ton branch sold
that estate in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. A branch of the Babington
family descended from a younger son of Sir John Babing-
ton before-mentioned, was settled, for several generations,
in Devonshire.

Arms : — Argent, ten torteauxes, four, three, two, one.
Gules ; a label of three points, Azure.

Crest : — A demi-dragon, with wings expandedj Gules,
a scroll issuing from the mouth.

Bache, of Stanton. — This family, which had resided at Stanton more
than 200 years, became extinct by the death of William
Bache, Esq., in 1698 : the heiress married the grandfather
of Bache Thornhill, Esq., now of Stanton.

Arms : — Or, a lion rampant regardant, Pean ; a border
Sable bezanty.

Crest : — A demi-lion rampant regardant, Pean, holding
in its paws a bezant.

Ballidon, of Derby. — Three descents of this family, who were of
some antiquity at Ballidon, whence they took their name, are described in
Dugdale's Visitation. William Ballidon, Esq., the last heir
male, died in 1745: his sister and heiress married Wil-
liam Coke, Esq., of Trusley.

Arms granted by Dugdale : - Argent, two bars. Vert,
each charged with three cross-crosslets, Or.

Crest : — A demi-lion rampant, Vert, crowned, Or, hold-
ing between his paws a cross-crosslet of the second.

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Barley of Barley, otherwise Barlow. - The pedigree of this family in
Glover s Visitation deduces their origin from Simon Barley, who called the
p ace after his own name in the reign of W.lliam the Conqueror. This
alone would be sufficient to make its authenticity questionable. There is
no doubt that they were a very ancient family ; but there is reason for sup-
posmg that, instead of a descendant of Simon above-mentioned having mar-

P 2 ' ried

CXVl

DERBYSHIRE.

lied the heiress of Abitot, the Barleys were descended from a younger son
of the Abitot family, who on settUng at Barley assumed, as was usual, the
name of the place of his residence. James Barley, Esq., who lived in the
reign of James I., left two daughters coheiresses, who mar-
ried Linney and Bullock. He had a younger brother,
who married a daughter of John Talbot, and died without
issue.

Arms of Barley : — Argent, three bars wavy. Sable ; a
chief, per pale, Erm. and Gules.

Crest : — A demi-stag, charged with three bars, wavy.

A younger branch, which was of Dronfield-AVoodhouse, and became
extinct in the sixteenth century, bore — Barry wavy of six. Argent
and Sable, a chief, per pale, Ermine and Gules, charged with a fleur-
de-lis, Or.

Bassett, of Langley. — Sir John Bassett, of Chedle, who died in the reign
of Henry IV., married the heiress of Brailsford, of Brailsford ; his son by
this wife was of Brailsford, and left a daughter and heir married to Shirley.
Ralph Bassett, son of Sir John by another wife, married the heiress of Beke ;
and his grandson of the same name the heiress of Dethick, who had
married a coheiress of Meynell, of Langley-Meynell. The posterity of the
last-mentioned Ralph were in consequence of this match settled at Langley,
for several generations. William Bassett, of Langley, grandson of Ralph,
married, a coheiress of Byron. The heiress of this branch of the Bassett
family married Henry Howard, a younger son of Thomas, Earl of Suffolk,
and after his death, William Cavendish, Earl of Newcastle.

Arms : — Or, three piles, diverging from the chief of

the escutcheon, Gules ; a canton, Argent, charged with a

griffin, segreant, of the second.

Crest : — Out of a ducal coronet. Or, a boar's head.

Gules.

Bate, of Foston and Little-Chester. — The name of this family occurs in
the list of gentry ; temp. Hen. VI. At a later period we meet with two
families of the name who appear to have been not immediately connected.
In the reign of Charles II., one of these families became, by purchase, pos-

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sessed of Foston, which had been the seat of the Agards. Brownlow Bate,
Esq., the last of this family died at Bath in 1 8 1 5. Coheiresses of Draper and
Chambers married into this family. The other family of Bate had been of
Little-Chester for three generations in 1662. Nathaniel Bate, the repre-
sentative of the family, whose name appears in the intended
list of Knights of the Royal Oak, was then unmarried ;
Richard, a younger brother, had four sons.

Arms : — Sable, a fesse engrailed, Or, between three
dexter hands, Argent.

Crest : — A stag's head, issuing from a wreath, transfixed
through the neck with an arrow.
Bate, of Little-Chester, bore the fesse plain ; and for a crest, a cross patee.

Beard, of Beard-hall. — Richard Beard, first-mentioned in the pedigree,
lived about the year 1400 ; his eldest son had an only daughter, who brought
the manor of Beard to two brothers of the Leigh family, whom she succes«
sively married. The posterity of a younger son continued at Beard-hall
four descents later. The grandfather of the last Beard of Beard-hall, had
four sons ; the two elder died without male issue, each of them having an
only daughter and heir ; Alice, daughter of Nicholas, married Blackwell •
Alice, daughter of Richard, married Bowden. William, son of John, the
third son, was of Beard-hall, and had three daughters
married to Ashenhurst, Holt, and Yeavely. The Ashen-
hursts inherited Beard-hall. Ralph, fourth son, had four
sons, but we know nothing of their posterity.

Arms of Beard : — Argent, three men's heads, couped
and bearded. Proper, within a border, Azure.

Beighton, of Wirksworth. — A family which rose to opulence by the
~^ lead mines, and soon became extinct.

Arms granted in 1675. — Sable, on a bend. Argent, a
greyhound current of the first between two stags' heads
caboshed, of the second.

Crest: — A greyhound, Ermine, collared, Or j issuing
out of a mural crown, of the second.

Bentley,

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DERBYSHIRE.

Bentley, of Derby and Breadsall descended from the Bentleys of Staf-
fordshire. — Sir John Bentley of Breadsall, who died in
1622, left two daughters coheiresses, one of whom mar-
ried Cutler.

Arms : — Or, three bendlets, Sable.

Crest : — A lion statant, Argent.

There was also a family of Bentley of Hungry-Bentley. Edward
Bentley, Esq. of this family, was convicted of high-treason in 1586.

Bird, of Over and Nether-Lockoe. — The family of Bride, or Bird,
possessed Nether-Lockoe, as early as the reign of Henry IV., and sold it in
the reign of Elizabeth. Thomas Bird, Esq., of a younger
branch of this family, died in the reign of James I., leaving
four daughters, coheiresses.
^ yl^. N^ Arms : — Sable, a chevron, embattled, counter-embat-

V "vj^ 7 tied, Argent.

Crest : — A stump of a tree, issuing from a wreath,
thereon, a falcon rising. Proper.

Blackwall, of Blackwall — This ancient family was of Blackwall in the
Peak, in the reign of Henry III. There were four brothers of this family in the
reign of Henry VII I. Adescendant of the elder married the heiress of Wensley,
and was father of Wensley Blackwall, and grandfather of Sir Thomas Blackwall,
a zealous loyalist, who became impoverished in the civil war, and died in re-
duced circumstances in the reign of CharlesII. We know nothing more of this
elder branch, than that George Blackwall, brother of Sir Thomas, was a citizen
and Skinner, of London, and had younger brothers. Richard, the second of
the brothers above-mentioned, (temp. Hen. VIII.) married a coheiress of Boy-
vill, and left an only daughter ; Thomas, the next brother left two coheiresses,
married to Hurt, and Eyre of Hassop ; Ralph", the younger, married one of

•^ Mr. John Blackwall, of Blackwall in Kirk-Ireton, has been supposed to have descended from
a grandson of this Ralph ; but it is not probable, as the Blackwalls, of Blackwall in Kirk-Ireton,
who are an ancient family, can be traced as proprietors of that estate to an earlier period, and it
is most likely that the ancestors of the two families each took his name from the place of his
respective residence. Dr. Anthony Blackwall, who wrote on the Sacred Classics, was of the
Kirk-Ireton family.

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the coheiresses of Stafford of Eyani, and left posterity, which we have not
been able to trace.

Arms of Blackwall, of Blackwall in the Peak : —
Argent, a greyhound current, Sable, collared, Or, on a
chief indented, of the second, three bezants.

Crest : — Two arms in mail issuing from a wreath, hold-
ing in the hands a greyhound's head, couped and erect,
Sable, collared cheeky, Or and Gules.

BoNELL, of Duffield. — The late Thomas Porter Bonell, Esq., descended
from an ancient family of that name in Flanders, succeeded to an
estate at this place, as heir at law to Henry Porter, Esq., who took the
name of Sherbrooke, and died without issue : the only
daughter and heir of the late Mr. Bonell married Sir
Ciiarles Henry Colvile, representative of the ancient family
of that name in the Isle of Ely.

Arms of Bonell : — Or, Semee of ci'oss crosslets, and a
lion rampant, Sable.

Crest : A demi-lion rampant, Sable.

BosviLLE, of Beighton. — The family of Bosville, of Gunthwaite in
Yorkshire, sometime resident at Beighton in this county,
became extinct by the death of Colonel William Bosville, in
1 813. His nephew and legatee, the Honourable Godfrey
Macdonald, younger brother of Lord Macdonald, has taken
the name.

Arms : — Arg. five fusils in fesse. Gules, in chiefi three
bears heads erased. Sable, muzzled, of the field.

BowDEN, of Bowden. — This family was for several generations of Bowden
in Chapel-en-le-Frith. George Bowden, of Bowden, and of Barnby in
Yorkshire, who died in 1680, appears to have been the last
heir male of the family. There were, at that time, younger
brandies settled in Leicestershire,

Arms: — Quarterly, Sable and Or, in the first quarter a
lion passant, Arg. langued. Gules.

Crest : — An eagle's head erased. Sable.

Bkailsford,

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DERBYSHIRE.

Brailsford, of Brailsford, and of Senior, in Hucknall. — This ancient
family was of Brailsford in the reign of Henry LI. Nicholas, the first who
assumed that name, was son of Elsinus, who lived in the reign of William
the Conqueror. In the reign of Richard II., the heiress of the elder branch
married Bassett of Chedle. John Brailsford, the representative of a younger
branch, settled at Senior in the reign of Edward VI. was servant tb Sir
John Harpur, in 1662 ; his father had sold the family estate,
but Senior was then possessed by a cousin, as appears by
Dugdale's Visitation of Derbyshire. The representatives
of Brailsford of Senior, or rather, probably of the younger
branch, are opulent yeomen in the neighbourhood of Mans-
field in Nottinghamshire.

Arms : — Or, a cinquefbil, Sable.

Brereton, of Hurdlow in Hartington. — Three descents are described in
Dugdale's Visitation. William Brereton, the representative,
who was thirty-two years of age in 1 662, died without issue ;
'Ms sister and heiress married Barker, and the heiress of
Barker, married Bossley. Mr. Bossley of Bakewell is the
present representative.

Arms : — Argent, two bars. Sable.
Crest : — A camel's head erased.

Browne, of Stretton. See Cave Browne, Baronet.

Bullock, of Norton, Onston, and Darley. — This family was of
Norton in the reign of Henry VI. The elder branch, after five de-
scents, settled at Onston : the heiress of this branch, in the seven-
teenth century, married Latham, whose heiress married Mower. Another
branch continued at Norton. John Bullock, Esq., the last of this branch
died in 1682. A younger branch of the Bullocks of Onston, settled at
Darley, near Derby, and afterwards removed to Brampton.

7r~7r~7rir7r The heiress of this branch, about the middle of the seven-
teenth century, married Hayne, whose heiress married Dale.

Arms of Bullock : — Ermine, a chief, Gules, a label of
five points. Or.

Crest : — Seven arrows, six in saltier and one in base,
feathered and headed, Arg. enfiled with a mural crown of
the last.

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Burton, of Dronfield. — This family was descended from Richard
Burton, of Chesterfield, a younger brother of Sir William Burton, of Lind-
ley, in Leicestershire, who was slain at Towton-field, in 1461. Francis
Burton, of Dronfield, who was sheriff of Derbyshire in 1666", married the
heiress of Burton, of Lindley : his son Ralph died without issue in 1714.
William Burton, of Sheffeld, who died in 1798, was descended from a
younger branch of the Burtons of Dronfield : he had a son
living in Staffordshire a few years ago, who is supposed to
be the present repi-esentative of the family.

Arms : — Azure, semee of etoiles, and a border. Or ; a
crescent. Argent.

Crest : — On a ducal coronet, a wy vern, Az., collared,
Or.

Cheney, of Ashford, Monyash, and Kirk-Langley. — The present repre-
sentative of this family, who were of Ashford somewhat
more than a century ago, is Major-General Robert Cheney,
who resides at Beverley, in Yorkshire.

Arms : — Azure, six lions rampant, three and three,
Argent ; a canton. Ermine.

Crest : — A Bull's scalp. Proper.

Chetham, of Ash and of Mellor-hall. — James Chetham, Esq., grandson
of James Chetham, of Smedley, in Lancashire, and great-nephew of Hum-
phrey Chetham, the munificent founder of the Blue-Coat Hospital at Man-
chester, married one of the daughters and coheirs of Sir Samuel Sleigh,
of Etwall and Ash. This branch of the family became extinct by the
death of Humphrey, the younger of three sons, who all died without issue.

James Chetham, of Lancashire, probably of the same family, married a
daughter of Radcliffe, of Mellor, (eventually heiress of her nephew.) Tho-
mas Chetham, Esq., his great-grandson, who sold his Derbyshire estate, and
died in 1799 at Highgate, in Middlesex, was the last of the family who
resided at Mellor-hall. His son of the same name, who in 1808 took the
name of Strode in addition to that of Chetham, is the present representative
of this branch of the family.

* Three of the Burton family were sherifts within the space of 22 years: Thomas in 1644;
his brother Michael in 1646 ; and Francis in 1666.

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DERBYSHIRE.

Arms of Chetham, of Smedley in Lancashire, and of Et-
wall : — Argent, a chevron, Gules, between three fleams or
lancets. Sable.

Clarke, of Somersall, afterwards of Chilcote and of Sutton. — The first
of this family mentioned in the pedigree was of Chesterfield ; his son was of
Somersall in Brampton : Chilcote was purchased in 1672 ; Sutton between
1736 and 1740. Godfrey Bagnall Clarke, Esq., the last of the family, died
in 1786: his sister and heir married Job Hart Price,
Esq., who took the name of Clarke in 1787, and left a
daughter and heir, now Marchioness of Ormond.

Arms : — Azure, three escallops in pale. Or, between
two flaunches. Ermine.

Crest : — Within an annulet, Or, enriched with a ruby,
a pheoD, Argent.

Clarke, of Ashgate in Brampton, and of Norton-hall. — This family set-
tled at Ashgate in the reign of Queen EHzabeth. It became extinct by the
death of Cornelius Clarke, Esq., then of Norton-hall, in
1696 : his sisters and coheirs married Offley, Bright, Nevil,
Heathcote, &c.

Arms : — Gules, a bear rampant, (collared of the field,)
between three mullets, Argent.

Crest : — A bear rampant, collared and chained. Sable,
holding a battle-axe. Gules.

Clay, of Criche. — Two generations only are inserted in the Visitation
of 1611. The coheiresses, who were then Hving, married
Brailsford of Senior, Pwisey, and Clarke of Mansfield.

Arms : — Argent, a chevron engrailed between three
trefoils, slipped, Sable.

Crest: — Two wings issuing from a wreath. Argent,
charged with trefoils. Sable.

COAPE,

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CoAPE, of Duffield. — Henry Coape, Esq., of this place, whose family
had been originally of Shatton in Hope, was sheriff of the
county in 1703: his only son died unmarried in 1778;
his only daughter married into the family of Porter."

Arms borne by Coape, of Duffield : — Arg., on a chevron,
Az., between three roses. Gules, stalked and leaved. Vert,
as many fleurs-de-lis of the field.
Crest : — A fleur-de-lis, Argent.

There was another family of Coape, of Farnah, in Duf-
field, of which William Sherbrooke, Esq., of Oxton'' in Not-
tinghamshire, (late Coape,) is the representative. The
following coat was confirmed to this family in 1810 : —

Arg., on a fesse embattled, between three roses. Gules,
slipped, Proper, as many fleurs-de-lis. Or.

CoKAiNE, of Ashborne. — This ancient family was settled at Ashborne
as early as the reign of Henry III. Edmund Cokaine, the fifth in descent,
married the heiress of Herthill ; his brother John was ancestor of the
Cokaines of Cokaine- Hatley, in Bedfordshire. Francis Cokaine, who was of
Ashborne in the sixteenth century, married the heiress of Marow. On the
death of his grandson, Francis, in 1594, Sir Aston Cokaine, the poet, grand-
son of his younger brother Edward, became the head of the family, and
died in 1684. The elder line became extinct by the death of his son
Thomas, who married a coheiress of Stury. The family had resided for
two or three generations at Pooley in Warwickshire. The coheiresses mar-
ried Henslow and Turville. From a younger son of Sir John Cokaine, who

died in the reign of Henry VI., was descended the family

of Cokaine, Viscount Cullen, of the kingdom of Ireland,

lately extinct.

Arms : — Argent, three cocks, Gules ; the combs and

wattles, Sable.

Crest : — A cock's head, issuing from a wreath. Gules ;

comb and wattles. Sable.

CoLuiviBELL, of Darley. — This family was settled at Darley in or before
the reign of Richard II. John Columbell, Esq., the last heir male, died

' Of Nottinghamshire, but anciently of Lincolnshire.

" Sir John Coape Sherbrooke, G.C.B., so much distinguished for his military services, and
now Governor of Canada, is a younger brother of Mr. Sherbrooke of Oxton.

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DERBYSHIRE.

in 1659 : his daughter and heir married Marbury, of Mar-
bury in Cheshire. Tlie heiress of Stockwith, of Lincoln-
shire, married into this family.

Arms : — Sable, three doves, Argent, with ears of wheat
in their beaks, Propei*.

Crest : — On a chapeau, Argent, turned up, Sable, a dove
of the first, with an ear of wheat in its beak. Proper.

Criche, of Stubbing-Edge. — It appears by deeds that this family was
settled in Derbyshire as early as the reign of Edward II., and they were
probably originally of Criche.'' The Criches had been settled for several
generations in the parish of Ashover. William Criche, father of Ralph,

who was living in 1 634, married the heiress of Sandf brd ;

his second wife was one of the Hunlokes, of Wingerworth.

Cornelius Criche, the last of the family, died in very

reduced circumstances, at the age of joi, in 1789.

Arms : — Ermine, on a pale. Sable, three crosses patee

fitchee, Or.

Dakeyne, or Dakins, of Biggin, and afterwards of Stubbing-Edge. —
The first in the pedigree is Robert Dakins, of Biggin, grandfather of Ro-
bert who married the heiress of Dowlis, and great-grandfather of Arthur Da-
kins, who was of Stubbing-Edge in 161 1. His descendant Arthur, who was
living in 1708, left a daughter and heir, married to Hopkinson, of Bonsai).
Mr. John Dakeyne, of Mansfield, descended from a younger brother, is
said by Dr. Pegge, to have been the last of this family ; but there are still
some of the name in Derbyshire."

Arms : — Gules, a lion passant guardant and two mul-
lets in pale, Or, between two flaunches, each charged with
a griffin segreant. Sable.

Crest : — A dexter arm, embowed, Proper, issuing out of
a naval crown, Or, holding a battle-axe of the second ; on
the wrist a ribbon. Azure.

'' The arms of Criche, of Criche, are nevertheless described very differently from those of
Stubbing-Edge, in some Heraldic collections ; viz. Sable, a chevron between two crescents in
chief and a pelican vulning itself in base, Or.

' The family of Dakeyne, or Dakins, of Stubbing-Edge, had lands in Fairfield in the six-
teenth century ; at which place are now living the immediate descendants of Mr. William Dakin,
one of the grantees, in trust, of the chapel lands at that place temp. Eliz.

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DERBYSHIRE. cxxv

Degge, of Derby. — This family was of Stramshall in Staffordshire in
the reign of Richard II., and they continued there for several generations.
Sir Simon Degge, who settled at Derby, was an eminent lawyer, and
eventually, one of the Justices for North Wales. In the civil war he was a
Royalist, and his name is to be found in the Derbyshire list of intended
Knights of the Royal Oak. It is remarkable that he was obliged to serve
the office of High-Sherift; when a barrister in great practice, at the age of
sixty-three, and he is said to have served it in his barrister's gown, with a
sword by his side. His literary works have been elsewhere spoken of' He
died in 1702, at the age of ninety. Whitehall Degge, his son by his first
wife, married a coheiress of Beaufeu or Boughey. Simon Degge, M. D.,
great-grandson of Sir Simon, died in 1729, leaving an only daughter
married to Hay. Simon, the second son of Sir Simon Degge, married a
coheiress of More : his son Simon married two wives, a coheiress of Wil-
liams and a coheiress of Staunton. Simon Degge, the elder son by the
first wife, was the last male survivor of this family ; he was of Blithebridge
in Staffordshire and of Bowden-hall in Derbyshire, and died about the year
1765. The present representative of the family of Degge is Edward
Sacheverell Wilmot Sitwell, Esq., son of Dorothy, only
daughter of Simon Degge, by the coheiress of Staunton,
her two brothers having died without issue.

Arms of Degge : — Or, on a bend. Azure, three fal-
cons mounting, Argent, jesses and bells of the field.
Crest : — On a ducal coronet, a falcon reclaimed, Arg.

Dethick, of Dethick, Breadsall, and Newhall. _ This ancient family was
of Dethick as early as the reign of Henry HI. ; and we find that in the reign
of Edward III., Sir Geoffrey Dethick and Robert Dethick, Esq., married two
coheiresses of Annesley : but the pedigrees at the Heralds' Colle-e do not
carry it higher than Sir William Dethick, whose eldest son Robert^was slain
in battle, with his only son Thomas, in the reign of Henry VI. The elder
line in consequence became extinct : the sisters and coheirs of Thomas
married Babington (whose posterity possessed Dethick) and Pole of Heao-e
The posterity of Roger, the second son of Sir William, settled at Derby and
were ancestors of Sir Gilbert and Sir William Dethick, father and son sue
cessively Garter Kings of Arms. William, one of the younger sons of Sir
William Dethick first mentioned, married the heiress of Curzon of Bread
sail, and settled at Breadsall, where his family continued for eight generations.

^ See p. 109.

John

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DERBYSHIRE.

John Dethick, who was of Breadsall, in 1 569, married a Powtrell, who was, on
her mother's side, the heiress of Bassett, of Muschamp. The heiress of De-
thick of Breadsall married Harpur about the year 1 600.

John and Reginald, two other younger sons of Sir William Dethick, mar-
ried two of the coheiresses of Meynell alias Ward.^ Reginald left an only
daughter, who married Bassett. John settled at Newhall in Staplehill, which
had been the seat of the Meynells : this branch continued at Newhall for seven
generations. Humphrey Dethick, who was living in 1 569, and who seems to
have been the last of the family, married one of the coheiresses of Longford.
The heiress of this branch married Reddish ; the elder co-
heiress of Reddish married Darcy, and the eider coheiress
of Darcy, Sir Erasmus Philipps, Bart., who died in 1696.

Arms : — Argent, a fesse, Vaire, O. and G. between
three water bougets, Sable.

Crest : — A nag's head erased, Argent,

Draper, of Culland. — The name of this family occurs in the list of
Gentry, temp. Hen. VI., they are said to have been origi-
nally of Hampshire. Robert Draper, Esq., the last heir
male, died in the year 1683. The coheiresses married Roe,
Jasson, and Bate.

Arms : — Argent, on a fesse between three annulets.
Gules, as many covered cups. Or.

DuRANT, of Durant-hall. — This ancient family became extinct about the
year 1600 : the heiress married Alsop.
Arms : — Sable, a cross crosslet. Ermine.

Fanshawe, of Fanshawe-gate in Dronfield. — The Fanshawes of Ware-
park, in Hertfordshire, from whom descended the Viscounts Fanshawe of the
kingdom of Ireland, and the Fanshawes ofParsloes and Barking in Essex,
derived their descent from the family above-mentioned, who probably had
been settled at Fanshawe-gate at an earlier period, although we find no men-
tion of them before the middle of the sixteenth century. It is long since

* The third married Staunton.

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any of tlie family have resided in Derbyshire ; the present representative of
the elder branch, who, as such, is governor of the grammar-school at Dron-
field, founded by his ancestor, is Henry Fanshawe, Esq., of
St. Petersburgh, a General in the Russian service, father of
Captain Henry Fanshawe of the Britisli navy.

Arms : — Or, a chevron between three fleurs de lis,
Sable.

Crest : — A dragon's head, erased, Vert, flames of fire,
Proper, issuing from his mouth.

Ferne, of Parwich, Bonsall, and Snitterton. — William Feme, son of
Thomas the first mentioned in the pedigree, was of Parwich about the
year 1500; his grandson was of Temple-Belwood in Lincolnshire. This
elder branch probably is extinct. Robert Ferne of Bonsall, supposed to have
been descended from a younger branch of this family, although the descent
could not be certainly ascertained, had a grant of arms, somewhat differing
from those of Ferne of Parwich. Henry Ferne, Esq., son of Robert, became
possessed of Snitterton by purchase, and died without
male issue in 1723 ; one of his coheiresses married Tumor
of Lincolnshire.

Arms of Ferne of Parwich : — Per bend indented, Or
and Gules.

Crest : — A garb. Or, between two wings expanded, per
pale indented. Or and Gules.

Ferne, of Bonsall : — Per bend indented. Argent and
Gules, two lions heads erased, counterchanged, crowned.
Or.

Crest : — A mount of Ferne, Proper, thereon a garb.
Or, banded, Gules.

FiNDERNE, of Finderne. — This family was of Finderne, for nine ge-
" ' nerations, from the reign of Edward HL to that of

Henry VHL, when the heiress married Harpur.

Arms : — Argent, a chevron betwen three crosses formee
fitchee. Sable.

Crest : — An Ox yoke, Or.

Fisher,

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DERBYSHIRE.

Fisher, of Foremajk. — Tlie representative of this family, which has
quitted the county, is the Reverend Thomas Fisher.

Arras confirmed in 1730. — Argent, a fesse vavy be-
tween three fleurs de lis. Sable.

Crest : — A king's-fisher, Proper, holding in the dexter
claw, a like fleur de lis.

FiTZHERBERT, of NorbuTy. — The ancestor of this ancient family settled
at Norbury in the year 11 25; and it continued to be their chief seat
till the extinction of the Norbury branch, by the death of Sir John Fitz-
herbert, about the middle of the seventeenth century. Richard Fitz-
herbert, who lived in the reign of Henry VII., married the heiress of
Marshall of Leicestershire ; his son, Sir Anthony, the celebrated judge, a
coheiress of Cotton of Ridware. Sir Thomas, the elder son of the judge,
married the heiress of Eyre of Padley, by whom he had a son, who died
without issue. John, the second son of the judge, continued the Norbuiy
line, which became extinct by the death of his grandson. Sir John Fitz-
herbert, beforementioned. William, the fourth son of the judge, married
the heiress of Swinnerton, and settled at Swinnerton in Staffordshire. Tho-
mas Fitzherbert, Esq., his immediate descendant, and the present repre-
sentative of the family, is still possessed of Norbury. John Fitzherbert, an

uncle of the judge, was of Etwall : his grandson left two

daughters coheirs, married to Smith of Campden, and Smith

of Dunmow.

Arms : — Argent, a chief, Vaire, O. and G., over all a

bend, Sable.

Crest : — A gauntlet erect. Proper.

Fitzherbert, of Somersall. — See Fitzherbert, of Tissington, Baronet.

Fletcher, of Steynesby. — John Fletcher, Esq., whose family had
made a fortune by the collieries, was sheriff of the county in 1732. Sa-
muel Fletcher, Esq., the last of the family died about the year 1795.

Arms

DERBYSHIRE.

CXXIX

Arms granted in 1731 : — Argent, on a cross engrailed.
Sable, a compass-dial in the centre between four pheons,
Or; a chief, Gules, charged with a level-statf between two
double coal-picks of the third.

Crest : — A horse's head, couped, Argent, guttee de
sang.

Franceis, or Francis, of Foremark. — The ancestor of this family pur-
chased Foremark in or about the year 1360. The heiress of William, the
eighth in descent, married the ancestor of Sir Francis Burdett, Bart. A
coheiress of Babington, of Dethick, married into this family. A younger
branch of the Franceis's was settled for several generations at Coxbench :
one of the coheiresses of this branch married William
Brookes, Esq., grandfather of William Brookes Johnson,
M.D., now of Derby.

Arms : — Argent, a chevron between three eagles dis-
played, Gules.

Crest : — A falcon rising. Or j in its beak a vine-branch,
fructed. Proper.

FuLWooD, of Middleton. — A younger branch of the Lancashire family
of this name settled at Middleton in the sixteenth century. Middleton was
sold by the Ful woods before the year 1719 ; and this branch is said to be
extinct. Sir George Fulwood, a younger son of the Fulwoods of Middle-
ton, was of Ilolborn in 161 1, and gave name to Fulwood Street : his son
Christopher was of Grey's-Inn. Another younger branch of these Ful-
woods was of Hemington, in Leicestershire. This branch
became extinct in 1736 by the death of William Fulwood,
Esq., who left three daughters.

Arms : — Gules, a chevron between three mullets.
Argent.

Crest : — A stag, statant, with an oak branch in its
mouth. Proper, fructed. Or.

Gilbert, of Locko. — This ancient family was originally of Gilbert's-
place'^, in the parish of Lullington, where they appear to have been settled

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for twelve generations in the reign of Edward III. They were afterwards
of Barrow. WilHam Gilbert, Esq., of Barrow, purchased Locko in the
reign of Queen Elizabeth. His descendant, John Gilbert, Esq., became
possessed of Thurgarton Prioi-y, in Nottinghamshire, by bequest from the
Coopers, took tlie name of Cooper by act of parliament in 1736, and,
having about the same time sold Locko, removed to Thurgarton. The
representative of this family is John Gilbert Cooper, Esq., of Thurgarton
Priory, who married the heiress of Roe : his father married a coheiress of
Wright, of Leicester. The heiress of Saville, and coheiresses of Harpur
and Bainbrigge, have married into this family. The heiress of a younger
son of the Gilberts of Locko, settled at Mickle-Over, married Newton in
the reign of Queen Elizabeth.

Arms as confirmed by Dethick, Garter King of Arms,
in 1576: — Sable, a leg armed in pale, between two shi-
vered spears. Argent, the heads, Or.

Crest : — A dexter arm embowed, in armour ; the hand,
Pioper, darting a broken lance in bend sinister, the point
Argent, the staff' Or.

Gilbert, alias Kniveton, of Youlgrave. — This family, which from its
arms and name seems to have liad some connection with the ancient family
of Kniveton, settled at Youlgrave about the year 1300, and continued there
for nine or ten generations. The heiress married Barnesley in the reign of
Charles I.^' The second of the Gilberts, of Youlgrave, married a coheiress
of Rossington. A younger brother of Humphrey Gilbert, of Y'oulgrave,
who lived about the year 1500, was ancestor of the Gil-
berts of Tackbere, in the county of Cornwall, the heiress
of which branch married Amy.

Arms of Gilbert, alias Kniveton : — Gules, a bend Vaire,
Arg. and Sable.

Crest : — A griffin's head. Gules, beaked, Or, issuing
out of a ducal coronet of the second.

Gill, of Norton. — This family who, by their arms, appear to have had
some connection with the Gells, were of Norton in the reign of Queen

I" John Gilbert, probably an uncle of this heiress, was vicar of Youlgrave in 1656.

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Elizabeth. The elder son of Leonard Gill (by a sister of Bishop Saunder-
son) was M.P. for the West Riding of Yorkshire in 1653, married the
lieiress of Westby, of Car-house, near Rotheram, settled at that place, and
left a daughter and heir, married to Gregge, of Lancashire : his younger
brother, Henry Gill, Esq., was of " the Oaks," in Norton, and left an only
daughter, who brought the Oaks in marriage to Richard Bagshaw, Esq., of
Castleton. The Gills of Chesterfield, whose heiress mar-
ried Slater, are said to have been of this family, claiming
their descent from Philip Gill, elder brother of Leonard,
whose posterity lived for several generations in the parish
of Norton.

Arms : — Per bend, Or and Vert, three mullets in bend
counter-changed.
GisBORNE, of Derby. — This family was of Derby early in the last cen-
tury. John Gisborne, jun., Esq. was sheriff of the county in 1742. The
representative of the family, the Rev. Thomas Gisborne, the well-known
author of an Liquiry into the Duties of the Female Sex,
and other valuable works, resides at Yoxall-Lodge in Staf-
fordshire.

Arms granted in 1741 : — Erminois, a lion rampant.
Sable, collared Arg. ; on a canton, Vert, a garb, Or,

Crest: — A demi-lion. Ermines, collared dovetail, Or,
and issuing out of a mural coronet, Argent.

Gregg, of Ilkeston, descended from a family of that name settled at
Bradley, in Cheshire, into which the heiress of Starkey had married. —
John Gregg, who settled at Ilkeston, married the heiress of Overton, alias
Horton : his son, Francis Gregg, was of Lees-hall in Norton, and of Ham-
mersmith, near London ; Foot Gregg, the grandson, was of Derby. The
present representative of this family is Henry Gregg, Esq., Barrister at lav/.
Arms granted to Gregg, of Derby, in 1725 : — Or, three trefoils, slipped,
between two chevronels. Sable; in the dexter chief point,
an eagle regardant, with the wings expanded, of the se-
cond ; being varied from the coat of Gregg of Bradley,
their descent from which family was proved.

Crest : — Out of a ducal coronet, Or, an eagle's head
and neck, couped, per pale. Argent, guttee de sang, and
Sable, holding in its beak a trefoil, slipped, Sable.

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Haiii>inge, of King's-Newton, — This family is said to have been de-
scended from the Melbournes, of Melbourne. They were of King's-Newton
in Melbourne, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. The late George Har-
dinge, Esq., one of his Majesty's Justices for South Wales, was the repre-
sentative of this family ; now his next brother, the Reverend Henry Har-
dinge, rector of Stanhope, father of the brave Captain George Hardinge,
of the navy, for whom a public monument has been voted. Mr. Hardinge's
younger brother Richard, created a Baronet in 1801, resides in Ireland.
The family had quilted King's-Newton many years. The heiress of Webb,

of Warwickshire, married into tliis family.

Arms : — Gnles, on a chevron, Argent, fimbriated, Or,

three escallop shells. Sable, (granted in 1711, and varying

from the ancient coat of Melbourne.)

Crest: — A mitre, Gules, banded and stringed, Or,

thereon a like chevron, charged and fimbriated as

above.

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Hardwick, of Hardwick. — Six generations of this ancient family are
described in the Visitation of 1569. John Hardwick, Esq., then living,
was the last heir male. The two elder of his sisters and coheirs married
Wingfield and Boswell ; the youngest, Leigh. Elizabeth, the third sister,
married four husbands, Robert Barley, Esq., Sir William Cavendish, Sir
William Saintloe, and George Earl of Shrewsbury. Hardwick passed to
the descendants of Elizabeth's second husband. Sir William Cavendish,
and is now one of the seats of the Duke of Devon-
shire.

Arms : — Argent, a saltier engrailed, Azure, on a chief
of the second, three cinquefoils of the field.

Crest : — On a mount, Vert, a stag current. Proper ;
charged on the neck with a chaplet of roses, Argent, be-
tween two bars. Azure.

HoDGKI^soN, of Overton-hall in Ashover. — This place was purchased by
the Hodgkinsons in 1 556. William Hodgkinson, the last heir
male, died in 1731 ; his heiress married the grandfather
of the Right Honourable Sir Joseph Banks, Bart., G. C. B.

Arms : — Or, on a cross couped between four cinque-
foils. Vert, a cinquefoil of the first.

Crest : — On a wreath, a garb. Or, between two dra-
gons wings, displayed, Vert.

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HoPKiNSON, of Bonsall. — This family, which had been settled at Bonsall
as early as the reign of Henry V., became extinct about the latter end of
the seventeenth century. A coheiress of Lumby married into this family.
There are no arms assigned to the Hopkinsons, in Dugdale's Visitation.

HoRNE, of BYitterley-park. — Charles Home, who died in 1784, was the
last heir male of this family. Edward Thomas Warren, Esq., his sister's
son, took the name and arms of Home by sign-manual, the
same year, in pursuance of the will of Captain Edmund
Home of the navy, (brother of Charles,) who died in
1764.

Arms : — Argent, three bugle-horns, Sable, garnished,
Or, stringed. Gules, each inclosing an etoile. Azure.

Crest: — A bngle horn inclosing an etoile, as in the arms.

JoDRELL, of Duffield. — This family are descended from the Jodrells of
Moorhonse in Staffordshire, a younger branch of the Cheshire Jodrells, who
are said to have removed from Derbyshire to Cheshire in the early part of
the fifteenth century. The present representative is R. P.
Jodrell, Esq., of Portland-place, and 6f Lewknor in Ox-
fordshire.

Arms granted in 1707 : — Ermines, three round buckles,
the tongues pendant, Argent ; in the fesse point, a trefoil
slipped. Or.

Crest : — A cock's head and neck couped, the wings,
erected. Or.

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Ireton, of LIttle-Ireton. — This ancient family derived its descent from
the younger brother of an ancestor of the Shirleys, who settled at Little-
Ireton in the parish of Kedleston, and took that name. Nine descents are
described in the Visitation of 161 1. They appear to have removed to
Attenton in Nottinghamshire, where Henry Ireton, Cromwell's son-in-law,
who was the representative of the family, was born. His
son Henry died without issue, his daughters married
Polhill, Lloyd, Bendish, and Carter. Henry Ireton had
three younger brothers, one of whom, John, was Lord
Mayor of London in 1658.

Arms : — Ermine, two bends, Gules.
Crest : — A squirrel.

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Kendall, of Smithsby. — Five descents of this family (who possessed
Smithsby by marriage with the heiress of Shepey) are
described in the Visitation of i6i i. The Smithsby estate
was sold in the reign of Charles I. The present repre-
sentative of this family is John Kendall, Esq., of Thorpe-
Langton in Lincolnshire.

Arms : -r- Gules, a fesse cheeky. Or and Azure, between
three eagles displayed, of the second.

Leche, of Chatsworth. — The ancestor of this family was one of the
surgeons to King Edward III. They were of Chatsworth many years
before they became possessed of the manor. This branch became extinct
by the death of Francis Leche, who sold the estate in or about the
reign of Edward VL, his imcle Ralph had three daughters, married to
Kniveton of Mercaston, Wingfield, and Slater of Sutton in Lincoln-
shire. A younger branch of this family is still settled at Carden in
Cheshire. There was also a family of Leche or Leech of
Shipley, whose heiress married Miller : the heiress of
Miller brought Shipley to the Mundy family.

Arms : — Ermine, on a chief dancettee, Gules, three
ducal coronets, Or.

Crest: — Out of a ducal coronet, Or, an arm erect,
Proper, grasping a leech environed round the arm, Vert.

Lee, of T>ady-hole. — Three descents of this family are described in
Dugdale's Visitation. Thomas Gresley, Esq., of Nether-Seale, married the
daughter of John Lee, Esq., of Lady-hole, and heir of her brother William,
who was the last heir male of this family. This lady died
in 1732.

Arms : — Azure, three ducal coronets, Or, a border,
Argent.

Crest : — An arm in armour, bent. Proper, bandaged.
Or, gauntlets. Azure, holding in the hand a battle-axe, the
staff, Or.

Leigh, of Egginton. — Robert Leigh, son of Reginald Leigh of Annesley
in Nottinghamshire, descended from the Leighs of Adlington in Cheshire,
married a coheiress of Lathbury, and settled at Egginton in the fifteenth

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century. Sir Henry Leigh, the last of this branch, died
in the reign of James I. the heiress married Every.

Arms: — Azure, a plate between three ducal crowns,
Or, within a border, Argent.

Crest: — An armed arm couped at the shoulder, Or,
the scarf, Azure, grasping a halbert, Proper.

LiNACRE, of Linacre-hall. — Twenty descents of this ancient family are
described in Vincent's Derbyshire Pedigrees. It appears to have been
extinct about the year 1600. The heiresses of Hakenthorpe and Plumley
and a coheiress of Bakewell married into this family. The last-mentioned
match took place before the year 1400. The coheiresses of John Linacre
of Hasland-hall, who died in 1488, married Rollepley and Cooke.

Arms : — Sable, a chevron between three escallops.
Argent, on a chief; Or, three greyhounds heads, erased,
of the field.

Crest : — A greyhound's head, erased, quarterly, Arg.
and Sable, charged with four escallop shells, counter-
changed.

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Litton or Lytton, of Litton. — This ancient family was of Litton near
Tideswell, as early as the reign of Henry III. Sir Robert Lytton, who
was under-treasurer of England, in the reign of Henry VI., purchased the
manor of Knebworth in Hertfordshire, whither the family
removed some time before Litton-hall was^sold by Rowland
Lytton, Esq., in 1597. W. R. Lytton, Esq., of Kneb-
worth is the present representative of this family.

Arms : — Ermine, on a chief, indented. Azure, three
ducal coronets. Or.
Crest: — A bittern among I'eeds, Proper.

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Longford, of Longford. — Fourteen generations of this ancient family
are described in the Visitation of 1569. Sir Nicholas Longford, who died in
the year 1610, was the last heir male of the family; his sisters and co-
heiresses married Hastings and Dethick of New-hall. The coheirs

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of Fitz-Ercald, Hathersage, Deincourt, and Appleby, (who married the
coheiress of ISohiey,) married into this family.

There were several families of Longford or Langford
descended from younger branches of this family, some of
which probably are still in existence.

Arms: — Paly of six, Or and Gules, over all a bend.
Argent.

— Three several crests, as here represented, which it would be

difficult to describe, have been borne by
this family. The fruit in No. 3, is called
by some of the old heraldic writers Che-
bales, an obsolete French word for a sort
of large plum.

Mackworth, of Mackworth. — This ancient family was settled at an early
period at Mackworth. Thomas Mackworth, Esq., who was one of the
representatives of the county in the reign of Henry VI., married the
heiress of Basinges, of Normanton in Rutlandshire, whither the family
afterwards removed, but continued to possess Mackworth
in 1640. Thomas Mackworth was of Normanton when
created a Baronet, in 161 9. The present representative of
the family is Sir Henry Mackworth, Bart.

Arms : — • Per pale, indented. Sable and Ermine, a
chevron, Gules, tietty, Or.
Crest : — A wing, indented per pale, as in the arms.

Manlove, of Ashborne, descended from the Staffordshire family of that
name. The Rev. Thomas Manlove, the representative of
this family, died without issue in 1802 : he had a brother
in business in London.

Arms : — Azure, a chevron between three anchors. Er-
mine.

Crest : — Out of a mural coronet, Gules, a cubit arm
erect, habited, Erminois, cuffed. Argent, the hand. Proper,
holding a flaming sword of the third, hiked, Or.

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Master of Codnor-Castle. — Sir Streynsham Master, who purchased
Codnor in 1692, was sheriff in 1712. Charles Legh Hos-
kins Master, Esq., is representative, and the present owner
of Codnor Castle.

Arms : — Azure, a fesse embattled, between three gry-
phons' heads, erased. Or.

Crest : — An unicorn's head. Argent, issuing out of a
mural crown. Or.

Merry, of Barton. — The grandfather of Sir Henry Merry, who was of
Barton in 161 1, purchased and settled at this place. Valentine Merry, the
representative, who was of Radborne in 1663, had a son,
then four years of age. The heiress of this family married
Simpson about the year 1700.

Arms : — Ermine, three lions rampant, Gules, crowned.
Or ; a canton of the second.

Crest : — A demi-lion rampant, Ermine, crowned. Or,
issuing out of a ducal coronet of the second.

Meverell, of Tidswell. — The ancestor of this family married a coheiress
of Daniell, about the middle of the fourteenth century.
Robert Meverell, Esq., the last heir male, died in 1626,
and lies buried at Ham, in Staflbrdsliire : his daughter and
heir married Thomas Lord Cromwell, afterwards Earl of
Ardglass.

Arms : —^ Argent, a gryphon segreant. Sable, beaked and
legged. Gules.

MiLWARD, of Eaton-Dovedale. — Six generations of this family are de-
scribed in the Visitation of 161 1. The heiress married Clarke of Somersall,
ancestor of the Marchioness of Ormond. A younger branch of this family
was of Snitterton, in Darley. John Milward, Esq., the
last of this branch, died in 1670. The coheiresses married
Boothby, Jennens, and Adderley.

Arms : — Ermine, on a fesse. Gules, three plates.
Crest : — A lion's paw, issuing out of a wreath. Sable,
grasping a sceptre. Or.

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Offley, of Norton-hall. — This family settled in Derbyshire in conse-
quence of becoming possessed of the Norton estate under the will of Cor-
nelius Clarke, Esq., Stephen Offley, Esq., son of the devisee, who was
sheriff of the county in 1716, married the heiress of Smyth, of Norfolk ;
Joseph, his grandson, the heiress of Bohun, of Beccles ; Edmund, son
of Joseph, died unmarried in 1754: his sisters and co-
heirs married Shore, and Edmunds of Yorkshire.

Arms : — Argent, a cross flory. Azure, between four
Cornish choughs, Proper.

Osborne, of Derby. — A Nottinghamshire family settled for a short
continuance at Derby. William Osborne, Esq., the last of
the family, died in 1752. One of the coheiresses married
the grandfather of Sir Hugh Bateman, Bart.

Arms : — Or, on a bend between two wolves heads»
^"^ J Yi ny erased, Sable, three dolphins embowed of the field.
\££^ \/ Crest : — A pelican in her nest, feeding her young, Or.

Parker, of Norton-Lees. — Thomas Parker, the ancestor of this family,
settled at Norton-Lees in consequence of a marriage with the heiress of
Gotham, in the reign of Richard IL, his grandson married a coheiress of
Birley. John, the sixth in descent from Thomas, died without male issue
in or about the reign of Charles L Anne, his daughter and heir, who
married Barker, died in 1671. From a younger son of this family was
descended Thomas Parker, the first Earl of Macclesfield, sometime Lord
High Chancellor, whose father was of Leake in Staffordshire, his grand-
father of Parwich in this county ; his great-grandfather of Ashborne. The
chancellor, before he attained that high office, resided
several years in Derby, and was twice elected one of the re-
presentatives of that town in the reign of Queen Anne.
Arms : — Gules, a chevron between three leopards;
faces. Or.

Crest: — A leopard's head, affrontee, erased. Or, ducally
gorged, Gules.

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PiLKiNGTON, of Stanton. — The arms only are described in the Visitation
of" i6i I. The pedigree is not entered. Matthew Pil-
kington, LL.B., prebendary of Lichfield, was buried at
Stanton in 1785.

Anns : — Azure, a cross patee, voided, Argent.

Pindar, of Duffield. — The name ofthis family appears in the list of gentry,
temp. Hen. VI. Reginald Pindar, of Duffield, was sheriff' of the county in
1684 : either he or a son of the same name removed to Kempley in Glou-
cestershire. Reginald, the representative ofthis family, who died in 1788,
had taken the name of Lygon on succeeding to the estate of Madresfield
in Worcestershire ; his son, William Lygon, Esq., was, in 1806, created Lord
Beauchamp of Powick, and in 1815, Earl Beauchamp and
Viscount Elmley ; he died in i8i6, and was succeeded by
his son, the present Earl, who is representative of the
Pindar family.

Arms of Pindar : — Azure, a chevron. Argent, between
three lions heads erased. Ermine, ducally crowned. Or.
Crest : — A lion's head, as in the arms.

Port, or Porte, of Etwall. — Sir John Port, one of the Justices of the
King's Bench, married the heiress of Fitzherbert of Etwall :
his son. Sir John Port, who married the heiress of Giffbrd of
Staffordshire, left three daughters, coheirs, married to Gerard
of Bryn, Hastings, Earl of Huntingdon, and Stanhope.

Arms: — Azure, a fesse engrailed, between three pigeons,
each having in tlie beak a cross fbrmee fitchee, all Or.

Pott, of Stancliffe. — Descended from the Cheshire family of that name.
John Pott, who died in 161 3, married the heiress of Newsam of Stancliffe
by the heiress of Columbell : his son married the heiress of
Newcome. This branch of the family of Pott appears to
be extinct. Stancliffe was sold before the year 1658.

Arms : — Barry of ten. Argent and Sable, on a bend.
Azure, three trefoils, Or.

Crest : — A mount. Vert, thereon a greyhound couchant.
Gules, collared, Or.

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DERBYSHIRE.

PowTRELL, of West-Hallam. — This ancient family was of Thrumpton
in Nottinghamshire, where eight generations had resided previously to
the reign of Henry V. The male line then became extinct. The heiress
married Smith, whose son took the name of Powtrell. Soon afterwards,
Thomas Powtrell, a younger son of this family, settled at West-Hallam ;
his son John married a coheiress of Strelley of Nottinghamshire. Thomas
his grandson (by his first wife a coheiress of Bassett) left an
only daughter, married to Dethick of Newhall. Henry
Powtrell, Esq., the last heir male of this branch, who died
-in 1666, left seven daughters.

Aims : — Argent, a fesse between three cinquefoils.
Gules.

Crest : — A hedge-hog. Gules, chained and quilled. Or.

Radcliffe, of Mellor. — Robert Radcliffe, a younger brother of the
family of Radeliflte of Ordeshall in Lancashire, married the elder coheiress
of Mellor in the fourteenth century. Ten generations of the Radcliffes of
Mellor are described in the Visitation of 161 1. Peter Radcliffe, then
the representative of the family, who died in 1662, left a daugliter and
heir, married to Horsfall. The present representative, in the male line,
of the Radclif!es of Mellor is the Reverend Edward Striugfellow Rad-
cliffe, Vicar of Walton-in-the-Dale, Lancashire. Some
younger branches are still resident in the chapelry of
Mellor.

Arms : — Argent, two bends engrailed, Sable, a label of
three points and a crescent. Gules.

Crest : — A bull's head erased. Sable, armed. Or, ducally
gorged, and charged with a pheon. Argent.

There was a younger branch of the Radclifies settled at
King's-Newton, and afterwards at Mugginton. This
branch bore — Argent, a bend engrailed, Sable, between
three pellats.

Reresb-y, of Eastwood-hall in Ashover in the reign of Henry HI. — a Lin-
colnshire family, — married a coheiress of Deincourt. Sir Thomas Reresby,
who was of Thribergh in Yorkshire, sold the Ashover estate in the reign of

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James I. This Sir Thomas was created a Baronet. The
title became extinct by the death of Sir Leonard Reresby,
the last of the family, in 1748.

Arms : — Gules, on a bend, Argent, three cross crosslets,
fitchee. Sable.

Crest — On a chapeau, Gules, turned up Ermine, a goat
passant. Argent.

Revel, of Ogston and Carnfield. — This ancient family was originally
of Newbold-Revel in Warwickshire. The Visitation of 1569 makes the
Derbyshire branch to have descended from Simon, third son of Sir William
Revel, Knt. John, the elder son of John Revel, (the first of the family
who came into Derbyshire,) settled at Ogston in the fourteenth century.
William Revel, the last heir male of this branch, died in 1706 ; his sisters
and coheirs married Richard Turbutt, Esq., and Sir Paul Jenkinson,

Bart., of Walton.

Hugh Revel, a younger brother of John Revel, the younger, above-
mentioned, settled at Carnfield or Carnthwaite in South-Normanton. This
branch became extinct, in the legitimate line, by the death of Edward
Revel, Esq., who was living at the time of the Visitation in 1634. Robert
Revel, Esq., who was sheriff of the county in 1700, being descended from
a natural son of Edward above-mentioned, had a grant of arms in 171 1,
differing from the old arms of the family, by having a border compony,
Or and Sable. Edward Revel, Esq., his descendant, died without male

issue in 1770.

Arms of Revel of Ogston and Carnfield': — Argent,

on a chevron, Gules, three trefoils, Ermine, all within a
border engrailed. Sable.

Crest : A bowed arm, in armour, garnished, Or, hold-
ing in the hand a dagger, the point downwards, between
two bats wings. Or, membraned. Gules.

RoLLESLEYor RowLESLEY, of Little-Rowleslcy. — Jordau, son of Henry
de Rollesley, who lived in the reign of Richard I., had a daughter and
heir, whose husband Peter, took the name of De Rollesley. Nicholas, his

" The Revels of Newbold-Revel, bore Ermine, a chevron, Gules, within a border engrailed,
Sable ; and somelimes the chevron charged with three mullets, Or ; both which coats are to be
6cen in Dugdale's Warwickshire, as taken from the monuments in Newbold church.

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grandson, married the heiress of Hopton ; Jolin, the fourth in descent from
Nicholas, a coheiress of Cheney. John Rowlesley, the
twelfth in descent from Peter above-mentioned, died in his
infancy in the reign of Queen EHzabeth. His sister and
heir married Kniveton.

Arms : — Gules, a tesse and border. Ermine.

Crest : — A demi-lion rampant issuing from a wreath,
party per pale, Arg. and Gules, holding in his paws a
rose of the last, stalked and leafed. Vert.

RoLLESTON, of the Lea and of Swarkston. — A younger son of Sir Ralph
Rolleston, of Rolleston in Staffordshire, settled at the Lea in the parish of
Ashover, where the family had resided for eight generations, at the time of
the Visitation of 1569 ; William Rolleston, the second of the Lea family,
married the heiress of Winckfield ; George Rolleston, the last mentioned in
Glover's pedigree, died without issue in the latter end of
Queen Elizabeth's reign, one of his sisters and coheirs
brought Lea-hall to the Pershalls.

Arms : — Argent, a cinquefbil, Azure, on a chief, Gules,
a lion passant-guardant, Or.

Crest : — An eagle's head issuing from a wreath,
Proper.

RoTHERAM, of Droufield. — John Rotheram, Esq., who purchased the
estate was sheriff of the county in 1750: his family had
been settled at Rotheram about a century before ; his son,
Samuel Rotheram, Esq., who was sheriff in 1772, died
without issue in 1785.

Arms : — Vert, three bucks trippant. Or.

RowE, of Windle-hill. — Robert Rowe of Windle-hill, and Roger Rowe
of London, his brother, had a grant of arms in 1612. The family became
extinct in the elder branch in 1640, by the death of John Rowe, one of
whose coheiresses married Owen, The heiress of a younger branch, into
which one of the coheiresses of Draper had married, married Newell.

Arms :

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Arms : — Or, on a bend, cottised, Azure, between six
trefoils slipped. Vert, three escallops of the first.

Crest : — An arm vested, Erminois, the hand, Proper,
holding a trefoil, slipped. Vert.

Roo, or RowE, of Alport. — Five descents of this family are described
in the Visitation of 1611. John, son and heir of Roger,
was ten years of age at that time, and had two younger
brothers.

Arms : — Gules, on a bend between three garbs. Or, as
many crosses patee iitchee of the field.

Crest : — An arm in armour, Argent, round the wrist a
scarf, Gules ; in the hand a sword of the first, hiked, Or,
holding up a wreath. Vert.
The above arms are described in the Visitation, and are, or were, in
Youlgrave church, on the monument of Roger Rowe, Esq., who died in
1613 ; yet we find the following coat of Rowe at the Heralds' College, as
granted by St. George to Roger Rowe, of Alport : — Per
pale. Or and Gules, a lion rampant, within an orle of tre-
foils, all counterchanged.

Crest : — An arm embowed, vested. Gules, holding a
garb. Or.

Sacheverell, of Hopwell and Morley. — This family was originally of
Hopwell, in the parish of Sawley. The pedigree, in the Visitation of 1569,
begins with Patrick Sacheverell, lord of Hopwell in the reign of Edward I.
Thoroton's pedigree of this family describes John de Sacheverell as having
married a coheiress of Fitz-Ercald, five generations before 1 5 Edward I.
John Sacheverell, fifth in descent from Patrick above-mentioned, married a
coheiress of Leche, of Chatsworth : his grandson, John, who died in 1485,
married the heiress of Statham, of Morley. Jonathas Sacheverell, Esq.,
the last heir male of the elder branch, died in 1662. A younger branch,
settled at Barton in Mottingharashire, succeeded to the Morley estate, and

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removed thither. Robert Sacheverell, Esq., the last of this branch, died in
1 7 14; his daughters and coheirs married Pole and Clifton.

A younger branch of the Sacheverells of Morley settled at Radcliffe, in
Nottinghamshire ; the heiress of this branch, after four generations married
Columbell, of Darley : a younger son of this branch was ancestor of the
Sacheverells, of Rearsby in Leicestershire.

William, a son of Sir Henry Sacheverell, of Morley, who died in 1558,
mari'ied the heiress of Lowe, settled at Stanton-by-Bridge, and had several
sons in the reign of Queen Elizabeth.

William, a younger son of John Sacheverell of Hopwell, by the coheir-
ess of Leche, married the heiress of Snitterton, and was of Ible and Snit-
terton. Thomas Sacheverell, his grandson, sold Ible about 1498 ; Snit-
terton was retained longer. Thomas Sacheverell, son of Thomas, was
living in 1574 at Kirkby, in Nottinghamshire, which had been acquired in
marriage with the heiress of Kirkby : he had an only daughter and heir,
married to Coke of Trusley. Thomas Sacheverell, the younger, had three
brothers. The celebrated Dr. Henry Sacheverell is said to have been of
this family ; but it is not clear how he was descended from them : his im-
mediate ancestors were of Dorsetshire : his great-great-grandfather and
great-grandfather wrote their names Cheverell ; and it is more probable that
he was descended from the Cheverells, of Wiltshire. Dr. Sacheverell pos-
sessed an estate in Derbyshire, at Callow in Wirksworth,
by gifit from George Sacheverell, Esq., of tliat place, who
admired his political zeal, and esteemed him as a
cousin.''

Arms of Sacheverell : — Argent, on a saltier, Azure,
five water-bougets. Or.

Crest : — A goat statant. Proper.

Sale, of Barrow and of Shardlow. — Three descents of each are described
in the Visitation of 1662. The heiress of Sale of Barrow
married Dalrymple.

Arms : — Argent, on a bend engrailed, Sable, three
fleurs-de-lis of the field.

* He was chaplain to Mr. Sacheverell when sheriff for the county ) and preached an assiae-
sertnon at All-Saints' church in Derby, which is in print.

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Savage, of Steynesby. — This ancient family settled at Steynesby in the
reign of" Henry HI., having, as is supposed, married the heiress of Steynesby.
The elder branch removed, about the middle of the fourteenth ceiitury, to
Cliflon, in Cheshire, (afterwards called Rock-Savage,) acquired by marriage
with the heiress of Daniel. A younger branch continued at Steynesby,
which after a time reverted to the elder branch. Steynesby
was sold about 1582. The elder branch became extinct
by the death of John Savage, Earl Rivers and Viscount
Savage, in 1728.

Arms : — Argent, six lions rampant. Sable.
Crest : — Out of a ducal coronet, Or, a lion's jamb erect.
Sable.

Saville, of Hill-top. — A branch of the Savilles of Howley, in Yorkshire,
settled in Derbyshire about the year 1600. George Sa-
ville, Esq., the last of this branch, died in 1734 ; the heiress
married Gilbert, of Locko. The heiress of Stevenson, of
Matlock, married into the Saville family.

Arms : — Argent, on a bend, cottised, Sable, three owls
of the field.

Crest : — An owl, Argent, charged with a trefoil, Gules.

Selioice, of Haselbarow. — Ten generations of this ancient family are
described in the Visitation of 1569. Thomas, the first mentioned in the
pedigree married the heiress of Salvin. This family removed to Hertford-
shire after the sale of Haselbarow. We find no mention of
them after the death of John Selioke, Mayor of St. Alban's,
which happened in 1709.

Arms : — Argent, three oak-leaves. Vert.
Crest : — Out of a mural coronet, Or, a cubit arm, vested,
Argent, holding in the hand. Proper, an oak-branch. Vert,
fructed of the first.

Shalcross, of Shalcross. — Six generations of this family are described
in the Visitation of 16 1 1. John Shalcross, Esq., the last heir male, who was
sheriff of the county in 1686, died in 1733: two of his daughters" and coheirs

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married Fitzherbert, of Somersall, and Jacson. The Fitzherbert family
is extinct. The late Reverend Simon Jacson, of Tarporley in Cheshire,
married his cousin, sister and heir of the last Mr. Fitz-
herbert; and his son, the Reverend Roger Jacson, of
Great-Bebington in Cheshire, is the present representative
of both families.

Arms : — Gules, a saltier between four anniilets. Or.
Crest : — A martlet, Or, holding in his bill a cross patee
fitchee. Gules.

Sheldon, of Monyash. — Nine descents of this family are described
in the Visitation of 1662, when Richard, the representative, was 30
years of age. The arms are not described. This family is said to be
extinct.

Sleigh, of Ash and Etwall. — This family settled at Ash about the year
1600, and became extinct by the death of Sir Samuel Sleigh
in 1679. The coheiresses married Cotton and Chetham.

Arms : — Gules, a chevron between three owls. Argent.

Crest : — A demi-lion rampant, Argent, crowned, Or,
holding in his dexter paw a cross crosslet fitchee, Gules.

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SPATEiMAN, of Rodenook, in Morton. — Three generations are described
in the Visitation of 1662. One of the coheiresses married
Wigley, of Wigwell.

Arms : — Ermine, on a fesse. Gules, between two bars,
gemelles. Sable, three griffons' heads erased, Or.

Crest: — Out of a ducal coronet, Argent, a griffon's
head. Or, gutte de sang.

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StathXm, of Morley, Tideswell, &c. — This was an ancient Cheshire
family, which derived its origin from Statham in that county, and settled
at Morley, in consequence of marrying the heiress-general of Morley
about the middle of the fourteenth century. Henry Statham, the last of
the elder branch died in 1481 ; his heiress married Sacheverell. Thomas

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Statham, of Tideswell, son of Captain John Statham, of Tansley, is said to
have been descended from a younger son of the Stathams of Morley j but
no evidence has been adduced of such descent. This Thomas Statham
married the heiress of Cromwell Meverell, by a coheiress of Denham ; his
son, Sir John, married a coheiress of Wigley, of Wigwell.
Sir John's elder son, Wigley Statham, Esq., who was sheriff
of the county in 1735, and John his younger son, both died
without issue ; the latter about the year 1784.

Arms of Statham of Morley : — Gules, a pale fusilly,
Argent.

Stevenson, of Ounston, or Unston, in Dronfield. Four descents are de-
scribed in the Visitation of 1662. Rowland, the representative, had then a
son of the same name, aged four years. This family be-
came extinct, at least in its elder branch, in 1723. Sir
Christopher Pegge, Knt., who is the present owner of
Unston, is the representative.

Arms : — Gules, on a bend. Argent, three leopards'
faces, Vert.

Crest : — A garb. Or.

Stevenson, of Stanton, Rowsley, and Elton in the Peak. — This family
resided chiefly at Rowsley ; tiie heiress married Holden,
whose heiress married the grandfather of the present
Hylton Joliffe, Esq.

Arms granted to John Stevenson, Esq., in i688 : —
Azure, on a bend. Argent, between two lions passant. Or,
three leopards' faces, GiUes.

Stevenson, of Matlock. — The heiress, about the latter end of the seven-
teenth century, married Saville, whose heiress married Gilbert.

Stones, of Mossborough. — This family became extinct, in 1797, by the
death of Thomas Stones, Esq., of the Derbyshire militia.

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Arms granted in 1693 : — Vert, on a bend counter-em-
battled, Or, between six doves, Argent, three crosses
humettee, Sable.

Crest : — A demi-dragon pean, holding a cross hu-
mettee, Vert, gorged wllh a collar. Argent, charged with
three roses. Gules.

Stubbing, of West-Broughton. — Thomas Stubbing, Esq., was sheriff of
the county in 1711. One of the coheiresses married the
grandfather of the Reverend George Buckston, of Ash-
borne.

Arms granted in 1712 : — Quarterly, Azure and Argent;
in bend, five bezants.

Crest : — A lamb seiant, Proper, collared, Gules, re-
posing his dexter foot on a trefoil, slipped. Vert.

Stuffin, or Stuffyn, of Shirbrook, in Pleasley, an ancient and well con-
nected family, traced to the reign of Edward I. John Stuffin, the last
heir male, died in 1698. The heiress married Hacker, of Trowell in Not-
tinghamshire.

Arms not known.

Sutton, of Over-Haddon. — A younger branch of Sutton, of Sutton in
Cheshire, settled at Over-Haddon in the reign of Henry VI. Thomas
Sutton, the fifth in descent, was of King's-Mead, Derby, in 161 1, and then
84 years of age ; he married the heiress of Burnell, by the heiress of Blun-
deville, but appears to have had no issue. Barnard Sutton, the son of a
younger brother, was then living at Doncaster in Yorkshire.

Arms : — Or, a lion rampant, double queued, Vert.
Crest : — It was resolved, at a chapter of Heralds in
I ^66, that it should be at the option of the Suttons of Over-
Haddon to bear for their crest, a demi-lion rampant, Vert,
within a dtical crown, Or, as descended from Sutton, of
Sutton ; or three annulets interlaced in triangle, two in
base and one in chief, Or.

Taylor, of Walton-on-Trent. — This family was settled for four gene-
rations at Walton-hall. William Taylor, Esq., the last of the family,

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was sherift'of the county in 1727J his last surviving sister died in 1773 >
when Edward W. Disbrowe, Esq., M.P., Vice-Chamberlain
to Her Majesty, succeeded to the Walton-hall estate as heir
at law.

Arms : — Per pale. Azure and Or, a chevron, between
three bucks' heads, all counterchanged ; on a chiefs
Gules, two greyhounds meeting. Argent, collared of the
second.

Taylor, of Durant-hall. — The heiress married Sir Charles Skrymsher,
or Scrimshire, about the middle of the seventeenth cen-
tury.

Arms : — Ermine, on a chevron. Gules, between three
anchors, Sable, as many escallop-shells. Argent.

Thacker, of Repton. — Thomas Thacker, Esq., a servant of King
Henry Vni., had a grant of Repton Priory in 1540.
Gilbert Thacker, Esq., the last of the family died in 1712.

Arms : — Gules, on a fesse. Or, between three lozenges,
Erm., a trefoil slipped. Azure, between two eagles' heads,
erased, of the field, beaked, Arg., and about their necks
a leash of the last.

Crest : — A bittern sitting among reeds. Proper.

There was another Thomas Thacker, (probably a cousin,) who was of
Heage, in 1538, to whom arms, similar to the above, were granted by William
Fellow, Norroy. Instead of lozenges, the coat had three mascles, each
charged with three drops, Sable : the heads on the fesse were bitterns' heads.
Some of this family still remain at Heage in reduced circumstances.
Thacker-liall, formerly their seat, has been sold many years ago, and was
the property of the late Henry Richardson, Esq., of Derby.

Turner, of Derby. — The family of Turner is described as having been
for four descents at Derby, in the Visitation of 1634. Exuperius Turner,
Esq., who resided at Barrowcote-hall, and sold that estate to the late

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DERBYSHIRE.

Robert Newton, Esq., (who died in 1789,) is supposed to
have been the last of the family.
* IJ Arms of Turner of Derby : — Ermine, on a cross, Arg.
quatre-pierced, four mill-rines, Sable, quatre-pierced ; in
the centre, a fleur de lis, Argent.

Turner, of Swanwick. — George Turner, Esq., the last heir male of this
family, which had been settled for several generations at
Swanwick, died about the year 1780 ; he left two daugh-
ters, coheirs, both of whom married Browne.

Arms borne by Turner of Swanwick, being the same as
those of Turner of Surrey : Vaire, Argent and Gules, on a
pale. Or, three trefoils, slipped. Vert.

Wells, of Holme : — Bernard Wells of Holme, son of T. Wells, Esq., of

^v""^^r „:. o'j, j Ashton-under-hill in Gloucestershire, had a son and heir,

XJF ^f.'f*,^^ Bernard, aged 22 in 1634 ; the son died without issue ; the

r — iijr-' ^^ 1^ /{ daughters and coheirs married Bradshaw and Eyre.

V 'A' °A' °A' Arms : — Ermines, on a canton. Or, a buck's head

* ° ° caboshed. Sable.

Crest : — A demi-talbot. Ermines.

Wendesley or Wensley, of Wendesley in Darley. — This ancient family
was of Wendesley before the reign of King John. Richard
Wensley, Esq., the last of the family, died before the
year 1591. The heiress married Blackwall.

Arms : — Ermine, on a bend, Gules, three escallop
shells, Or.

Crest : — A man's head in profile, bearded, Proper,
couped at the shoulders.

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West, of Darley- Abbey Sir William West, was grantee of the Abbey,

~ ' 32 Hen. VIII. The estate was sold by his son in 1574.

Arms : — Argent, a fesse, dancettee, Sable, between
three leopards' faces, of the second, crowned with barons
coronets. Or.

Crest: — A demi-griffon, Vert, collared. Or, holding a
sword upright, Argent, hilted of the second.

Whitehall, of Yeldersley. — The name of this family appears in the list
of Derbyshire Gentry temp. Hen. VI., it is supposed to have been extinct
more than a century. A daughter, but it does not appear
whether she was an heiress, married into the Meynell family
before the middle of the seventeenth century.

Arms : — Arg. a fesse cheeky, G. and S., between three
helmets. Proper.

Crest : — Out of a mural crown cheeky, G. and S., a
demi-lion, Or, collared of the second, in his dexter paw, a
faulchion. Proper, hilted. Or.

Another branch of the family of Whitehall or Whitehaugh, bearing the
same arms and crest, being the younger branch of a Staffordshire family,
settled at Pethills in Kniveton, in consequence of a match with the heiress
of Jackson, of that place. The heir of this branch was twenty-one years
of age at the time of Dugdale's Visitation in 1 662.

WiGLEY, of Middleton and Wigwell. — This family was originally of
Brampton, where we find mention of them as early as the year 1328.° About
the middle of the fifteenth century they were of Wirksworth and Middleton.
The elder branch removed to Scraptoft in Leicestershire : James Wigley,
Esq., who was representative of this branch, died in 1^65 : his heiress mar-
ried Hartopp, whose grandson took the name of Wigley. The present
representative of this branch, in the male line, is Edmund Wigley, Esq.,
sometime M.P. for Worcester. The Wigleys of Wigwell were a younger
branch, the coheiresses of which married Rosel, Statham, and Burton.

" See Pegge's History of Beaiichief Abbey.

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Arms : — Paly of eight embattled, Argent and Gules.

Crest : — A tiger's head, Argent, maned and tufted.
Sable, issuing out of flames, Proper, gorged with a collar,
embattled. Gules. .

WooDROFFE, of Hope. — The name of this family appears in the list of
Derbyshire gentry, temp. Hen. VI. They were originally
of Yorkshire. Ellis WoodrofTe, barrister-at-law, in 1634,
had five daughters, coheirs, one of whom married Fol-
jambe of Yorkshire.

Arms : — Arg. a chevron between three crosses formee
fitchee, Gules.

Crest : — A woodpecker, russet.

WooLHOusE, of Glapwell. — This family was settled at Glapwell before
the year 1400. The heiress of Thomas Woolhouse, about
the latter end of the seventeenth century, married Hal-
lovv^es.

Arms : — Per pale, Azure and Sable, a chevron, en-
grailed, Ermine, between three plates.

Crest: — An eagle's head erased. Ermine, ducally gorged.
Argent.

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Wright, of Longstone-hall. — The representative of this ancient family
which was settled at Longstone-hall, as early as the middle of the fourteenth
century, is John Thomas Wright, Esq., now resident at
Exeter.

Arms : — Sable, on a chevron, engrailed, between three
unicorns' heads erased. Or, as many spears heads. Azure.

Crest : — A cubit arm vested. Sable, doubled. Argent,
(issuing from a wreath) holding in the hand, Proper, a
broken spear. Or, headed, Azure.

Wright, of Ripley. — A coheiress of this family married Eyre of Ripley,
who died in 1694, and left a son, John Eyre, Esq., living in 1708.

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Families of whom it has 7iot been ascertained "whether they are or are

not extinct.

Abell, of Stapenhill. This family was among those who proved their
right to arms at the Visitation in 1611 ; but no pedigree
of it is given in that Visitation. It is believed to be ex-
tinct : there are no traces of it at Stapenhill.

Arms : — Argent, on a saltier, engrailed, Azure, nine
fleurs de lis of the field.

Alestrey or Allestrey, of Turndich, Alvaston, and Walton. — This
ancient family is mentioned in deeds of the thirteenth century by tlie name
of De Adlardestre or Alastre, from the village now called Allestrey, the
original place of their residence. They were at that time retainers to the
Lords Audley. The elder branch had been some time settled at Turndich
at the time of the visitation of 1634 ; but probably was extinct before that
of 1662, in which only the younger branch, settled for four descents at
Alvaston, is mentioned. There were then numerous descendants. Dr.
Richard Allestrey, a divine of some note in the seventeenth century, was
grandson of William Allestrey of Alvaston : his father
lived at Uppington in Shropshire. William Allestrey, Esq.,
of Walton, was sheriff of the county in 1683.

Arms of Allestrey of Turndich : — Argent, a chief.
Gules, over all a bend, Azure, charged with three escut-
cheons, Or, with chiefs. Gules. The Alvaston branch bore
the escutcheons, Gules, with chiefs. Or, and a martlet for
difference.

AsHENHURST, of Beard-hall. — Married the elder coheiress of Beard,
Three descents are described in the Visitation of 1662.
Randle Ashenhurst, the representative of the family, was
then 'j'j years of age, and had several sons.

Arms : — Or, a cockatrice, the tail nowed, with a ser-
pent's head, Sable, the comb, wattles, and head. Gules ; in
his beak a trefoil. Vert.

Crest : -— A cockatrice, as in the arms.
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AsHTON, of Killamarsh. — Descended from Sir John Ashton, a natural son
of Sir John Ashton of Ashton-under-line. Godfrey was the representative
of this family at the time of Flower's visitation in 1569 ; he
was married, but does not appear to have then had any issue.
Arms : — Arg., a mullet, Sable, a baton sinister. Gules.
Crest : — A mower with his scythe ; his face and hands,
Proper ; his cap and habit counter-changed, Arg. and Sab.,
the handle of the scythe Or, the blade, Arg., as in
action.

Atherley, of Derby. — Three descents are described in the Visitation
of 1634.

Arms : — Argent, on a bend, Azure, three lozenges of
the field, each charged with a pheon, Gules.

Babnsley, of Alkmanton, descended from Worcestershire, settled at
Alkmanton soon after the Reformation. The estate was
sold about the latter end of the seventeenth century.

Arms : — Sable, a cross between four roses, slipped.
Argent.

Crest : — A man's head, full face, with lank hair.

Bennet, of Little-Over and Snelston. — Three descents are described in
Dugdale's Visitation. Gervase Bennet of Snelston, aged
50, in 1662, married a coheiress of Rowe, and had a son,
Robert. The estate was sold in 1682.

Arms : — Argent, a cross. Gules, charged with a bezant,
between foiu* demi-lions rampant. Gules, each holding a
bezant.

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BiROM, of Holland and Ashborne-green. — Three descents are described
in Dugdale's Visitation. George Birom married the heir-
ess of Hurt, of Ashborne-green, and had a son, George,
aged nine in 1662.

Arms : — Argent, on a chevron, between three hedge-
hogs, Sable, three plates.

Crest : — A hedge-hog, Sable.

Blythe, of Norton. — William Blythe, of Norton, father of John Blythe,
Bishop of Salisbury, and of Geffrey Blythe, Bishop of Lichfield and Co-
ventry had a grant of arms in. the reign of Hen. VII. Charles Blythe, his
descendant, sold his estate at Norton in 1624. A junior branch conti-
nued at Norton-Lees till a later date : the representatives of this branch
now reside at Birmingham. In Dugdale's Visitation there is a pedigree
with five descents of the family of Blithe, of Burchet in
Dronfield, bearing the same arms. Charles Blithe, the re-
presentative of this branch, was seven years of age in 1662.
Arms: — Ermine, three roebucks trippant, Gules, at-
tired, Or,

Crest: — On a wreath, a roebuck's head, erased, Gules,
attired. Or, gorged with a chaplet. Vert.

of Barrowcote. — This family was of Barrowcote in the
reign of Henry IV. Ralph Bonnington, its representa-
tive, was aged 30 in 1662, and had two younger brothers.
The estate was sold not long afterwards.

Arms : — Sable, a chevron between three roses. Or.

Bradbourn, of Bradbonrn, of the Hough, and Lea-hall. — Goddard de
Bradbourn was of Bradbourn in the reign of Henry III. j his great-great-
grandson is described as of the Hogh. John, the fifth in descent from
this Roger, married a coheiress of Cotton of Ridware. William Brad-
bourn, Esq., who was of the Hough in 1569, had five younger brothers:
the estate was sold before 1 600.

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Arms : — Arg., on a bend, Gules, three mullets, pierced.
Or.
Crest : — A pine-tree, fructed, Vert.

Bradbury, of Ollerset. — This family was of Ollerset as early as the
reign of Henry VI. Edward Bradbury, the representa-
tive of the family, was 27 years of age in 1662, and had
several younger brothers.

Arms : — Sable, a chevron. Ermine, between three
round buckles, Argent, the tongues pendent ; a fleur-de-
lis for difference, Or,

Browne, of Marsh-hall. — This family was for some descents of Whit-
field in Glossop, before they removed to Marsh-hall. Ni-
cholas, 1 1 years of age at the time of the Visitation of
1611, had a younger brother Thomas.

Arms : — Argent, on a chevron. Gules, three roses of
the field.

Crest : — A lion rampant. Argent, ducally crowned. Or,
supporting a tilting-spear. Proper, headed. Argent.

Browne, of Snelston. — Three descents of this family are described in
the Visitation of 1569. William, the representative, was then 11 years

of age, and had a younger brother. The heiress of

Shirley, of Stanton in Leicestershire, married into this

family.

Arms : — Sable, three lions passant in bend, between

two cottises, Argent ; in chief, a trefoil, slipped, Ermine-
Crest : — A griffon's head erased, Sable, ears, beak,

and collar, Orj beneath the collar, a trefoil, slipped,

Ermine.

Browne,

DERBYSHIRE.

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Browne, of Hungry-Bentley. — Two descents are described in DugdaJe's
Visitation. Tiiey sold the neighbouring manor of Alk-
manton in 1727.

Arms : — Ermine, on a fesse embattled counter-embat-

t-^_r-nr-Zi-^s-^^ ^^^^^' ^^^^^' three escallops. Argent.

\ . i . i . I . f / Crest : — Out of a mural crown, Gules, a stork's head,

KJ" .;. ^ .:. * / Ermine.

BuLKELEY, of Stapcnhill, descended from the Bulkeleys of Leeke in Staf-
fordshire. John Bulkeley, the representative, in 1662 was
aged 12, and had younger brothers.

Arms : — Sable, two chevronels between three bulls'
heads caboshed. Argent ; a canton. Or.

Chaloner, of Duffield. — Four descents of this family are described in
Vincent's Derbyshire, 1634. Thomas, the son and heir,
was tlien 15 years of ^age. It is probable that "William
Chaloner, Esq., of Boylstone, who died in 1665, and whose
heiress married the Reverend Thomas Gilbert, was of this
family.

Arms : — Azure, a chevron engrailed, between three
cherubs heads, Argent.

Crest : — A cherub. Argent.

Charleton, of Risley and Breaston. — Four descents are described in
Dugdale's Visitation. John Charleton, the representative,
was 33 years of age in 1662, and had two sons.

Arms : — Azure, on a chevron. Or, between three swans.
Argent, as many cinquefoils. Gules.

Crest: — A swan's head erased, Argent, bill, Gules,
gorged with a chaplet, Vert.

Cocks,

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DERBYSHIRE.

Cocks, of Stapenhill. — Four descents of this family are described in
Dugdaie's Visitation. John Cocks, the representative, in
1662 was aged 36, and had a son, of his own name,, two
years of age. There are no traces of this family now at
Stapenhill.

Arms : — Argent, on a chief. Gules, two roses of the
field.

CoLwicH, of Styd and Darley-moor. — Three descents of this family are
described in Dugdale's Visitation : they settled at Styd in
1559. Francis Colwich, the representative, was 23 years
of age in 1662.

Arms : — Argent, a fesse, between three bats displayed.
Sable.

CuRTEis, of Somerleis and Drontield. — Four descents are described in
Dugdale's Visitation. Robert Curteis, of Somerleis, the
representative was j6 year's of age in 1662.

Arms : — Party per saltire, Arg. and Sable, four bears
passant, counter-changed j in the centre, a bezant.

Dalton, of Derby. — Two descents only are described in the Visitation
of 1662. John Dalton, then aged 52, had two sons.

Arms : — Semee of cross-crosslets, a lion rampant, (the
colours not expressed.)

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Deane,

DERBYSHIRE.

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Deane, of Matlock, afterwards of Beeley, descended from the Deanes,
of Deane-hall, in Cheshire. — Five descents are described
in the Visitation of i6i i. Edward Deane, then living had
/\ /\/\ a son, Robert, 13 years of age. This family removed to
Ashborne, became reduced, and is supposed to be ex-

tmct.

Arms : — r Or, a fesse dancettee ; in chief, three crescents,
Gules.

Draycot, of Loscoe. — This family was originally of Draycote, in Staf-
fordshire : they seem to have settled at Loscoe, about the
latter end of the fifteenth century. John Draycot, of Los-
coe, who was aged 28 in 1662, liad three sons. A younger
branch was of Crofthill in North- Winfield in 1708.

Arms : — Paly of six, Or and Gules, a bend, Ermine.

Crest : — A dragon's head erased. Gules.

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Fox, of Youlgrave. — Three persons of this name are mentioned in the
list of Gentry temp. Hen. VL ; but none of them then
settled at Youlgrave. The Youlgrave estate was sold in
lyn, by Francis Fox, who had a son then living, 11
years of age. The family is supposed to be extinct.

Arms : — Or, a chevron. Gules, between three foxes'
heads erased. Azure.

Crest : — A fox passant. Azure.

Greensmith, of Steeple-grange near Wirksworth. — Robert Green-
smith, Esq., was sheriff in 1715.

Arms granted in 1714 : — Vert, on a fesse, Or, between
three doves close, Argent, beaked and legged. Gules, each
with an ear of wheat in its bill, of the second, as many
pigs of lead, Azure.

Crest : — A like dove, Arg., beaked, and legged. Gules,
with an ear of wheat in its bill, Or, standing on a pig of
lead. Azure.

Gregson,

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DERBYSHIRE.

Gregson, of Turndich, — This family had been for three generations at
Turndich in 1662, when Henry Gregson, its representative, was twenty-
five years of age. They had been before for two generations of Sherow-
hall in this county in consequence of a match with the
heiress of Twyford. This family is supposed to be extinct.
Arms : — Argent, a saltier, Gules ; a canton, cheeky. Or
and Azure.

Crest : — A cubit arm, erect, vested, Arg., charged with
three bends wavy. Sable, holding in the hand, Proper, a
battle-axe. Sable, the blade. Or.

Hacker, of Sawley. — Two generations of this family, which came from
Yeovil in Somersetshire, are given in the Visitation of 161 1, when John
Hacker the son and heir was 12 years of age, and had a younger brother.
No arms are described.

Hunt, of Ashover, afterwards of Aston-on-Trent. This ancient family
^ /v A^' was of Ashover as early as the reign of Henry III. They
i^ 2^ L^^ removed to Aston in the reign of Henry VIII. Their de-
scendant sold their estates in the last-mentioned parish
about a century ago.

Arms : — Argent, a bugle horn. Sable, stringed, Vert ;
on a chief. Gules, three mullets pierced, of the field.
Crest : — A bugle horn, as in the arms.

Jackson, of Bubnell. — Three generations are described in the Visitation
of 1662.

Arms, as described, but said not to have been proved: —
Argent, a lion passant. Gules, on a chief of the second,
three battle-axes of the field.

Johnson, of Horsley and Kilburn. — Three descents are described in the
Visitation of 161 1. Patrick Johnson was at that time the representative.
The arms are not described.

KlNAEDSLEY,

DERBYSHIRE.

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KiNARDSLEY, of Brailsfoid. — Three descents are described in the Visit-
^ ation of 1611. John Kinardsley had then a son, Edward.
Arms : — Argent, a fesse vaire O. and G., between
three eagles displayed, of the last.

Lathbury, of Holme. — Five descents of this family (a younger branch
of the Lathburys of Egginton) are described in the Visit-
ation of 161 1. Francis Lathbury had then a son, William,
aged ten, and two younger sons.

Arms : — Argent, two bars, Azure ; on a canton of the
second, a martlet. Or.

Lister, of Little-Chester. — Eight generations of this family are described
in the Visitation of 161 1. Anthony Lister, then the
representative, had two sons, John and Anthony. John,
the elder, was nine years of age. John Lister, the fourth
in descent, married the heiress of Meysham of Eaton.

Arms : — Ermine, on a fesse. Sable, three mullets.
Argent.

Crest : — A buck's head erased. Proper.

LovETT, of Derby. — A youngei branch of Lovett of Stanton in
Leicestershire. John Lovett, of Derby, was thirty-seven
years of age in 1663.

Arms : — ' Argent, three wolves passant. Gules,
Crest : — A wolf's head, erased, Sable.

Needham, of Thornsett, Snitterton, and Cowley, in Darley. — Six

generations of this fiamily, descended from that of the same name in

Vol. V. X Cheshire,

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DERBYSHIRE.

Cheshire, are described in the Visitation ot'i6ii, at which
time there appeared no probabihty of the male line be-
coming extinct. The heiresses of Cadman and Garlick
married into this family.

Arms : — Argent, a bend, engrailed, Azure, between
two bucks heads caboshed, Sable.

Crest : — Out of a palisado coronet. Or, a buck's head,
Sable, attii'ed, of the first.

Pecke, of Brampton, a Yorkshire family ; there had been only two

descents at Brampton at the time of the Visitation in i6i i,
when Thomas, the son and heir of Thomas Pecke was
eight years of age.

Arms : — Argent, on a chevron. Gules, three crosses
formee of the field.

Pymme, of Long-Eaton. — Four descents of this family are described in
Vincent's Derbyshire, 1634. Christopher, the son and heir, was then eleven
years of age. The arms are not given.

RopEH, of Turndich and Heanor. — Among the Dodsworth MSS., in the
Bodleian library, is a pedigree of this family, with copies of the evidences °,
which deduces their descent from the Rospers, a younger branch of the
Musards. The heiress of the last of this family is said to have married
(in the reign of Henry V.) Richard Furneaux '', of Beighton, who took the
name of Roper. These latter Ropers were of Turndich, and afterwards
of Heanor. Samuel Roper, Esq., of Heanor, who married a coheiress
of Goodere, died in 1658J his son, Samuel Roper, Esq., was a barrister of
Lincoln's-Inn, and 27 years of age in 1662.

" Copies of the deeds are also in Vincent's Derbyshire, at the Heralds' College.

P This Richard Furneaux, is said by Dugdale to have been great-grandson of Sir
Robert Furneaux, a younger brother of the ancient family of that name, the coheiresses
of the eider branch of wbich married l,atimer and Fitzhugh. Dugdale's Monasticon,
vol. i. p. 503.

Arms :

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Arms : — Sable, an eagle, close, Or.
Crest : — On a chapeau. Gules, turned up, Ermine, a
blazing star. Or.

RossiNGTON, of Youlgrave and Scropton. — The Rossingtons of Scropton
were allowed by Dugdale to be descended from a younger branch of Ross-
ington of Youlgrave, a coheiress of the elder branch of
which family had married Gilbert alias Kniveton, about
the beginning of the fifteenth century. Thomas Rossing-
ton of Scropton, who was 45 yeais of age in 1662, had
two sons.

Arms: — Argent, afesse between three crescents. Gules.
Crest : — A griffin's head, erased. Gules.

Rye, of Whitwell. — This family settled at Whitwell at a very early
period. Edward Rye, who sold the estate in the reign of
Queen Elizabeth, had two daughters : it appears, also, that
he had two brothers, Roger and John.

Arms : — Gules, on a bend. Ermine, three ears of Rye,
Sable.

Crest : — A cubit arm, erect, vested purpure, holding
in the hand, Proper, three ears of rye. Or.

Sanders, of LuUington, Caldwell, and Little-Ireton. — Thomas Sanders,
of the family of Sanders of Charlwood in Surrey, descended from the ancient
family of Sandersted, of Sandersted in that county, settled at LuJlington in
Derbyshire, and died in 1558 ; his son and grandson were of Caldwell.
Before their removal into Derbyshire, the heiresses or coheiresses of
Salomon, Collenden of Horley, Odworth, and Carew, married into this
family. Collingwood Sanders, who died in 1653, married the heiress of
Sleigh of Little-Ireton j his son, Thomas Sanders, who was a colonel in the
parliamentary army, removed to that place, and purchased the estate of
the Iretons there. Samuel Sanders, son of Thomas, made collections for
the History of Derbyshire, and died in the year 1688, leaving two sons,
John and Samuel ; his younger brother, Thomas, who died in 1695, had a

X 2 son.

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DERBYSHIRE.

son, Joseph. We have not been able to trace this an^
cient family further with any certainty.

Arms : — Sable, on a chevron, Ermine, between three
bulls heads caboshed. Argent, a rose of the field.

Crest : — A demi-buU erased. Sable, charged with a rose.
Argent, barbed and seeded, Proper.

Sandford, of Bakewell. — Four descents are described in the Visitation
of 1611. William San dford, then living, had three sons,
John, Roger, and William. John, the elder was eight
^^^^^.f" /./.f ■ years of age.
A > 4 4 Ij Arms: — Ermine, on a chief indented, Sable, three
boars heads couped. Or.

Savage, of Castleton, a branch of the Cheshire family of that name. —
Five generations are described in the "Visitation of 161 1.
Henry Savage, who was then the representative, had two
sons. A coheiress of Stafford, of Eyam, married into this
family.

Arms : — Argent, a pale fuzilly. Sable, a crescent for
difference.

Crest : — An unicorn's head, erased, Gules, charged with
a crescent.

Shakerley, of Longstone. — This family was settled at Longstone, as
early as the reign of Henry VI. : it is probable that they were descended
from a younger branch of the Cheshire family of that name. Robert
Shakerley, first mentioned in the pedigree, married the heiress of Levett.
His son Robert's eldest son by his first wife was of Long-
stone ; and had a son, Leonard, who had three sons living
in 1569. Robert, son of Robert Shakerley, the younger,
by his second wife, was of Herber-hill, in the parish of
Chesterfield, and had two sons.

Arms : — Argent, on a chevron. Gules, between three
bundles of rushes, Vert, banded, Or, a mullet of the last.

Shepherd,

DERBYSHIRE.

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Shepherd, alias Thwaites, of Miln-hay in Heanor, and of Remerston,
about the time of Henry IV. TInee generations only are
described in the Visitation of i6i i. Dr. Pegge speaks of
the heir of this family as being nine years of age in 1708.

Arms : — Argent, on a fesse, Sable, between three fleurs-
de-lis. Gules, as many bezants.

Crest : — A hind's head.

Smith, of Derby. _ Four descents of this family are described in Vin-
cent's Derbyshire, 1634.

Arms : — Azure, a chevron. Or, between three leopards'
heads erased of the second, charged witli pellets.

Crest : — A ship. Gules. •

Smith, of Denby. — Matthew Smith, Esq., of this family, was sheriff of
the county in 1685. ,

Arms granted in 1685 : — Per chevron. Azure and Or,
three escallop-shells, counter-changed.

Crest : — An escallop-shell, per fesse, Or and Azure.

Stone, of Carsington. — Four generations are described in the Visitation
of 161 1 ; Robert Stone, then of Carsington, had by his wife a son, Thomas,
28 years of age, and by his second wife a son, Anthony. This family is
supposed to be extinct. The arms are not described.

Stringer, of Norton, — Thomas Stringer, a younger son of a Yorkshire
family, was of Norton in 1611 : he is supposed to have

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died without issue.

Arms : — Sable, three eagles displayed, Erminois.
Crest : — An eagle's head erased, Erminois.

TuNSTED,

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DERBYSHIRE.

TuNSTED, of Tunsted. — It appears that this family was of Tunsted in
the reign of Henry VI. James Tunsted, of Tunsted, was
aged 6 1 in 1664: his son Francis, aged 32, is described in
Dugdale's Visitation as a citizen of London.
Arms : — Sable, three doves'", Argent.

Wagstaffe, of Hasland. — This family appears to have been of Glossop
in the reign of Henry VI., afterwards of North- Winfield,
and of Hasland in Chesterfield. Anthony Wagstaffe, living
at Hasland in 161 1, had three sons.

Arms, confirmed by St. George in 1 6 1 1 : — Argent, two
bends raguly, Sable, the lower one couped at the top.

Crest : — Out of a ducal coronet. Or, a staff couped and
raguly, erect, Sable.

Wak£1.in, or Walkelin, of Rosleston, Bretby, and Hilton. — A branch
of a Northamptonshire family. John Wakelin, of Hilton,
was 42 years of age in 1663.

Arms : — Argent, on a cross, Sable, five lions rampant.
Or.

Crest : — A lion rampant, Or, holding a tulip. Gules, the
leaves Vert.

White, of Duffield. — William White, son of John White, of Bere in
Dors etshire, settled at Duffield about the year 1600. Wil-
liam White, of Duffield, his son, married a coheiress of
Talbot, of Yorkshire.

Arms : — Gules, a chevron Argent, between three
goats' heads, couped, of the second, attired. Or.

Crest : — A goat's head, Gules, attired. Or ; in his
mouth an oak-branch, Vert, fructed. Or.

"> In Hieron's Collections called " falcons reclaimed."

WiGFALL,

DERBYSHIRE.

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WiGFALL, of Charter-hall. — Four descents of this family are described
in Vincent's Derbyshire, 1634. William, the heir of the family, was then
two years of age.

WiGFALL, of Renishaw. — Three descents of this family are described in
the Visitation of 1662. John, the representative of tliis
branch, who was then 25 years of age, had a daughter and
younger brother.

Arms : — Sable, a sword erect, Argent, hilted, Or j on
a chief indented, Gules, a ducal coronet between two
escallojD-shells, Or.

Principal Seats, Halls, Mansions, t§-c. the Residence of Gentry.

Names of the Seats.

Parishes.

Alfreton

- - -

Aldercar

- Heanor

Alderwaslej'

Allestrey

„

Aston

Bank-hall

- Chapel-en-le-Fritli

Barlborough -

Barrow -

Barton-Blount -

Beauchief-Abbey

Bradley

Breadsall-Priory

Bridge-end

- Duffiekl

Castle-field -

- Derby

Catton

- Croxall

Croxall

Darley-Abbey
Duffieia

- Derby

Durant-liall -

- Chesterfield -

EdnastoH'lodge -

- Brailsford

Etwall

- « .

Ford -

- North-Winfield

Foston -

- Scroptoa

Owners or Occupiers.

Rev. Henry Case Morewood.

In the tenure of Rev. John Smith.

Francis Hurt, Esq.

I. C. Girardot, Esq.

Rev. Charles Holden.

Samuel Frith, Esq.

Cornelius Heathcote Rodes, Esq.

John Beaumont, Esq,

Francis Bradshaw, Esq.

r P. Pegge Burnell, Esq., (in the occupation

1 of Broughton Stead, Esq.)

Godfrey Meynell, Esq.
. Mrs. Darwin.
G. B. Strutt, Esq.

f John Burrow Esq., (in the occupation of

1 the Rt. Hon. Lady Grey de Ruthin.)

Eusebius Horton, Esq.

Late Thomas Prinsep, Esq. (uninhabited.)

Robert Holden, Esq.

John Balguy, Esq.

Sir George Colvile, (in right of his Lady.)

Adam Barker Slater, Esq.

Honourable Washington Shirley.

William Cotton, Esq.

Mrs. Holland.

Charles Broadhurst, Esq.

Glapwell

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DERBYSHIRE.

Names of the Seats.

Parishes.

Glapwell -

- Bolsover

Hasland

- Chesterfield

Hathersage -

Highfield

- Chesterfield -

Hilcote-hall -

- Blackwell -

Holme-hall

- Bakewell

Holt-house -

- Darley -

Hopton

- Wirksworth

Hopwell

- Sawley

Ingleby

Langley-park

Leam

- Eyam

Locko

- Spondon

Longford

Little-Longsdon

- Bakewell

Markeaton -

- Mackworth -

Mearsbrook -

- Norton

Measham-ficld -

Mellor

- Glossop

Millford

- Duffield -

Newton-JSolney -

Norton-hall -

Norton-house -

The Oaks

- Norton

•

Ogstone

- Morton

Little-Over -

- Mickle-over

The Pastures -

- Mickle-over

Radborne

Risley -

Romeley

- Barlborough -

Shardelow

- Aston

Shipley

- Heanor

Smalley

- Morley

Stainsby -

- Horsley

Stanton

- Youlgrave

Stoke-hall

- Hope

Stubbings

- Chapelry of Wingerworth

Tapton-Grove -

- Chapelry of Brimington -

Thurlston -

- Chapelry of Alvaston -

Tupton -

- North-Winfield

Walton

Walton-Lodge -

- Chesterfield -

Wheat-hiUs -

- Mackworth -

OvTdera or Occupiers.

Thomas Hallowes, Esq.
Thomas Lucas, Esq.
Ashton Ashton Shuttleworth, Esq.
Vincent Henry Eyre, Esq.
John Wilkinson, Esq.
Robert Birch, Esq.
George Mower, Esq.
Philip Gel), Esq., M. P.
Thomas Pares, Esq.
In occupation of R. C. Greaves, Esq.
Godfrey Meyneli, Esq.
Marmaduke Middleton Middleton, Esq.
William Drury Lowe, Esq.
Edward Coke, Esq.
James Longsdon, Esq.
Francis Mundy, Esq.
Samuel Shore, Esq.
Edward Abney, Esq.
Samuel Oldknow, Esq.
G. H. Strutt, Esq.
Abraham Hoskins, Esq.
Samuel Shore, jun. Esq.
In the occupation of John Read, Esq.
Sir William Chambers Bagshaw, Knt.
William Turbutt, Esq.
Bache Heathcote, Esq.
The late John Peele, Esq.
Edward Sacheverell Chandos Pole, Esq.
Rev. John Hancock Hall.
Rev. Thomas Hill.
Leonard Fosbrooke, Esq.
Edward Miller Mundy, Esq., M. P.
John Radford, Esq.
Edward Sacheverell Sitwell, Esq.
Bache Thornhill, Esq.

(■Honourable John Simpson, (in the occu-
1 pation of Robert Arkwright, Esq.)
C. Dakeyne Gladwin, Esq.
Avery Jebb, Esq.
Samuel Fox, Esq.
Wiliam A 11 wood Lord, Esq.
f Colonel Disbrowe, in the occupation of
t Edward Mundy, Esq.
Joshua Jebb, Esq.

In the occupation of Richard Bateman, Esq.

Willersley

DERBYSHIRE.

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Names of the Seats.
Willersley
Soutli-Winf5eld
Wirksworth-gateliouse

Owners or Occiijiiers.

Richard Arkwriglit, Esq., M. P.
Winfield Halton, Esq.
Pliilip Gell, Esq.

Among the principal seats of Gentry may be reckoned, Alderwasley,
Alfreton, AUestrey, Barlborough, Catton, Foston, Hopton, Leam, Lockoi
Longford, Markeaton, Norton-hall, Shipley, Stanton, and Willersley.

Forests and Deer-Parks.

The King's forest of the Peak was of great extent. That in ancient
times it was much infested with wolves is evident. A family of the here-
ditary name of Wolfhunt held lands by the service of keeping the forest
clear of those destructive animals. It seems that they had ceased to be
inhabitants of the forest before the reign of Edward II. j for a record of
that period states, that John le Wolfhunt, son of John le Wolfhunt, held
certain lands by the service of taking and destroying all wolves that should
come into His Majesty's forest of the Peak. The Peak-forest is spoken of
as plentifully stocked with deer in the year 1634^ : it is probable that they
were destroyed in the civil war.

Belper-park, belonging to the duchy of Lancaster, was kept up as a park
in the early part of the seventeenth century. There were anciently six
other parks in and near Duffield, belonging to the Earls of Lancaster.
Besides these there were, in the early part of the fourteenth century, not
less than fifty-four deer-parks in Derbyshire, belonging to monastic bodies
and individuals % as may be seen in the following table.

Parishes.

Alfreton

All-Saints', Derby -
Ashborne
Ashover
Barlborough -
Bakewell

Bolsover

Parks.

One park.
Long-Eaton.
Tissington-park.
Overton-park.
Three parks.
Chatsworth-park.
Haddon-park.
One park.

Parishes,

Breadsall

Chesterfield -

Cubley

Doveridge

Dronfield

Duffield

Kirk-Hallam

Parks.

- One park.

- Walton-park.

- One park.

- Holt-park.

- Hohnesfield-park.

- Champayne-park.

f One park, besides Ma-
1 perley.

' Pegge's Collections.

' Quo Warranto Roll, and other records of the period. A few of the parks in this table
are of later date, but have been long disparked.

y Heanor

Vol. V,

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DERBYSHIRE.

Parishes.

Parks.

Parishes.

Parks.

Heanor

• Four parks at Codnor.

Ockbrook

- Two parks.

- Two parks at Shipley,

- Aldercar-park.

- Loscoe-pai-k.

Pentrich

- Two parks at Butteriey

- One park.

Pleasley
Repton

Horsley

- Denby-park.

Sawley

- Woodhall-park.

EIniton

- One park.

Scarcliffe

- One park.

Ilkeston

- Two parks.

Shirland

- One park.

Langley

- One park.

Smithsby

- One park.

Langwith

- Two parks.

Spondon

- Locko-park.

Longford

- One park.

- Stanley-park.

Morley

- Kiddersley-park.

Stavely

- One park.

Morton

One park.

Sudbury

- One park.

Norton

- One park.

Soutii-Win

field

- Two parks.

There are now, we believe, only thirteen deer-parks in Derbyshire ; viz.
Chatsworth and Hardwick, belonging to the Duke of Devonshire ; Bretby,
to the Earl of Chesterfield ; Sudbury, to Lord Vernon ; Kedleston, to Lord
Scarsdale ; Sutton, to the Marquis of Ormond ; Drakelow, to Sir Roger
Gresley ; Calke, to Sir Henry Crewe ; Wingerworth, to Sir Henry Hun-
loke ; Alderwasley, to Francis Hurt, Esq. j Alfreton, to the Rev. H. C.
Morewood ; Locko, to W. D. Lowe, Esq. ; Norton, to Samuel Shore,
junior, Esq. ; and Stanton, to Bache Thornhill, Esq.

Geogr.'vpuical and Geological Description of the County.

Boundaries, Extent, S)-c. — Derbyshire is an inland county, lying nearly
in the centre of England. It is bounded on the east by Nottinghamshire
and part of Leicestershire ; a part of which county forms also its southern
boundary : on the west it is bounded by Staffordshire and Cheshire, and on
the north by Yorkshire. Its greatest length from south-south-east to north-
north-west is about 56 miles and a half; from east-north-east to west-
south-west, 33 miles. It contains, according to Mr. Farcy's estimation, 972
square English miles, and 622,080 statute acres. The southern and middle
district is for the most part in culture.' In the hundreds of Scarsdale and
the Peak is the great East Moor ", a considerable part of which remains

' In Farcy's Agricultural Survey, vol. i. is an account of about 32,500 acres of common,
inclosed since about the middle of the last century.

" It extends northward from Ashover and Darley, through the parish of Bakewell and its
chapelries, almoBt to the boundaries of the county.

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waste. In the northern part of the Peak, bordering on Yorkshire, are most
extensive sheepwalks, called the Woodlands, in the parishes of Hope and
Glossop, without any walls or fences to divide the different manors, parishes,
or counties."

Soils and Strata. — The soils of Derbyshire consist chiefly of clay, loam,
sand, and peat, very irregularly intermixed : the southern part, which has
been distinguished by the appellation of the fertile district, consists princi-
pally of a red loam on various subsoils, which approaches nearer to marl,
clay, loam, sand, grit, or gravel, according to the nature of the substratum or
its exposure to the atmosphere. Peat mosses are abundant in the northern
part of the county, denominated the High-Peak.''

The substrata of the southern part of the county, comprised within a
line drawn east and west from Sandiacre to Ashborne, consists of gravel,
intermixed with large portions of red marl, of very irregular forms ; in
several parts of which are beds of gypsum of considerable extent.^ The
gravel is said by Mr. Farey to occupy an extent of nearly 77,000 acres, and
the red marl of 81,000.

The substrata of the other parts of Derbyshire consist of limestone of
various kinds and toadstone ; shale and gritstone ; coal and indurated clay,
resting on each other in the order here named ; but all appearing on the
surface in certain parts of the county in consequence of their dipping in
various directions. The lowermost of these is a stratum of limestone, the
thickness of which has not been ascertained : it occupies a narrow space
on the western side of the county, extending southerly from the moun-
tain called Mam-tor, to Hopton and Parwich, and nearly to Thorp;
and contains 40,500 acres.' This stratum of limestone abounds in ca-
verns, several of which are of great extent: the most remarkable are,
the Devil's-hall, in Foreside-mine at Castleton, connected by a tunnel
with Speedwell-mine ; Pool's-hole, near Buxton ; Reynard's hall and cave,

=' To obviate the inconveniences arising from the mixture of flocks, a shepherds' society has
been established at Hayfield ; the orders of which have been printed, with the marks of the
several sheep-owners accurately described.

" Detailed accounts of the soil and strata of Derbyshire, may be found in Pilkington's
Derbyshire, vol. i., White Watson's Delineation of the Strata of Derbyshire, Mawe's Ivii-
neralogy and Geology of Derbyshire, and in Farcy's General View of the Agriculture and
Minerals of Derbyshire, vol. i.

^ The beds of gypsum are from two to four yards in thickness ; the most considerable are at
Chellaston, Aston, and Elvaston. — Pilkington, vol. i. p. 94.

"• Farcy's View, vol. i. p. 299.

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clxxii DERBYSHIRE.

in Dovedale ; those of Elden-hole"; and the great cavern at Castleton'':
many smaller caverns or shake-holes, as they are called, occur in this
and the other strata of" limestone in Derbyshire. Some of these are also
called swallow-holes, from streams of water falling into, and being losfc
in them. The sides of many of the caverns are covered with stalactitical
incrustations, and subterranean streams are found runnhig through several
of them.

Immediately over the stratum of limestone above-mentioned, are three
others of limestone and three of toadstone, in alternate layers, occupying
nearly 51,500 acres of the surface ^ extending north and south from Cas-
tlelon to Hopton ; eastward to Matlock, Youlgrave, Bakewell, and Stony-
Middleton ; and westward to Wormhill and Chelmorton.

The limestone is the true metalliferous rock of Derbyshire, and occupies,
exclusively, the attention of the miner. There are few situations in the Peak,
where this rock does not abound in veins of lead ore or calamine ; tliese, which
are here called rake-veins, have, for the most part, an easterly and westerly
direction, although, in the wapentake of Wirksworth, they have as often a
northerly and southerly one. They are intersected by other veins which do
not contain lead ore, and are called cross-veins. Ores of lead too and cala-
mine are found in what are here termed pipe-works and flat-works, which
run horizontally, whereas the rake-veins are more or less perpendicular.

It has been already noticed, that strata of toadstone alternate with
those of limestone, in many parts of the mineral district. It was long
reported and believed, that the veins were wholly cut off" by the former
(although they were constantly found again in the limestone below); but this
is erroneous, for although it be true, that the lead ore seldom continues
through the toadstone, yet there is always a leader of spar which indicates
the direction of the vein. When the miner says the vein is thus cut off) he

'' Elden-hole, which lies about two miles and a half south-west of Castleton, one of the
seven wonders of the Peak, and formerly supposed to be of unfathomable depth, was ascer-
tained by the late John Lloyd, Esq., F.R.S., who descended into it in the year 1770, to be a
shaft of about 62 yards in depth, at the bottom of which are two caverns; one of them being
small, the other about 50 yards in diameter and of great height, (being a vast dome of the
form of the inside of a glass-house,) communicating with each other. In the greater cavern,
it is said that there was formerly another shaft, having at the bottom of it a stream of water,
supposed to communicate with that running through the great cavern at Castleton. A par-
ticular account of Elden-hole, and these caverns, was conmiunicated by Mr. Lloyd to the
Royal Society, and published in the Philosophical Transactions, vol. l.\i. p. 250.

<^ A list of them is given in Farcy's View, vol. i. p. 292., and 01" the swallow holes, p. 295.

" Farey'sView, p. 280.

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DERBYSHIRE. clxxiii

means only that the lead ore no longer continues through the toadstone.
Tlie vein is not unfrequently started or thrown on one side by a subsidence
of the strata, where the two rocks meet, in which case, however, it is
found again to the right or the left, and invariably continues in the same
direction as before. Besides these accidents, the veins are often borne
away for the space of a few feet, by those which intersect them. Tiie
phenomena, therefore, of mineral veins in Derbyshire are much the same
as those of other mining countries ; but the pipe-works and flat-works are
very rarely to be met with elsewhere.

The several strata of limestone are also very abundant in corrallines, shells,
and various other organic remains.' In several parts of this district, the lime-
stone is of so compact a quality as to be used as marble ; particularly at
Ashford, where it is black, and at Monyash, where it is of a mottled-grey
colour ; and abounding with entrochi and their fragments. The strata of
toadstone vary considerably in tiiickness, and in some places in number, never
exceeding three, and sometimes being only two, or a single stratum.

Mr. Whitehurst, in his " Inquiry into the original State and Formation
of the Earth," has given the following as the thicknesses of the six alter-
nate strata of limestone and toadstone, in a section between Grange-tnill
and Darley-moor : — The first or uppermost limestone, 50 yards ; the first
toadstone, 16 yards; the second limestone, 50 yards; the second toad-
stone, 46 yards; the third limestone, 60 yards; the third toadstone, 22 yards.
Between these six stmta nrp six otlipi" vpi-y tliin onp's of clay, denominated
way-hoards. There are detached portions of the alternate strata of limestone
and toadstone in several parts of the county ', but of no great extent.

The strata which come next in succession above those of limestone and
toadstone are, millstone grit, and shale; the former being 120 yards thick^
and resting on the latter, whicli is of equal, if not greater thickness. The
limestone district above-mentioned is surrounded by that of gritstone, as
it is called ; though in several parts the gritstone is wanting, the shale only
appearing. There are many detached patches of this grit-rock, under
which on all sides the shale is apparent, both in the gritstone district and
also in that of limestone"; and within this extensive stratum of shale are
included several masses of dark blue or black limestone : one of them, im-
mediately north of Fenny-Bentley, is of considerable extent, as is another
south-west of Ashford and north-west of Bakewell.'

f See the head of Fossils, p. clxxxv.

' A list of these is given in Farey's View, vol. i. p. 241,

" Whitehurst makes it 120 yards thick; Farey from 150 to 170 yards. Vol. i. p. 228.

* See a list of them in Farey's View, vol. i. p. 225. ' Ibid, vol. i. p. 229.

The

clxxiv DERBYSHIRE.

The gritstones are of various qualities '', in which the minute particles
of quartz, mica, &c., are combined with clay in different proportions. One
of these, very finely grained and hard, is called cank-stone ; another, deno-
minated crowstone, is also very hard, and of a compact composition : chert,
or hornstone, frequently occurs in the strata of limestone.

That portion of Derbyshire in which the gritstone and shale strata ap-
pear, contains 160,500 acres.'

The coal strata, or coal-measures as they are usually termed, occupy a large
portion of the county on the eastern side, bounded by a part of Yorkshire
on the north ; on the west they extend nearly to Chatsworth, Darley,
Crich, and Duffield ; on the south to Dale- Abbey, and nearly to Sandiacre.
The seams of coal are of various degrees of thickness, and are separated
by numerous strata of gritstone and argillaceous strata, known by the
names of bind, climcli, and shale. The immediate floor of each coal
seam is clay, in some degree of induration, or the crow-stone above-men-
tioned." Beds of iron-stone are found in several of the coal-shales ; and
a great abundance and variety of impressions of ferns and other vege-
tables.

Part of the coal-field, about the middle of which lies Ashby-de-la-Zouch
in Leicestershire, extends into the county of Derby, near its southern ex-
tremity, in the parishes of Hartshorn, Gresley, and Measham ; surrounded
by the stratum of red marl, to which it dips in every direction." There is
also a stratum of coal o£ small extent nt r!ombe-mr>ss, nearly north of Buxton,
and at Chinley-hills, near Chapel-en-le-Frith. Mr. Farey computes the
whole of the coal-measures of Derbyshire at 190,000 acres."

On the eastern side of the county, above the coal-measures, is a stratum
of yellow magnesian limestone, extending north and south, from Barlborough
to Hardwick ; and bounded on the west by Barlborough, Bolsover, and
Hault-Hucknall ; occupying about 21,600 acres.''

In several parts of Derbyshire, more especially in the coal district, the
strata are broken and dislocated in various directions : these dislocations

'' A particular account of them is given in Mr. W. Watson's delineation of the strata of
Derbyshire.

' Farey'sView, p. 237.

•n Mr. Whitehurst says, that " the upper stratum of argillaceous stone is excellent for the
use of cutlers' grinding-stones, and carpenters' whetstones ; it is of a brownish colour. The
lower strata are much harder, will strike fire with steel, and are more durable, and fit for
roads; these beds arc whiter, and are commonly called crow-stone." — Whitehurst's Inquiry,
p. 203., second edit.

" Farcy's View, vol. i. p. 174. ° Ibid, p. 220. " Ibid, p. 161.

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DERBYSHIRE. clxxv

are by the miners denominated faults, some of which are of large
extent.''

Surface and Scenery. — The surface of the southern part of Derbyshire
is for the most part pretty level, containing nothing remarkable in its hills,
and consequently little picturesque scenery : but in that part which lies
north of the town of Derby, where the limestone and gritstone strata pre-
vail, as above noticed, the hills begin gradually to rise, and in the north-
west part of the county some of them attain a considerable height j being
the commencement of that mountainous ridge which from hence divides
the island, extending northerly into Scotland. The three highest jjoints in
the mountainous tract of Derbyshire are. Ax-edge, about three miles south-
west of Buxton ; Lord's-Seat, near Castleton ; and Kinderscout, near the
north-western extremity of tlie county.'

Some of the valleys in the mountainous part of Derbyshire are very beau-
tiful, particularly those of Castleton and Glossop j but what constitutes the
most picturesque and singular scenery of this county, is the great number
and variety of smaller valleys, or dales, with which the limestone district
abounds. These may differ in extent, and some particular circumstances,
but the general characteristics of all of them are, precipitous rocks, of
very singular and picturesque forms, with mountain streams and rivulets
running through the lower parts of the dales, which are frequently well
wooded. The most celebrated of them are, Matlock-Dale, on the river
Derwent ; Monsal-Dale, the upper part of which is called Millers-Dale,
and through which the river Wye runs ; Middleton-Dale, Eyam-Dale, and
Dove-Dale. The first of these is the most extensive, and has been much
celebrated for the beauty and variety of its scenery. The most striking
object of Matlock-Dale is the stupendous rock called the High-Tor, rising
almost perpendicularly from the river to the height of above 300 feet.'

1 Detailed accounts of them are given by Mr. Farey in his View of the Agriculture, &c. of
Derbyshire, vol. i. p. 165, 281, &c.

' The following are given as the heights of the principal eminences in Derbyshire, in the
Kst of" Altitudes of the Stations and other remarkable Hills," computed from the observations
made in the course of the Trigonometrical Survey : —

Holme-Moss, on Kinderscout - 1859 feet.
Ax-edge - - - - 1751

Lord's-Seat - - - .1751

Hathersage ... 1377

Alport-Heights - - - 580

• Pilkington's Derbyshire, vol.i. p. 14.

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clxxvi DERBYSHIRE.

The scenery of the gritstone district is by no means beautiful or agree-
able, except in the valleys above noticed ; it consists chiefly of dreary moors,
on some parts of which large masses and groups of rock are seen projecting
on the surface, some of them in very grotesque forms. The most remarkable
of these groups of gritstone rock are, those on Stanton-Moor, called Robin-
hood's stride, or Mock-beggar hall, and Rowtor rocks.

Rivers. — The chief rivers of Derbyshire are, the Trent, the Derwent,
the Wye, the Dove, Ihe Erwash, and the Rother.

The Trent is one of the chief rivers of the kingdom ; and though it does
not intersect the wliole of it, is considered as the boundary of the two great
divisions of north and south. It first becomes a boundary between Derby-
shire and Stattbrdshire in tlie parish of Croxall, between that village and the
township of Catton, which is on its banks. It passes close to Drakelow,
Walton, Stapenhill, and Newton-Solney, a little beyond which village it
enters the county, which it separates from east to west in a course of about
24 miles, passing between Willington and Repton, by Twyford and Barrow,
between Swarkston and Stanton, by Weston, Sliardlow, and Sawley. It
leaves the county abonf a milp nnd n hnlf pnif from Long-Eaton, at its junc-
tion with the Erwash. There are bridges over the Trent at Burton', Swark- .
ston, Sawley, and near Wilne. The latter, called Cavendisli-bridge, was
erected about the middle of the last century, by the Cavendish family; before
which time there was a ferry at that place. The bridge at Sawley, called Har-
rington-bridge, was completed in 1790. There are ferries at Willington and
Twyford ; the former for carriages. The river is fordable in two places at
Twyford. The river Trent was made navigable, pursuant to an act of parlia-
ment procured in the year 1699, by the Earl of Uxbridge, up to Burton-
bridge 'j but in the year 1805 the navigation from that bridge to Shardlow
was given up by agreement with the proprietors of the Trent and Mersey
canal, which runs by its side ; and it is navigable (as connected with Der-
byshire) only from Shardlow to the mouth of the Erwash.

The Dencenf which seems to take its name from a village in the High-
Peak, rises on the moors at the northern extremity of the county, near the
junction of Cheshire and Yorkshire. Before it reaches Derwent it is called
the Wrongesley. For a few miles this stream forms the boundary of Derby-
shire and Yorkshire. Before it enters Derbyshi^'e again it receives a small

♦ Originally built in the twelfth century.

' At the time of the Domesday Survey no passage over the Trent is mentioned except at
Weston.

stream,

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stream, which rises also on the Wolds, called the river Westend : after pass-
ing Derwent, it receives the river Ashop, which rises also on the Wolds.
Between Brough and Hathersage it receives the river Now, which rising on
the hills above Edale, passes by Hope and Brough, and falls into the Der-
went at Malliani-bridge in Hathersage. The Derwent then passes througii
some beautiliii valleys, between Leani and Over-Padley, to Grintlleford-
bridge, by .Stoke-hall and Froggatt, between Calver and Corbar, to
Baslow ; thence through Ciiatsworth-park, near Becley, to Rowsley ;
thence tlu-ough Darley-dale, and near Darley village, to Matlock, where it
contributes to the beauties of its romantic scenery ; from Matlock, by
Cromibrd, to Hotslandwell-bridge ; thence, under Crich common, to Belper,
Makeny, and Millford ; between Holbrook and Duffield ; between Alles-
trey and Breadsall, by Darley and Little-Chester, to Derby, where is a
bridge over it. From Derby it pursues a winding course, passing near Am-
baston and Draycote, between Great and Little- Wilne, to its conflux with
the Trent, about a mile beyond the former. Tiie whole of the Derwent is
said to be about 46 miles. The Derwent was formerly navigable fiom
Wilne-ferry up to Derby ; but the navigation was given up when the Derby
canals were completed in 1794.

Tlie river Wije rises a little above Buxton, passing between Buxton and
J'airfield, near King's-Sterndale, near Wormhill, through Monsall-dale and
Millen-dale, near Little-Longsdon, through Ashford and Bakewell, and
skirting Haddon-park, falls into the Derwent neaj Rowsley.

Tho. .Dove, which has its source in the High-Peak, a few miles south of
Buxton, is for many miles the boundary between Derbyshire and Stafford-
shire, passing near Church-Sterndale, Hartington, Thorp, (near which it
forms an interesting feature of the romantic valley called Dovedale,) Map-
pleton, Norbury, and Doveridge, Sudbury, Scropton, Marston-on-Dove, and
Egginton, — it falls into the Derwent near Newton-Solney. None of the
above-mentioned places are above a mile from the river, some of them on
its banks.

The river Rotlier which has its source near Padley, runs near North-
Winfield church, to Chesterfield ; thence between Brimington and Whit-
tington, near Staveley and Reuishaw. It leaves the county, and enters
Yorkshire, between Killamarsh and Beighton.

'I"he Erxeash, which is said by Pilkington to rise in the hundred of

Scarsdale, but which appears by Burdett's map to rise on the skirts of

Shirewood-forest in Nottinghamshire, is daring the greater part of its

course a boundary between Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Passing by

Vol. V. z Pinxton,

clxxviii DERBYSHIRE.

Pinxton, near Codnor-park, Ilkeston, and Sandiacre, it falls into the Trent
about a mile and a half from Long-Eaton.

Besides those already mentioned, there are also in this county, or as
boundaries to it, the following smaller rivers.

The Amber, rising near Northedge, passes by Henmore to Ford, where
it receives a stream from Ashover.; near Toadhole it receives a stream
which rises in the parish of Sutton-in-Ashfield, in Nottinghamshire, and
passes not far from South-Normanton and Alfreton. The Amber then pur-
sues its course near vSouth-Winfield and Pentrich, and falls into the Derwent
near Crich-chase.

The river Bai'brook, which rises on the east moor, falls into the Derwent
to the north of Chatsworth-park.

The river Burbadge, which rises on the moors above Hathersage, on the
borders of Yorkshii-e, falls into the Derwent between Over and Nether
Padley.

The Ecclesburn rises a little to the south of Wirksworth, and passing near
Iderich-hay, between Turndich and Cowhouse, through Duffield, falls into
the Derwent about a mile from that village.

The river Goyte, which rises about four miles nearly west of Buxton, is
for several miles the boundary between Derbyshire, and Cheshire, passing
Shalcross, Bugworth, Jew-hole, Botham-hall in Mellor, to Marple-bridge,
about a mile from which it joins the Ethrow. The last-mentioned river,
which rises in the north part of the county, near its junction with Cheshire
and Yorkshire, is a boundary between Cheshire and Derbyshire through-
out a great part of the extensive parish of Glossop.

The river Lathkill, or, as it is called in Burdett's map, Larkill, rises not
far from Monyash, and passing by Over-Haddon to Allport, unites with the
Bradford from the neighbourhood of Ecclestor, and both together fall into
the Wye about a mile from Rowsley.

The river Maese rises near Ashby-de-la-Zouch, passes Packington, near
Measham, Stretton-in-the-Fields, Edingale, and Croxall, about a mile and
a half beyond which it falls into the Trent.

The Morledge brook, rising near Mansell-park, passes to Mercaston, and
near Mugginton, through Kedleston-park, by Markeaton, and falls into the
Derwent at Derby.

A nameless river, rising near Hulland, which is joined by a stream from
Bradley, runs by Ednaston, through Longford, by Sutton-on-the-Hill, Hil-
ton, and Egginton, and falls into the Dove not far from Monk's-bridge.

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DERBYSHIRE. clxxix

Navigable Canals.'^ — It having been found of great importance to procure
the convenience of water-carriage for the produce of the numerous mines
and quarries of Derbyshire, and the goods of its manufactories, many canals
have been projected, and several of them completed ; some wholly within
this county, and others either commencing or terminating in it.

The great undertaking of the Trent and Mersey, or Grand- Trunk canal,
which forms part of the grand communication between Liverpool, Hull,
Bristol, and London, was begun in 1766, by the celebrated Mr. Brindley,
and conducted to its completion, in 1777, under his able successors Mr.
Smeaton and Mr. Rennie. It passes through Derbyshire from Burton to
its termination at Wilden-ferry, following the course of the Trent. Its
chief use, as far as relates to the produce of Derbyshire, is for the convey-
ance of cheese, malt, and gypsum. There are wharfs at Aston, Cuttle-
bridge in Swarkston, Shardlow, and Twyfbrd. At Shardlow are large
warehouses, malthouse, Sec. The gypsum is brought from the pits at
Cliellaston to the wharf at Cuttle-bridge.

The Chesterfield canal was begun in 1771 by Mr. J. Brindley, not long
before his death, and completed by his brother-in-law, Mr. Henshall, in 1 776.
It enters Derbyshire at Killamarsh, and has its line near Eckington and
Staveley, between Whittington and Brimington, to Chesterfield, where it
terminates. Its objects, as connected with Derbyshire, are the exportation
of coals, lead, cast-iron, limestone, freestone, pottery wares, &c., and the
importation also of limestone, grain, deals, bar-iron, &c. There is a large
wharf at Chesterfield, and another wharf at Killamarsh.

The Erwash canal, begun in or about 1777 ', has its line chiefly through
Derbyshire, in the vale of the Erwash. It commences in the Trent navi-
gation, and terminates at Langley-mill, where it joins the Cromfbrd canal.
Its chief objects are the exportation of coals, limestone, iron, lead, mill-
stones, grindstones, marble, freestone, chert, &c., and the importation of
corn, malt, deals, &c. Mr. William Jessop was the engineer. The shares
of this canal sold at one time for three times their original price.

The Cromfbrd canal, was begun in or about the year 1789.* Its line is
wholly in Derbyshire, commencing at Langley-mill, where the Erwash canal
terminates, and terminating at Cromford. This canal was completed about
1793. Mr. William Jessop, sen., and others, were engineers. The chief
objects of the Cromford canal are, the exportation of coals, limestone,

"i This brief mention of the Derbyshire canals is taken from a more detailed account in Mr.
Farcy's Agricultural Report of Derbyshire, vol. iii.
' The act was passed 17 Geo. III. ■ ' The act was passed 29 Geo. III.

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clxxx DERBYSHIRE.

iron, lead, millstones, grindstones, freestone, marble, fluor, chert, kc., and
the importation of corn, malt, and deals ; coals also are imported at the
north-east end. There is a wharf at Cromfbrd, with large warehouses ;
wharfs also at Golden-Valley and at Pinxton. The iron-works at Butterley
and Somercotes, and those in Codnor-park, are on this canal. At But-
terley is a timnel, about 57 yards below the Derwent ridge, 2978 yards
in length, and nine feet wide. To the north-east of Wigwell, the canal is
carried over the river Derwent, on a large aqueduct-bridge, 200 yards long
and 30 feet high, built in 1792 : the span of the arch over the river is 80
feet. Over the Amber, at Bull-bridge, is another aqueduct of the same
length, 50 feet in height. The two aqueducts are said to have cost 6ocol.

The river Derwent was many years ago made navigable from the Trent,
at Wilden-ferry, to Derby ; but when the Derby canal was completed, in
1794', the proprietors of that canal having purchased the interest of those
who were concerned in the Derwent navigation, it was from that time dis-
continued. The line of the Derby canal is wholly in this county, com-
mencing in the Trent and Mersey canal, north of Swarkston, passing by
Derby, with branches to Little-Eaton and the collieries in Bootle-vale and
Denby ; and terminating in the Erwash canal, half a mile south of Sandi-
acre. Its chief object is the supply of Derby with coals, building-stone,
gypsum, and other articles, and the exportation of coals, manufactured
goods, cheese, &c. There are -whaii's at Breaston, Draycote, Burrow-ash,
Spondon, Chaddesden, and Derby, where are large warehouses in the parish
of St. Alkmund's. There are several manufactories on its banks at
Deiby, and iron-mills at Burrow-ash. This canal is 44 feet wide. Mr.
Benjamin Outram was the engineer.

The Nutbrook canal was made in or about 1793 "> ^^^ ^^^ exportation
of coals and the importation of lime-stone ; it commences in the Erwash
canal and terminates at Shipley wharf. In this short canal, which is only
four miles and a half in length, there are twelve locks.

The Ashby-de-la-Zouch canal, begun in or about the year 1794 "; but not
finished till 1 805, is connected with the southern part of Derbysliire •, its line
passing by Willesley and Measham : it takes lime-stone fx'om Tickenhall and
Cloudshill, and coals from the collieries south of the Trent.

The Peak-forest canal was begun about the year 1794'', its object, as far
as connected with this county, being for the exportation of lime-stone,
building and paving stones, and at its north-end, coals ; and the import-

' The act for this canal was passed 33 Geo. III. " The act was passed 33 Geo. III.

» The act was passed 34 Geo. III. i^ The first act was passed 34 Geo. III.

ation

DERBYSHIRE. clxxxi

atiou of deals, pig-iron, and at its south end, coals : it enters Derbyshire at
Mai-ple-bridge, and terminates at Bugsworth, three quarters of a mile from
Whaley-bridge, where there is a wharf, as well as at Bugsworth ; there is a
railway wharf at Town-end, near Chapel-en-le-Frith. There are numerous
lime-kilns on this canal j near Chapel-en-le-Frith, two iron-forges ; and many
other works between that town and Marple. At Marple is an aqueduct
over the Mersey, near loo feet in height, completed in 1797. It has three
equal semi-circular arches of 60 feet span, the central one of which is 78
feet high. This aqueduct is about a quarter of a mile below the meeting
of the Ethrow and the Goyt. The grand inclined plane on the railway
connected with this canal about half a mile from Chapel-en-le-Frith, is 512
yards in length, in which is a rise of 193 feet. It is so constructed, that
seven trams descend at once. Mr. Benjamin Outram was the original
engineer of the Peak-forest canal, and afterwards Mr. T. Brown : it was
finally completed in 1806.

Roads. — The great road from London to Manchester, having entered
Derbyshire at Cavendish-bridge, passes through Shardlow, between Boulton
and Alvaston, leaving Elvaston on the right and Osmaston on the left, to
Derby; from thence to Ashborne, 13 miles, passing through Mackworth,
Langley, Brailsfbrd, and Osmaston: it enters Staffordshire at Hanger-
bridge, about a mile and tlinje quarters beyond Ashborne ; passing to Leake,
&c. Another turnpike road to Manchester goes from Ashborne by way of
Buxton', passing through Mappleton and Thorp, or through Fenny- Bentley,
leaving Tissington, Alsop, Monyash, and Chelmorton, on the right, and
Hartington and Church-Sterndale on the left. About six miles beyond
Buxton, it quits the county and enters Cheshire at Whaley-bridge.

There is still another road to Manchester, by way of Matlock. The old
road from Derby to Matlock passes through Wirksworth, thirteen miles and
a half, by way of Kedleston, Weston-Underwood, and Ireton-wood : thence
through Cromford to Matlock-bath, three miles : another road from Derby
to Wirksworth passes through Allestrey, Duffield, Shottle, and Iderich-hay ;
and an act has been lately passed for making a new turnpike-road from
Derby to Matlock, called the Derwent road, through Duffield and Belper,
tlience to HotstandvvelJ-bridge, through Birchwood, leaving Alderwasley
to the left, to Cromford.

» The old turnpike road, and the nearest line from Derby to Buxton, is by Hulland-ward,
Allow, Brassington, &c.

From

clxxxii DERBYSHIRE.

From Matlock to Manchester, the road passes by way of Bakewell and
Chapel-en-le -Frith : from Matlock to Bakewell, is about ten miles through
Darley and Rowsley ; from Bakewell to Chapel-en-le-Frith, is 14 miles, the
road passing through Ashford, Wardlow, Peak-forest town, and Sparrow-
pit, leaving Great-Longsdon to the right and Tideswell to the left. About
four miles beyond Chapel-en-le-Frith, this road joins the Buxton and Man-
chester road at Whaley-bridge.

The turnpike road from Sheffield to Manchester enters Derbyshire four
miles from Sheffield, passes through Hathersage, leaving Brough on the left
to Hope and Castleton : it joins the last-mentioned road at Sparrow-pit, two
miles from Chapel-en-le-Frith.

The turnpike road from Buxton to Sheffield passes through Fairfield,
leaving Wormhill on the right to Tideswell; thence through Great- Hucklow%
leaving Totley and Dore on the right, to Eccleshall in Yorkshire. There
are two roads from Buxton to Bakewell, one passing through Taddington
and Ashford, the other through Chelmorton, leaving Sheldon on the left. A
turnpike road from Leek crosses the Buxton and Ashborne road, and passes
through Monyash, beyond which there are branches to Ashford and Bake-
well. From Newhaven, on the Buxton and Ashborne road, a road
to Bakewell branches off, which passes to the left of Youlgrave, and a
little to the south of Newhaven, a road to Winster, whence there are turn-
pike roads to Darley, Matlock, Bakewell, Wirksworth, &c. From Tides-
well, there are turnpike roads to Castleton and Chesterfield : the road to
Chesterfield passes through Wardlow, Stony- Middleton, and Corbar. From
Bakewell there are two roads, one through Hassop and the other through
Baslow, to Hathersage on the Sheffield and Manchester road. A new road
has been made from Sheffield through Abbey-Dale and Totley to Baslow.
The roads which wind through the valleys in the Peak are very good, and
the scenery picturesque.

From Chapel-en-le-Frith, a turnpike road extends northwards through
Hayfield and Glossop to Huddersfield in Yorkshire : from Hayfield a road
branches off" to Mellor and Marple-bridge, in the direction of Stockport.

The turnpike road from Chesterfield to Sheffield passes through Whitting-
ton, Unston, Dronfield, and Little-Norton, (leaving Norton on the right) :
it quits the county and enters Yorkshire, ten miles from Chesterfield.

The turnpike road from Chesterfield to Worksop passes through Briming-
ton, Staveley, Barlborough, and Whitwell, two miles beyond which, and
thirteen from Chesterfield, it enters Nottinghamshire.

* Another road goes through Foxlow and Eyam.

4 Near

DERBYSHIRE. clxxxiii

Near Barlborough is a road branching off to Clown, near which it divides;
one road going through Ehnton to Cuckney and Ollerton in Nottingham-
shire, and the other near Bolsover, through ScarcUffe and Pleasley, to
Mansfield.

A turnpike road from Chesterfield passes through Brampton over the
moors to Baslow, continuing through Hassop and Great and Little-Longs-
don it joins the Matlock and Manchester road at Wardlow mines, about four
miles from Bakewell.

The road from Derby to Chesterfield, about 24 miles, passes near Dai'ley-
Abbey, through Allestrey, Duffield, Millford, Belper, through Heage,
leaving Pentrich to the right, and through Oakerthorp, leaving South- Win-
field on the left, to the Peacock Inn in that parish, thence leaving Shirland
and Morton on the right, through Higham, Stretton, Clay-cross, and Tup-
ton, leaving Wingerworth on the left, to Chesterfield. There is another
turnpike road from Derby to Chesterfield, about the same distance, through
or near Breadsall, Little Eaton, Horsley, Denby, Ripley, Butterley, and
Swan wick, toAlfreton, 14 miles, thence through Shirland to Higham, where
it joins the other road.

The road from Chesterfield to Mansfield passes through Hasland, Nor-
manton. Heath, and Glapwell, to Pleasley, near which village it enters Not-
tinghamshire, nine miles from Chesterfield.

The road from Chesterfield to Matlock-bath and Ashborne passes through
Walton and Kelstedge, leaving Ashover about a mile to the left, over the
most southerly part of the east moor, to Matlock-bank and Matlock-bridge,
leaving Matlock-town on the left, to Matlock-bath ; thence through
Cromford to Middleton, leaving Wirksworth on the left ; through Hopton",
Carsington and Kniveton, leaving Hognaston on the left, to Ashborne, the
distance from Chesterfield being about 24 miles.

A turnpike road from Chesterfield, branching oft" on the moors, passes
through Darley-bridge town, Wensley, and Winster, continuing thence-to
Newhaven as before-mentioned.

The turnpike road from Matlock to Mansfield, about 16 miles, passes
through Tansley, WoUey-moor, Morton, and Tibshelf, about a mile beyond
which, and 1 1 from Matlock, it enters Nottinghamshire.

The turnpike road from Wirksworth to Mansfield passes through Wigwell
over Hotstandwell-bridge, through Crich and South- Winfield to Alfreton ;

» A private road, which has acquired the name of the Via Gellia, was made through a
beautiful wooded valley from Hopton to Cromford and Matlock-bath, by the late Philip

Gell, Esq.

thence

clxxxTV DERBYSHIRE.

thence leaving South-Normanton on the left, it quits the county about a
mile to the east of that village.

The turnpike road from Matlock-bath to Nottingham, passes through
Cromford, Crich, and South- Winfield, to Alfreton ; thence through Somer-
cotes, about a mile beyond which it enters Nottinghamshire. The turn-
pike road from Matlock-town to Alfreton branches off beyond Tansley and
passes through Wessington, leaving South- Winfield on the right.

The turnpike road from Derby to Mansfield passes by Breadsall, through
Morley and Smalley to Heanor, a mile beyond which it enters Nottingham-
shire. There is a turnpike road from Ilkeston to Heanor, and from
Ilkeston to the Derby and Mansfield road, south of Smalley.

The turnpike road from Derby to Nettingham leaves Chaddesden, Spon-
don, and Ockbrook, on the left, passing through Burrow-ash, and Shackle-
cross, Risley, and Sandiacre, a little beyond which, and a little more than
nine miles from Derby it enters Nottinghamshire.

The turnpike road from Derby to Uttoxeter, passes through Mickle-
Over, Etwall, Hilton, (leaving Marston-on-Dove to the left,) Hatton,
Foston, (leaving Scropton to the left,) Aston, Sudbury, and Doveridge,
nearly a mile beyond which, it crosses the Dove and quits the county.

The turnpike road from Derby to Burton passes near Little-Over, leaving
Finderne on the left and Egginton on the right : it crosses the Dove, and
quits the county at Monks bridge, eight miles from Derby.

The turnpike road from Ashby-de-la-Zouch to Burton enters Derbyshire
about a mile from Ashby, leaves Smithsby and Hartshorn on the right, and
Gresley, at some distance, on the left, passing near Bretby-park to Burton-
bridge. The road from Nottingham to Ashby goes tlirough a small part of
Derbyshire passing through Long-Eaton and Sawley, and over Harrington-
bridge. The old road from Ashby to Derby passed through Tickenhall
and Stanton, over Swarkston-bridge, and near or through Osmaston.

The turnpike road from Measham to Burton-on-Trent, passes through
Over-Seal in an insulated part of Leicestershire, Castle-Gresley, Stanton-
Ward and Staplehill.

Natural History.

Fossils and Minerals. — The mineral productions of Derbyshire are
various and abundant, especially in the limestone strata, where lead ore is
found in several forms, but most commonly in that of Galena or sulphuret
oi' lead ; that kind called slickenside, having a smooth glossy surface, is

7 found

DERBYSHIRE. clxxxv

found in the Odin mine near Castleton. A white lead ore, beino- a car-
bonate of lead, occurs in several mines ; and green and yellow ores are
found in some, though rarely/ A small portion of silver is frequently
united with the lead, but not sufficient to be worth separating from it.

Copper ore has been found in small quantities in some of the Derbyshire
mines." The Ecton mine, though frequently spoken of as connected with
this county, is within the borders of Staffordshire.

The coal district produces iron ore in great abundance, both in nodules
and laminae, particularly in Morley-park, and at Wingerworth, Chesterfield,
and Stavely."

The lapis calaminaris, or oxyd of zinc ; the blende, black-jack, or sul-
phuretofzinc; and the ore of manganese, here called black-wad, are found
in several of the lead mines ; and pyrites in various forms in most of them.
The ores of arsenic and antimony sometimes appear in small quantities,
united with the lead ore.

Quartz crystals ; various crystals of calcareous spar ; and of fluor or
fluate of lime ; gypsum ; selenite ; barytes, here called cauk ; steatite and
sulphur, are among the fossil productions of this county : of these, the
most admired is the fluor known by the appellation of Blue-John, or
Derbyshire spar, found in the fissures of the limestone, particularly in the
neighbourhood of Castleton^; this substance, when polished, exhibits
an infinite variety of shades of blue, purple, red. and yellow. Its pecu-
liar beauty arises from a certain degree of transparency, which shews off
these colours to advantage, and in the colours being striated in a direction
contrary to the radii of the crystals, which compose the mass.

Petroleum, or rock-oil, being bitumen in a liquid state, is found in the
black marble at Ashford ; and formerly in great abundance in the lime-
stone at Stony-Middleton. Elastic bitumen, a substance peculiar to this"
county, much resembling in appearance the caoutchouc, or Indian rubber,
is found in the cavities of the Odin mine.

-The coal, which abounds in this county in the parts already mentioned,
is of several kinds, hard and soft, both of which burn to a white ash, and
caking or crozling, as it is called, which usually burns to a red ash.'

The limestone of Derbyshire is of various colours, white, grey, yellow,
blue, and black ; and of various qualities, some being soft, and some suffi-

' Farey, vol.i. p.355. b Jb.p.zjz.

■^ Pilkington. vol. i. p. 132.

<= See an account of the fluor mine in Mawe's Mineralogy of Derbyshire, p. 69.
f Farey, vol. i. p. 187.

Vol. V. a a

ciently

clxxxvi DERBYSHIRE.

ciently hard to be used as marble. When decomposed, the black limestone
produces a substance called rotten- stone.

The toadstone of this county, also known by the names of black-stone, dun-
stone, channel, and cat-dirt, is a basaltic substance, a kind of trapp or amyg-
daloid, of different colours and qualities ; sometimes appearing in the form of
a compact basalt, and sometimes soft, in a state of decomposition, approach-
ing to clay.

Shale, clunch, and indurated clay, are found in various degrees of hard-
ness ; and several kinds of clay and marie occur in different parts of the
county. Lumps of fullers' earth are found in some of the gravel pits."

Stalactitical concretions abound in the caverns and fissures of the
limestone strata ; and the tufa or toph-stone, another calcareous concretion,
inclosing the leaves of plants, and other substances, is also common in this
county.

Few counties produce a greater number or variety of extraneous fossils
than Derbyshire ; the several strata of limestone, and some of gritstone,
in this county, containing organic remains, both animal and vegetable, in
great abundance.

Impressions of the leaves of plants, chiefly of the fern kind, are found
in great abundance, in the nodules of iron-stone ; and various other
vegetable remains in the several strata of gritstone, and the iron-stone
in the coal district." One o£ the most remarkable, and of most frequent
occurrence, is the fragment of a trunk or stem of some vegetable, some-
times nearly a yard in length, and 12 or 13 inches in circumference,
thickly beset, in quincunx order, with holes, from the bottom of which
rise small papillae, and frequently inclosing a substance with a rough
imbricated surface about one-sixteenth of its own thickness", passing
through it '' like a pith. The stem is sometimes surrounded witli numerous
slender lanceolate leaves proceeding from the papillae. This fossil is most
frequently foimd in the hard, light-coloured, silicious grit called crow-stone "" :

■" Farey, vol. i. p. 465.

' Many specimens of these are figured in Martin's " Petrificata Derbiensia," pi. 8 to 14. and
pi. 19, 20, 25, 26, and 34. The figures in this work appear to be very accurately drawn.

' Parkinson's Organic Remains, vol. i. p. 435. It is figured in pi. iii. fig. i., and in Martin's
work, pi. 1 1 and 12.

P Dr. Woodward mentions a specimen of this fossil found at Higham in Scarsdale, which was
five feet in length. Catal. vol. ii. p. 59. h. 34.

^ Martin.

DERBYSHIRE. clxxxvii

we observed it, with the leaves, in great abundance, among heaps of
stones brought for mending the road, near North- Winfield. Petrified
wood is found in the gravel-pits of this county/

A great variety of coralline bodies Cmadreporce, milleporce, and titbiporcej
are found imbedded in the strata of limestone % and in chert : in the same
strata, are seen the remains of entrochi or encrini, which are very abundant,
particularly near Monyash and Bonsall, where the limestone in some places
appears almost wholly composed of them/ They firequently occur in the
chert, where the outer coat being destroyed, the inner part appears like a
row of pulleys."

Fossil shells abound in this county, especially in the limestone strata ;
where various bivalves, mi/ce'', arcce'', and tellince^, are found; and an infi-
nite variety of anomice^, some very minute and others not less than a foot
in width." Specimens of the gr-yphites are found in the red clay over the
gypsum at Chellaston "^ ; and Oi/reopec^mes in the limestone at Castleton'';
as is the pinna, though rarely ' ; a few bivalves occur in iron-stone. "^

Of univalves, several varieties of the nautilus, the coriiu ammonis, and
the orthoceratites ^, are found in the strata of limestone, and a few speci-
mens of the trochus, turbo, and helis.

A fossil unknown animal, much resembling those found at Dudley, at
Coalbrook-Dale, and in Caermarthenshire, is sometimes, though rarely, met
with in Derbyshire, principally in the black marble at Ashford." The be-
lemnite is also found in the limestone of this county, and plates and spines
of echini at Castleton.'

A small alligator is said to have been discovered in the black marble at
Ashford, and the tail and back of another."

' Martin, pi. i. ^ Ibid. pi. 17, i8. 30, 31, 42, 43, 44.

' Martin, pi. 2, 3,4. 24. " Ibid, pi. 2. fig. 4.

" Ibid, pi. 27. " Ibid, pi. 44. fig. i, 2. * Pilkington, vol. i. p. 198.

» Martin, pi. 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 32, 33, 36, 37, and 46 to 49.

^ Ibid, pi. 15, 16. Parkinson's Organic Remains, vol. iii. p. *263.

"^ Pilkiuglon, vol. i. p. 199. '' Ibid.

= Martin, pi. 6. f Ibid, pi. 27, 28, fig. i, 2.

8 Ibid, pi. 7, 35, 38 to 41. " Ibid, pi. 45, *45. ' Pilkington, vol.i. p. 198.

'' Whitehurst's Theory, p. 184. Pilkington. vol. i. p. 200. Remains of the skeleton of an
animal, a good deal resembling that of the crocodile, abound in the strata of blue lias in
Somersetshire, and Dorsetshire, which is supposed by Sir Everard Home to have been an
unknown animal, in several particulars resembling a fish. See Philosoyhical Transactions for
1816, p. 571.

a a 2 Indigenous

clxxxviii

DERBYSHIRE.

Indigenous Plants, either rare or not of general occurrence.

Names of the Plants.

Dipsacus pilosus
Gallium montanutn
Polemonium ca;ruleum
Alisma ranunculoides -
Epilobium angustifolium
Daphne Mezereuni
Paris quadrifolia
Arbutus uva ursi
Saxifraga caespitosa

hypnoides

Silene nutans

Arenaria verna

Sedum dasyphyllum

Rubus charaaemorus

Where found.

■{

Ranunculus lingua
Trollius Europaeus
Ajuga Alpina
Galeopsis versicolor -
Arabis hispida
Cardamine impatiensf
Teesdalia (Iberis nudi caulis)
Erysimum clieiranthoides -
Geranium sanguineum
Lathyrus hirsutius
Vicia sylvatica
Lactuca virosa
Carduus eriophorus -

Gnaphalium dioicum

Viola lutea

Orchis hircina (Satyrium )

hircinum) - - J

(Listera) Ophrys cordata -
Ophrys muscifera
Botrychium (Osmunda) lu-l

naria - - - J

Polypodium calcareum

— dryoptera - \

Pteris crispa - - 3

Lycopodium alpinum

selaginoides \

— — ^— inundatum - j
Cyathea regia

Between Derby and Spondon
Middleton-Dale
Near Matlock and elsewhere
Between Df^rby and Burton
Matlock and Darlsy
Matlock and Chee-Tor
Pinxton and Newton-wood -
Woodlands

Castleton

Middleton-Dale

f Abundant amongst the

J lead-mines.
Pinxton . . -

On the mountains bordering
on Cheshire and Yorkshire
Sov th-Normanton
Litton-Dale

Mountain above Castleton
Between Matlock and Duffield
Middleton-Dale
Matlock
Middleton-Dale
Near yVshborne
Near Buxton
South-Norraanton
Near Matlock- Bath
Matlock
Matlock

f Between Hayfield and 7

\ Kinder-Scout - j

Dove-Dale and in the Peak

Crich

Moor near Chatsworth
Near Matlock

Dethick

Middleton-Dale

Chinley-Hill

Limestone-rocks

Authoi'uv.

*P. Dr. Johnson.

P. Rev. D'Ewes Coke.

P. Mr. Whately.

P. Rev. D'Ewes Coke.

P. Mr. Coke.

Mr. Knowlton.

P. Mr. Coke.

P Mr. Coke.
{• Mr. Knowlton.

P. Mr. Coke.

Botanists' Guide.

Mr. Dawson Turner.

Sir T. G. Cullum, Bart.

Botanists' Guide.

P. Mr Coke.

P. Mr. Coke.

Botanists' Guide.

P. Mr. Woodward.

P. Mr. Coke.

B. G. Sir J. E.Smith.

P. Mr. Coke.

B. G. Sir J, E. Smith.

B. G. Mr. O. Sims.

P. Mr. Coke.

B. G. Sir J. E. Smith.
Botanists' Guide.

P. Mr. Coke.

Mr. Knowlton.

Botanists' Guide.

P. Mr. J. Martin.

{Botanists' Guide.
Mr. O. Sims.
Mr. Knowlton.

* Those which are marked P. are the authorities quoted in Pilkington's History of Derby-
shire,
f Formerly called Cardamine petrcea.

Birds.

DERBYSHIRE. clxxxix

Birds. — Kinder, in his MS. Natural History of Derbyshire, in speaking
of rare birds, mentions " the siccasand, a long slender bird, something
ruddie, the water-ousel, and the Granby crow." Pilkington mentions the
hooded, or Royston crow, as sometimes seen, but not veiy common in Der-
byshire ; he speaks of the eagle as only occasionally seen for more
than a century past : Wilioughby says, that an eagle's nest was found in
the Peak, near the Derwent, in 1668. Pilkington describes a great variety
of falcons, which have been found in Derbyshire ; but it does not appear
that there is any evidence of the rarer sorts having bred in tlie county.
There are black game in the Peak : ruffs and reeves are said to have formerly
frequented Synfin-moor. Among the rarer birds of passage, Pilkington
enumerates, the ring and rose-coloured ouzel, the, Bohemian cliatterer,
and several water-tbwl occasionally shot on the Derwent. A singular
circumstance, connected with ornithology, has occurred in the parish of
Ashover ; on the cliff adjoining Overton-park is a rock, called as long as
any person living can recollect, Raven's-Nest Torr ; two ravens have con-
stantly built their nest in this rock, and although it is taken every year, an
apparatus having been fixed for many years to the rock for that purpose,
yet the ravens constantly build in the same place.

Warm, Mineral, and other remarTcable Springs. — The most noted
warm, or rather tepid springs, in Derbyshire, are those at Buxton and
Matlock.

The tepid springs at Buxton are numerous ; the heat is uniformly 82°,
in all seasons and circumstances. The water is remarkably pure, beino-
very slightly impregnated with saline particles.^ It is used both for bathing
and internally, being chiefly recommended for gout, rheumatism, derange-
ment of the biliary and digestive organs, and diseases of the urinary pas-
sages, for all of which it is in considerable repute. There are separate
public baths for gentlemen, ladies, and the poor, and two private baths.
The average number of visitors in the bathing season is computed at
700. These springs have been resorted to for medicinal purposes from the
time of the Romans.''

' The result of Dr. Pearson's analysis was, that 15 grains of residuum, yielded by a gallon
of water, contained i\ grains of muriate of soda, 2\ sulphate of lime, and io§ carbonate of
lime, held in solution by a slight excess of carbonic acid.

" See more of the history of Buxton and its waters in the Parochial History.

II The

cxc DERBYSHIRE.

The tepid springs at Matlock, which are three in number, are of much
lower temperature than those at Buxton, the thermometer not rising higher
in the bath than 68°. The water is extremely pure, and even less im-
pregnated with mineral substances than that of Buxton. It does not appear
that any actual analysis has been made of it. Dr. Percival observes, that it
much resembles the Bristol water, both in chemical and medicinal qualities ;
and like that is recommended in hectic complaints, diabetes, &c. Matlock
has probably more visitors in the course of the year than Buxton ; but the
greater number of them come chiefly for the sake of amusement, and to
admire the beauties of its scenery.'' There are baths at Matlock, of which
further mention is made in the parochial account.

There is no doubt that the waters at Bakewell were known to the Romans :
the Saxon name, Bathecanwell, is taken from the baths. The temperature
of the tepid chalybeate spring at Bakewell does not exceed 59 or 60 degrees.
This water, which has been lately analysed by Mr. C. Sylvester, of Derby"*,
is recommended as a tonic, (not being found to produce heat,) for indi-
gestion, debility, and all complaints arising from an inactive state of the
lympTiatic vessels. As a bath it is recommended for chronic rheumatism.
A large bath, erected over this spring about the year 1697, has lately been
put into thorough repair. It is 17 feet high, 33 feet long, and 20 wide.
Over the bath is a news and reading-room of the same length. At Bake-
well also is a spring which has been found to contain in 60 quarts 13 cubic

' It was not till about the year 1730 that there were any accommodations for visitors at Mat-
lock-bath. Previously to that time there was no road through the valley, and the roads approach-
ing to it are spoken of as abounding in danger. Defoe, in his Tour through England, published
a few years before, says, " This bath would be much more frequented than it is, if a sad stony
mountainous road which leads to it, and no good accommodation when you are there, did not
hinder ; for from the bath you are to cross over the meadows, and then ascend a Derbyshire
hill, before you meet with a house of refreshment. For some miles before you come to Mat-
lock, you pass over barren moors, in perpetual danger of slipping into coal-pits and lead-mines,
or ride for miles together on the edge of a steep hill, on solid slippery rock or loose stones
with a valley underneath, the bottom of which you can hardly discover with your eye."

<* It was found to contain, in ten wine-quarts of water,

Grains.

Crystalised sulphate of lime

- 75

Super-carbonate of lime

Crystalised sulphate of magnesia

- 22

Muriate of magnesia

- 1.6

Super-carbonate of iron

- 3-1

121.7

inches

DERBYSHIRE. cxci

inches of sulphurated hydrogen. A complete analysis of it has not yet
been made." Its temperature is that of common water : it is supposed to
be of about the same strength as the sulphureous spring at Kedleston, and
useful in the same complaints.

The water in the tepid spring at Stony-Middleton much resembles that
of Matlock, but is not so warm, being of only 63 degrees. The bath
which is open to the air is little frequented. There are tepid springs also at
Stoke in Stony-Middleton, Brough near Hope, and at Cromford. There
was formerly also a tepid spring and a bath at Middleton in Wirksworth,
but the water has been entirely lost.

The only sulphureous spring which of late years has been much in use is
that at Kedleston : it is used externally for most cutaneous diseases, parti-
cularly those of an ulcerous nature ; taken internally it is chiefly recom-
mended as an antiscorbutic and diuretic. There is a convenient bath at
this spring. Other sulphureous springs are at Agnes and Mudge meadows
(three miles from Ashborne, on the road to Wirksworth) ; Bakewell (as be-
fore-mentioned) ; Bradwell ; Brassmgton ; Cowley, near Dronfield ; Knive-
ton; Milhngton-green, near Kirk-Ireton ; Shottle, in Duffield ; Shuttle-
wood, near Bolsover; West-Hallam ; Whittington ; and near Wirksworth
town.'

At Cowley and Shuttlewood there are open baths, which are but little
used ; that at Shuttlewood is not even inclosed by a wall.

The most celebrated chalybeate water is that at Quarndon, two miles from
Derby, and half a mile from the sulphureous spring at Kedleston. It is a
good deal frequented in the summer season, and particularly recommended
to persons of a weak and relaxed habit. There is a chalybeate spring at
Buxton, much resembling that at Quarndon, Other chalybeate sprino-s°are
at Ashover; Bakewell (the tepid spring already mentioned); Birty, in
Eckington (where was formerly an open bath); Bradley; Chesterfield; two
at Duffield ; Eccleston, in Youlgrave ; Hope ; Matlock ; Morley-park ;
Shottle ; Stanley ; Tibshelf (much frequented a century ago) ; and Whit-
tington. Mr. Farey enumerates Heage among the chalybeate springs :
Pilkington calls this a martial vitriolic spring ; and says, that it stops inward
bleeding, and is good in ulcerous disorders.

Mr. Pilkington says, that he had heard of only one salt spring in Derby-

' Mr. Carrington, a surgeon at Bakewell, is preparing for the press an account of this and
other mineral waters at and near Bakewell.
f Farey and Pilkington.

shire.

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shire, wliich was in the Peak, between Hope and Biadwell. Mr. Farey
mentions this and another at Donisthorpe, near Measham.

All authors who have written on the springs of Derbyshire mention the
intermitting spring in the Peak, about half a mile from Sparrow-pit, called
Barmoor ebbing and flowing well. The intermission is not regular, and in
dry seasons the ebbing and flowing sometimes ceases for several weeks.
In w^et seasons, the interval between ebbing and flowing is about five mi-
nutes. When we visited it, the season was rather dry, and we could ob-
serve no motion in it during the space of half an hour. Tideswell took
its name from a spring of this nature, which has long ceased to flow^: the
site of the weJl is scarcely known.

Produce.

Kinder calls Aston, Weston, Elvaston, &c., the granary of Derby-
shire ; and says, that within six miles in that part of the shire, more
corn was grown than in the w.hole county beside. Great quantities of
excellent wheat and of barley are now grown both in the southern and
the eastern part of the county. The arable land in the Peak is chiefly cul-
tivated for oats, of which grain there is a great home consumption, oaten
bread being still, as it hath long been, the chief food of the poorer classes.
When there is an average crop, there is more corn of every sort grown
than is consumed in the county. Pilkington says, that in 1789, they ex-
ported 5000 quarters of barley annually to Staffordshire and Lancashire,
besides what was sold at the markets of Burton and Utt.oxeter.

The principal dairy country is in the neighbourhood of Ashborne.
About 2000 tons of cheese are said to be annually exported from the
wharfs at Derby, Shardlow, &c. &c. Shottle and Aldwark are particularly
famous for toasting cheese. The grass lands in Beighton, Eckington, and
Norton, chiefly supply Sheffield with milk, which is carried in barrels,
slung on horses or asses."

In the parishes of Ashover, Morton, Shirland, and North and South
Winfield, camomile is cultivated for medicinal purposes in considerable
quantities. This useful plant was introduced into the county about the

« It continued to ebb and flow, but irregularly, when visited by Mr. John Martyn, in 1729.
— Pilkington.

^ Farcy's Agricultural Survey.

year

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year 1740. Within the last twenty or thirty years, its cultivation has
considerably increased in consequence of the demand of, the Ame-
rican market and for home consumption. There are now about 80 acres
planted with camomile, producing from three to six cwt. per acre, and
varying in price, of late years, from 4I. to 81. 8s. per cwt.'' The cultivation
of camomile and gathering the flowers furnishes employment for a great
number of women and children.''

Valerian and Elecampane are cultivated in Ashover and North- Winfield
in small quantities. The former produces about 1 8 cwt. of the root per
acre, which is sold at about 90s. Rose-trees are cultivated in the parish
of Ashover, for the flowers, the leaves of which are sold to the London
druggists, the price being from 5s. to 7s. per pound. There are many
acres, near the principal towns, occupied by market-gardens.

The chief subterraneous productions of this county as articles of com-
merce, are lead \ iron, calamine, black-jack, fluor, gypsum, coals, marble,

and stone of various sorts.

It is well ascertained thai the Derbyshire lead-mines were worked by the
Romans, and probably by the Britons. They are chiefly in the wapentake
of Wirksworth, and the lower part of the Peak, as far north as Castleton.
There are lead mines also in the parishes of Ashover, Crich, and Calke,
and lead-ore has been found in Turndich and Mugginton. The whole
number of lead-mines, enumerated by Mr. Farey in his Agricultural Survey,
amounts to about 250 ; of which number, twenty-two are stated to pro-
duce an abundant supply of ore.' Pilkington states, that the mines in the
wapentake of Wirksworth yielded 1306 tons of lead in 1782, those in the
parish of Crich, 200 tons. The Ashover mines, he states, had then
produced 201 1 tons annually for six years, and the Gregory mine alone, in
that parish, from 1758 to 1783, 151 1 tons annually.* The annual quantity

•• From the information of Mr. William Milnes of Ashover.

<: The women earn from lotl. to is. a day by weeding, hoeing, &c. and from is. to is. 3d. by
gathering the flowers at i^d. a peck.

<» Fuller says, that " the lead of Derbyshire is the best in England, (not to say Europe :) it
is not churlish, but good-natured metal, not curdling into knots and knobs, but all equally fusil ;
and therefore most useful for pipes and sheets, yea, the softness thereof will receive any artificial
impression."

<= Tlie productive mines are stated to be in the parishes or chapelries of Ashover, Matlock,
Cromford, Wirksworth, Bonsall, Youlgravc, Elton, Winster, Hope, Eyam, Great -Longsdon,
and Monyash.

f The lead raised from the Gregory mine, from 1758 to 1806, when the concern was given
up, produced a clear profit of I oo,oool. after expending upwards of 23,000!. in makmg trigls
for the discovery of new veins, &c.

Vol. V. b b produced

cxciv DERBYSHIRE.

produced from the High-Peak mines, he estimates at 2000 tons, and the
whole of tlie annual quantity raised in Derbyshire, at between 5 and 6000
tons. Of late years, not above half that quantity has been raised, many
mines having ceased working on account of the low price of lead.^ The
most productive mine of late years has been the Gang-mine in the liberty of
Cromford, in the parish and wapentake of Wirksworth.''

The mines in the Peak and in the wapentake of AVirksworth belonged to
the crown at an early period. The Survey of Domesday mentions three
mines at Wirksworth, and one in each of the manors of Crich, Ashford, Bake-
well, and Mestesford. The King's mine at Wirksworth was granted to
Robert del Don by Edward I.': that of Crich, which had been granted by
King John to Hubert Fitz-Ralph, was confirmed by Edward II. to Roger
de Belers in 1325.'' The Devonshire family have long been lessees of
the mines 'in the hundred of High-Peak. The lease of those in the
wapentake of Wirksworth, was in the family of Rowles, and having been
lately sold under a decree of chancery, is now vested in Richard Ark-
wright, Esq.

The mines and miners of Derbyshire are governed by certain ancient
customs and regulations which were ascertained by a jury under a com-
mission granted in the year 1287.' The mining concerns are under the
superintendence of an officer called a bar-master, who holds courts twice a
year. At these courts, are decided all questions respecting the duties payable
to the crown, or the lessee ; controversies relating to working the mines,
and punishments are inflicted for all offences committed upon mineral pro-
perty. Debts incurred in working the mines are cognizable also in the
bar-mote courts, which are held at Monyash for the Peak, and at Wirks-
worth for the wapentake.

The ancient punishment for stealing ore, on the third conviction, was,
that the offender's hand should be struck through with a knife unto the
haft into the stow;"", where it was to remain until the offender was released by
death, unless he loosed himself by cutting off his hand."

p In the year 1808 it was from 35I. to 40I. per Hull-fodder, from which it has gradually fallen
to between 16 and 18I.

h From the information of Mr. William Milnes of Ashover.

' Pat. Rot. 3 Edw. I. 29.

" Pat. Rot. 19Edvv.II. pt.i. 16.

' See Sir John Pettus's Fodinas Regales.

■B So Fuller, meaning, most probably, the Stotese, or wooden frame-work, which formerly
was the only apparatus for drawing up the ore ia tubs from the mines.

" Fuller's Worthies, p. 229.

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One of the most remarkable of the ancient mining customs is that by
which any adventurer who shall discover a vein of lead, unoccupied in the
King's field, has a right to work it on the land of any person, without
making any compensation to the proprietor : this custom is still in force,
but it is understood that gardens, orchards, and highways, are excepted. It
is the oflice of the bar-master, being applied to for that purpose, to put ad-
venturers into possession of such veins by them discovered. The duties
or tolls payable to the crown, and to the lord of the manor are of great
antiquity: they vary very much in different parts of the Peak. Tithes are paid
for lead-ore in the parishes of Eyam and Wirksworth. The brazen dish °,
by which the measure of the ore is regulated, is kept at Wirksworth :
the records of the bar-mote court, which was kept in ancient times at the
castle of the Peak, are now at Chatsworth.

The laws and customs of the mines vary in different manors, as well as
the amount of tolls paid. An account of the laws and customs of the lead-
mines in Derbyshire was first published in 1649 ; and <' The Liberties and
Customs of tliose within the Wapentake of Wirksworth, in metre, by
Edward Manlove, Esq., steward of the iJaro/z-woo^ court," in 1653. Thomas
Houghton published a collection of the laws and customs in 1687. A
second edition of this work under the title of " The complete Miner,"
was published at Derby in 17295 George Steer published in 1734, "Tlie
complete mineral laws of Derbyshire, including the Laws and Customs of
the Manors of Eyam, Stony-Middleton, Ashford, Litton, Tideswell," &c.
The latest edition of the Mineral Laws was published in 1772. It has
been observed, that these laws stand in great need of revising, as inap-
plicable to the present state of mining.*"

The lead of Derbyshire was originally smelted by wood-fires on hills, in
the open air.** Mr. Farey has given a list of the places where this process
was carried on. This inconvenient mode was succeeded by what were
called hearth- furnaces. Pilkington says, that two of these remained in the
county at the time of his writing, (about 1789,) but Mr. Farey, in his Agri-
cultural Survey, states, that the last hearth-furnace (which was at Rowsley)
was pulled down about the year 1780 ; and that another at Hazleford-bridge

° It appears, by the inscriptioa on it, that it was made in the year 15 12.
P See Farcy's Agricultural Survey.

'' Camden, in the first edition of his Britannia (ij^j), ohserves, that the lead was melted
on the tops of the hills, exposed to tlie west wind, near Crich and Wirksworth.

b b 2 near

cxcvi DERBYSHIRE.

near Hathersage, had been pulled down some time before. The same
writer says, that a company of Quakers introduced the improved cupola
furnace, now in use, from Wales, and erected one at Kelstedge in Ash-
over. The smelting business has of late been on the decline, and there are
now only nine cupolas in the county ; two of these have two furnaces
each.'

A considerable quantity of lead is sent from Cromford to Derby, where
it is used in making white lead, red lead, sheet lead, pipes, and shot : the re-
mainder is for the most part sent down the canal from Chesterfield to coast-
ing vessels in the Trent, for the London and Hull markets.

Several of the lead mines in Derbyshire produce ores of zinc in con-
siderable quantities. The more valuable, the calamine, or oxide of zinc is
found in 24 mines, as enumerated in Mr. Farey's list, in the parishes of
Matlock, Bonsall, Carsington, Castleton, Bakewell, Youlgrave, and Brad-
borne : it is produced in the greatest abundance in Whitlow mine, in the
parish of Bonsall. In this parish are calamine works belonging to the Cheadle
brass company : there is a calamine work also at Cromford. A considerable
quantity is sent to Sheffield for the brass company at that place. The dis-
covery of the uses of calamine is rather of modern date : the miners, who
formerly called it spelter, were wholly ignorant of its properties and
value, not much more than a century ago, about which time it was first
used in this country in tlie composltiun of brass.' Dr. Watson, in his
Chemical Essays published in 1782, says, that the quantity of calamine
raised annually in Derbyshire amounted to 1500 tons, although sixty years
before, not more than 40 tons were raised in a year. Pilkington says, that
from tlie best information he could obtain, not more than 500 tons were, at
the time of his writing, annually collected from the several places where this
article was found.' Derbyshire calamine was then from 30s. to 40s. per
ton in its crude state ; in its prepared state, from five to six guineas. The
average quantity raised for the last four or five years has been about 400
tonsj the present price in its crude state is from 5I. to 61. los. per ton,

"■ rrom the information of Mr. William Milnes of Ashover.

^ Campbell's Political Survey, vol. ii. p. 35. Pilkington says, that within 20 years of the
date of his writing, (his work was published in 1789,) the use of calamine in the composition of
brass was a secret.

' We find, on enquiry, that a considerably increased quantity of calamine was raised about
1782 : the quantity raised varies according to the demand. About 1810, a thousand tons were
raised annually.

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DERBYSHIRE. cxcvii

according to its quality j in its prepared state from 14I. los. to 15I. 10s.
per ton.

The other species of zinc ore found in Derbyshire is called blende or
black-jack. Mr. Farey mentions 13 mines in which it is found: it is of
inferior value and not so much in use. Many tons of it, nevertheless,
were dressed four or five years ago at Ashover and Matlock, and sent to
Bristol and Birmingliam, at five pounds and five guineas a ton.

Oxid of manganese, called in Derbyshire black-wad, is found in a few
of the lead mines in the parishes of Bakeweil, Hartington, and Youlgrave.
At Wensley, there was a kiln about 20 years ago for preparing this substance
as a black pigment for painting ships, &c. and the proprietor had a contract
with government for supplying it at 70s. a ton": it is not now prepared in
the county.

Fluors of various colours are found in several of the Derbyshire mines.
These fluors are much used for promoting the fusion of brittle and
churlish ore : the yellow spar from Crich is used at the iron-works at
Butterley and Somercotes. The more beautiful specimens of fluor called
Blue-john, are wrought into vases and various ornamental articles of
furniture, &c. at the manufactory in Derby.

Iron has from a very early period been known as the produce of this
county. Mr. Farey estimates Derbyshire to be the fourth county in Eng-
land as to its produce of pig-iron. He enumerates 59 places where mines
are now or have been formerly worked for iron-stone. The district in
which the iron-stone is found begins in the neighbourhood of Dale-abbey,
extending northward throughout the hundred of Scarsdale into Yorksliire.
Pilkington speaks of the beds of iron-stone in Morley-park, near Heage,
and those in the parishes of Wingerworth, Chesterfield, and Stavely, as
being the most valuable.

Until about the year 1770, all the cast and bar-iron in Derbyshire was
made by small charcoal furnaces. One of these, worked by a water-wheel,
remained at Wingerworth till 1784. Mr. Farey gives a list of 23 places
where he had observed traces of these furnaces. The first furnace of
the modern construction, heated with coke or pit-coal, was erected at
Morley-park by Mr. Hurt. In 1806, there were in Derbyshire eleven
of these furnaces =' in full work; at which 10,329 tons of pig-iron were

" This was in the crude state : it was sold at the same time, in a prepared state, at from 6cl.
to 70I. per ton.

» Morley-park, Wingerworth, Stavely, Dale- Abbey, Butterley, Renishaw, Alfreton, Hasland,
Ducknaanton, and two at Chesterfield,

made

cxcviii DERBYSHIRE.

made in a year. Some of these have not of late been regularly worked, on
account of the low price of British iron. Pilkington estimates the annual
produce of Derbyshire, for some years previously to 1789, at about 5600 tons.
There are eight forges in Derbyshire, in which bar-iron is made from the pigs.
At most of these works there is an apparatus.for rolling and splitting ; besides
which, there are rolling and splitting mills at Derby and Burrowash.

It is probable, that the Derbyshire collieries were worked by the Romans.
Whitaker has brought forward evidence of their having been known to
the Saxons, and there can be little doubt that this useful article, which
is so abundant in the county, has been in constant use from a much earlier
period, although we have not seen any mention of collieries in records
before the year 1306% when it appears that those at Denby, which are still
esteemed to produce some of the best coals in the county, were worked.

The principal coal district is the same as that of the iron-stone, including
the greater part of the hundred of Scarsdale, and extending southward
on the east side of the county, as far as Dale- Abbey. Coals are found
also in a part of the parish of GIossop, in that of Hartington, and in a
district south of the Trent, including the parishes of Gresley, Calke,
Hartshorn, Smithsby, and part of Stapenhill.

It is scarcely possible to ascertain the quantity of coal dug annually m
this county j but it is known to be very large. Great quantities (although
much diminished within the last two years) are consumed in the vaiious
founderies and other works in the county, as well as for domestic uses ; and
the export by the Cromford, Derby, and Erwash canal, and the Trent
navigation, is very considerable. In 1808, it appears that 269,456 tons of
coals were weighed, to be sent by the canals above-mentioned southwards,
exclusively of coals from the collieries of Lord Middleton and Mr. Drury
Lowe, who declined to adopt the regulations for weighing entered into by
the other coal-owners. Of the coals above-mentioned, 205,006 tons were
hard coals, being the only sort which finds a ready sale in the midland
counties, to which the Derbyshire coal is exported.^ The collieries in Derby-
shire aie for the most part in the occupation of lessees. The Duke of Devon-
shire, Sir H. Hunloke, Edward Miller INIundy, Esq., William Drury Lowe,
Esq., D'Ewes Coke, Esq., and the Reverend Henry Case Morewood, are
the only considerable land-owners who raise coals on their own account.*

y See Abr. Piacit. 260. * Farey's Agricultural Survey, vol. i. p. 18;.

• The Uuke of Devonshire's collieries are at Stavely, Heath, &c. ; Sir Henry Hunloke's
at Wingerwortli ; Mr. Mundy's at Shipley, &c. ; Mr. Drury Lowe's at Deiiby and Locko-park;
Mr. Coke's at Piuxton ; and Mr. Morewood's at Alfreto^.

4 Gypsum

DERBYSHIRE. cxcix

G3'psum or alabaster is raised in considerable quantities in the parish of
Chellaston. In its native state it is used for columns ", chimney pieces,
and other ornamental building, as well as tombstones and monumental
effigies, for which purposes it is sold at 20s. per ton. In its calcined state
it is. applied at the potteries and elsewhere to all the uses of plaister of
Paris : the inferior sort is used for plaister floors. Pilkington speaks of
tlie quantity of gypsum raised at the Chellaston pit, as about 800 tons
annually, 500 tons of which were sent to the potteries in Statlbrdshire.
We have been informed that the present quantity raised is about 1000 tons.
There is a kiln on the Derby canal for preparing the plaister, and another
at Derby belonging to Messrs. Brown and Mawe. There is another pit of
gypsum near Aston, and there were formerly others in the parish of
Elvaston, on Ballingdon hill near Ambaston. These have been several
years closed. Pilkington speaks of the gypsum of these pits, as the most
valuable which had been got in the county.

The limestone of this county may be esteemed as a \ aluable article of
produce. Mr. Farey enumerates 46 quarries of it, and 63 kilns in which
it is burnt for sale. Great quantities are sold at these kilns, chiefly for
agricultural purposes, for the use of this and some of the neighbouring
counties. The largest quarries are at Ashover, Crich, and Calver near
Baslow. Considerable quantities of lime are sent from Calver into York-
shire, and from the neighbourhood of Buxion into Clieshire and Stafford-
shire. Nearly 30,000 bushels of lime have been sold yearly for manure
at the Knitaker lime-kilns, in the parish of Barlborough.'

Some of the Derbyshire limestones are in request as marble for chimney
pieces, slabs, &c. Mr. Farey gives a hst of 19 quarries'* whence this sort
of limestone or Derbyshire marble is procured. There are mills for sawing
and polishing marble ' at Wirksworth, Bonsall, and Lea-bridge.

Mr. Farey enumerates 138 stone quarries in Derbyshire, some of which
produce an ashlar of a good and durable quality for building. Some ex-
cellent specimens of these are seen in the principal seats and public edifices
in the county; and great quantities are exported, particularly from the

•> The beautiful columns in the hall at Kedleston are of alabaster from the Red-hill, on the
Nottinghamshire side of the Trent. •

■^ Farey 's Survey, vol. ii. p. 410.

<• In the parishes of Bakewell and its chapelries ; Ashover, Bonsall, Matlock, Tideswell,
Wirksworth, &c.

<= They were first established at Ashford by Mr. Henry Watson.

mill-

cc DERBYSHIRE.

mill-stone grit quarries in the parish of Crich, Grindstones made of the
miU-stone grit are in great request, and are exported in great quantities by
the canals to the south-east parts of England. Of late there has been a
great demand for the coarse grind-stones from Gregory quarry at Overton
in Ashover. Mr. Farey enumerates 19 quarries in Derbyshire, from which
the grind-stones are procured. Coarse whet-stones for sharpening scythes,
called scythe-stones, are procured from 1 3 quarries in this county ; the
finer whet-stones from seven others. The finest whet-stones, called hones,
for setting a fine edge on knives, razors, &c., are procured from quarries
at Codnor-park and Woodthorp near Wingerworth. The Heage whet-
stones are used by the petrefaction workers at Derby.

Several mines in this county produce ochres ^ and China-clay is found
in a few of them in small quantities.^ The last-mentioned article, which
is found chiefly at Brassington, was used Ibrmerly at the porcelain works
in Derby. Of late it has been sent to the potteries in Staffordshire.
Pipe-clay is found in Bolsover, Killamarsh, Hartshorn, and Hartington ;
potters' clay of various sorts and fire-clay in the coal districts; the latter is
in high repute for making bricks, &c., to be used in the structure of iron
furnaces, coarse crucibles, &c.

Manufactures.

Mr. Farey in his Survey of Derbyshire, drawn up for the Board of
Agriculture, speaks of Derbyshire, in its character of a manufacturing
county, as ranking next to Lancashire, Staftbrdshire, and Warvvicksliire.

The earliest manufacture we read of, as connected with this county, is
that of wool, which seems to have been established before the reign of King
John, when an exclusive privilege of dying cloth was granted to the bur-
gesses of Derby. Three fulling-mills at Derby are spoken of in Queen
Mary's charter. The woollen manufacture is now chiefly carried on in the
parish of Glossop, on the borders of Yorkshire, in which are not less than
seven factories and four fulling-mills. Blanket weaving is carried on at
Wliittington ; worsted spinning at Derby", Melbourne, Tideswell, &c.

f Ashover, Bradwell, Brassington, Brushficld, Castleton, Cromford, Great-Hucklow, Hart-
ington, and Wirksvvorth,

8 Four in the chapelry of Brassington, and one in the parish of Hartington.
" There are two worsted-mills in the parish of St. Werburgh.

a ■ The

DERBYSHIRE.

cci

The silk-mill was first introduced into Derbyshire in the beginning of the
last century ; the improved machinery was brought over from Italy about
the year 1717, as is more particularly shewn in the aecount of Derby. The
silk manufacture has increased, and is still flourishing at Derby.

The manufacture of stockings was introduced at Derby about the same
time as the silk-mills ; and Derby is one of the four towns ' which are
esteemed the chief seat of the stocking manufacture. The manufactures
of Derby acquired additional celebrity by the ingenious discovery of Mr.
Jedidiah iStrutt, wlio introduced a machine for making ribbed stockings
about the year 1755 : this species of goods acquired the name of the Derby
Rib. The stocking manufacture is chiefly carried on in private dwellings,
in the towns and neighbourhood of Derby and Chesterfield, and most of
the villages on the eastern side of the county."

The manufacture of cotton, except what was used in making stockings,
does not appear to have been introduced into Derbyshire before the year
1 77 1, when Sir Richard Arkwright established one of the first cotton-mills
on the improved principles at Cmmfbrd. In 1773, those two eminent be-
nefactors to their country, whose industry and talents contributed so largely
to the extension of its manufactures, the late Mr. Jedidiah Strutt and Sir
Richard Arkwright, in conjunction with Mr. Samuel Need, made at Derby
the first successful attempt, to establish the manufacture of calicoes in
this kingdom. This county, therefore, as having been the cradle of some
of the most important branches of the cotton manulacturc, stands in the
highest rank in point of interest, and may be reckoned almost the first with
respect to the extent of its concerns. In 1787, the number of cotton-mills
in England, Wales, and Scotland, are said to have been 143 ; in England
only, 119: of these, 41 were in Lancashire, and 22 in Derbyshire.' The
number of cotton-mills in Derbyshire alone are now 112, of which one
half are in the parish of Glossop : there are several others in the Peak, (at
Castleton, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Tideswell, &c.) There are cotton-mills also
at Matlock, Crich, Pleasley, Sawley, Measham, ^-c."

Very 'numerous also are the factories connected with the cotton trade. It
is stated by Mr. Farey, that there are in this county 43 factories for calico

The others are, Leicester, Loughborough, and Nottingham.
•^ All the townships in which this manufacture is carried on are enumerated in the third
volume of Farey's Survey.
' Rees's Cyclopaedia.
™ They are all enumerated in Farey's third volume.

Vol. V. c c weaving ;

CGii DERBYSHIRE.

weaving ; 1 5 bleaching grounds ; four calico-printing works (in the parish
of Glossop) ; three cambric-weaving factories (in the same parish) ; two for
fustian weaving ; eight for muslin weaving (chietly in Glossop) ; two for
tape weaving ; and four mills for making candle-wicks. Machines for the
Cotton factories, stocking-frames, &c., are made at Derby, Alfreton, Glos-
sop, Belper, Heanor, Matlock, Butterley, &c.

The linen manufacture is not of great extent in Derbyshire. Flax spin-
ning is carried on, and there are linen-yarn mills in the parishes of Ash-
over, Matlock, Glossop, Brampton, and Crich ; linen weaving in Ashover,
Brampton, Belper, Turndich, &c. ; tape weaving and cambric weaving in
Glossop , and lace weaving in Derby and Melbourne.

There are 28 tan-yards in various parts of the county ; nine skinners,
four curriers, and five factories of white leather." At Hartshorn is a mill
for oiled and chamois leather. Shoes are made for the wholesale trade at
Chesterfield and other places. In this county there are 12 dye-houses,
nine paper-mills, 13 rope-walks, and three whipcord manufactories."

The smelting houses for lead, and the iron furnaces for preparing the
ore have been already spoken of, under the article of Produce. There
are red and white lead works at and near Derby, and red-lead works in the
parish of Chesterfield, at Alderwasley, and at Lea-wood ; there is a shot-
mill at Derby.

Connected with the iron-trade are various manufactories, sorne of which
are carried on to a great extent. The cast-iron works at Chesterfield, But-
terley, &c., carried on very extensive manufactures of cannon, cannon-balls,
&c., during the war. Agricultural tools are manufactured in various parts of
the county. Scythes, sickles, hoes, and spades, are made chiefly in the northern
part of the county, between Chesterfield and Sheffield ; there are three
factories of reaping-hooks and seven of sickles, in the parish of Eckington j
eight scythe-smiths in Norton, five in Eckington, and four in Dronfield.''
Cutlery, and other steel articles are made at Derby, Chesterfield, and in the
villages to the north of the last-mentioned town. Spurs and bridle-bits
are made at Bolsover and New Brampton ; needles at Hathersage.

There are six chain manufactories, chiefly in the north part of the
county.'' Nail-making is carried on to a great extent, chiefly at and
in the neighbourhood of Belper ; though of late the trade has expe-
rienced a considerable check. Nails from cast iron are made at Dronfield
and New-Brampton.

" Farey's Survey. " Ibid. ' ^ Ibid. '' Ibid.

There

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Tliere are ten grindstone mills in this county ', three of which are at Upper
Padley and the others in the neighbourhood of Dronfield, Eckington, and
Norton. Whetstones and hones are made in great quantities within a few
miles north-east of Derby, and sent into the southern counties.

There is a large manufactory of spar or fluor ornaments at Derby, and
saw-mills for marble and stone, at Bonsall, Lea-bridge, and Wirksworth.

At Derby is a long-established porcelain manufactory : there is a porce-
lain manufactory also at Pinxton. There are potteries at and near Chester-
field, Alfreton, Belper, Ilkeston, Gresley, Hartshorn, Tickenhall, &c.
Tobacco-pipes are made at Chesterfield and at New-Brampton. Hats are
made in considerable quantities, for exportation, at Alfreton, Chesterfield,
&c. At Chesterfield is a carpet manufactory.

Besides the manufactories already mentioned, Mr. Farey enumerates
among others one glass-house, one gun-powder mill, a brass-foundery, at
Ashborne ; mills for grinding colours at Bonsall and Derby ; a manufactory
of button-moulds at Whittington, and several mills for crushing bones,
used for the purposes of manure.

Antiquities.

British Antiquities.

The barren moors of Derbyshire abound with rude masses of grit-
stone, and single stones of large sizes appearing above the surface, as
those of granite do in Cornwall ; and here, as in that county, many
of them have been considered as owing their present forms to art, and
supposed to have been memorials of our British ancestors. Here too, as
in Cornwall, among the detached masses of grit-rock, many rocking-stones
have been found, and rock-basins in abundance, and as usual ascribed
to the Druids ; but as we have before observed, we are inclined to refer the
greater part of these to natural causes ; indeed, with respect to the round
hollows in the gritstone rocks, which have been for ages exposed to the
effects of the atmosphere, we observed as many of them on the perpendicu-.
lar sides of the rock as on the top, especially in Sir Joseph Banks's park at
Overton where they are particularly abundant.

The only remains in Derbyshire, which we can suppose to have been the
works of the early inhabitants of our island, are, the circles of stones and
some upright stones, tumuli of earth and stones (here called lows), and

' Farcy's Survey.

c c a some

cciv DERBYSHIRE.

some rude military works in the uncultivated parts of the county. On
Stanton-moor, Hartle-moor, Hathersage-moor, and Olney-moor, are several
circles of stones", but none of them of large dimensions. The only remark--
able work of this kind within the county of Derby, is Arbotir-Loxos in the
hamlet of Middleton, about three miles south-west of Youlgrave, which con-
sists " of an area encompassed by a broad ditch, which is bounded by a high
mound or bank, and the form of the whole is nearly that of an ellipsis; the
area measures from east to west forty-six yards, and fifty-two in the con-
trary direction ; the width of the ditch is six, and the height of the bank,
on the inside, five yards. To the north and south, there is an opening about
fourteen yards wide. In the area are several stones of different sizes ; about
thirty large ones lie round the border of it, and generall}' point with the
narrower end towards the centre : they are rough and unhewn, and are, for
the most part, about five feet long, three broad, and one thick; besides these,
there are about fourteen smaller ones intermixed witli them in an irregular
manner";" and three lying near the centie, one of which is larger than any
of the rest, being thirteen feet long and eiglit feet wide. The late Dr. Pegge,'
who communicated an account of this ancient monument to the Society of
antiquaries ", supposes it to have been a British temple, and that the stones
originally stood upright, two and two ; the smaller ones he considers as frag-
ments of the larger, broken off when they were thrown down. It seems,
however, diflScult to conopWe that they shuuld all have been thus prostrated,
which must have been a work of no small labour, for no apparent purpose.
Arbour-lows derives its name from a large /otc or tumulus adjoining the
vallum near the southern entrance, and another at a small distance
from it.

In the year 1795 two Kistvaens or British sepulchres, were discovered
on opening a large tumulus, about two miles north-west from Ashford ;
in one of these was a skeleton with the face downwards, having a piece of
the black Derbyshire marble two feet long, nine inches wide, and six inches
thick, lying on the scull ; under the head were two arrow-heads of flint :
the other contained burnt bones and ashes. In other parts of the tumulus
were found, two urns of coarse pottery full of ashes and burnt bones ; two
skeletons deposited on the level ground, and a spearhead of stone.''

" See Archseologia, vdl. vi. p. 112, 113. vol. vii. p. 19. 177.
" Pilkington's Derbys-hire, vol. ii. p. 459.
P Printed in the Archpslogia, vol. vii. p.i3i-

•> Communicated by Hayman Rooke, Esq., to the Society of Antiquaries, and printed in the
Archacologia, vol.xii. p-^zy.

DERBYSHIRE. ccv

In a wood called Linda spring, near Crich, are two rows of round pits,
called Pit-steads, one of them containing twenty-five, and the other twenty-
eight; and extending abont 250 yards in lengrh : most of them being
about 15 feet in diameter and six feet deep. A particular account of them
is printed in the Archaelogia ', communicated by Hayman Rooke, Esq.,
who conjectured that it might have been a British town ; there being no
ore, coal, stone, or clay, to be found here. They might, however, have
been used for burnuig charcoal for the use of the lead and iron works,
which abounded in that part of the country."

On Hathersage moor is a rude well of a singular construction, called
Cair's-work or Carle' s-'work, being a rude sort of fortification, consisting of
large stones placed round the precipitous summit of a hill, except at the
north end, where is a wall nine feet four inches high and nearly three feet
thick, consisting of tlu-ee courses of very large stones, and others set obliquely
endways on the top.'

.Upon the moors in Derbyshire are a great number of tumuli of earth
and of stones, or cairns ; scveial of these have been opened, and human
bones and inns have been found in them, with beads, rings, and other
relics." A pair of querns or hand mill-stones were found at Darwood
near Hartle-moor, by the side of a large urn, half full of burnt bones."

Tloman Antiqiiiiies.

The only Roman remains found in Derbyshire, deserving of parti-
cular notice are, the altar preserved at Haddon-hall ; the inscribed blocks
or pigs of lead ; and the silver plate found in Risley-paik. The
Roman altar found in the grounds belonging to Haddon-iiaJl, and now
placed in the porch leading to the hall, is two feet eleven inches in
height: it was first published by Bishop Gibson in his edition of Cam-
den's Britannia, where the inscription is very imperfectly given. The
following is now legible, only three letters being obliterated in the name
of the person by whom it was dedicated, which may be supplied with-
out difficulty, " Deo Marti Braciacm Os\r\tius C(ecUia\_nuH\ Prcef. Coh.
I. Aquitano. V. S." Horsley, in his Britannia Romana ^ copies this inscrip-
tion from Gibson's Camden ; the original, he says, he could not hear of; he
supposes Braciaca to be the name of a place ; Mr. Baxter and Dr. Pegge

>■ Vol. X. p. 1 14.

* Camden speaks of the great quantities of kail melted on the hills near Crich. Britan. p.314.
Edit. 1586.

' Archaeologia, vol. vii. p. 175. Bray's Tour, p. 243.

" Archaeolqgia, vol.vii. p. 177. == Ibid. p. 19. vp.318,

considered

ccvi DERBYSHIRE.

considered it as an epithet of Mars. The cohors prima Aquitanorum does
not occur in Horsley's work, nor in the list of Roman auxihary troops in
the Tabula; Honesta? Missionis of the Emperor Trajan, discovered near
Sydenham and Malpas' ; but it appears in that of the Emperor Hadrian ",
found near Stainington, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The only
other Roman inscription on stone found in this county, is a centurial one,
1 6 inches long and 12 wide, found many years ago near the east angle of the
Roman station called Melandra-castle, near Garaelsly in the parish of
Glossop, and now fixed up in the front of a farm-house there^; which is thus
inscribed, " C[o~\ho. I. Frisiano. C. Val. Vitalis" which may be read thus,
" Cohors prima Frisianorum, Centuria Valerii Vitalis," The first cohort of
the Frisians which appears to have been quartered at this station, occurs in
the list of auxiliaries, in the Tabula Honestse Missionis of the Emperor
Trajan found near Sydenham.

A Roman pig of lead 17I inches long and 2o4- at bottom, weigliing 173
pounds, was found on Matlock-moor in the year 1787.'' The follow-
ing inscription appears in raised letters on the top :

TI. CL. TR. LVT. BR. EX. ARG.

Another, weighing 126 pounds, was found on Cromford-moor, near
Matlock, in the year 1777^, having the following inscription in raised letters
on the top :

IMP. CAES. HADRIANI. AUG. MET. LVT.

A third was found near Matlock in 1783% weighing 84 pounds, 19
inches long at the top, and 22 at the bottom, and three inches and a half
wide at the top, and four and a half at the bottom ^ inscribed thus,

L. ARVCONI. VERECVND. M:EAL. LVTVD.

Various erroneous conjectures have been formed respecting some parts of
these inscriptions, especially the LVT. which have arisen from their having
been inaccurately copied. In the third inscription this occurs more at
length LVTVD ; and is unquestionably a contraction oi' Luttidarum ^, the

* Reliquiae Rom. vol. i. part. iv. pi. 1,2. '' Cough's Camden, vol. iii. p. 28.

' Archaeol. vol. ix. p. 45. "' Ibid. vol. v. p. 369.

' Ibid. vol. vii. p. 170.

f This was presented by Mr. Adam Wolley to the British Museum, where that found on Crom-
ford-moor is also deposited.

s See fac-similes of two of these inscriptions in the annexed plate.

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DE R B Y S H I R E. ccvii

Roman station mentioned in Ravennas next to Derventione, and which there
is great reason to suppose was the present town of Chesterfield."

A large silver plate of Roman workmanship, 20 inches by 15, was
ploughed up in the year 1729, in Risley-park, and shortly afterwards
broken in pieces ; a drawing was made of some of the fragments, in the
possession of Lady Aston, the proprietor of Risley-park, from which an
engraving was taken, and published by Dr. Stukeley in 1736, with an ac
count of it, which he had before communicated to the Society of Antiqua-
ries. The plate was ornamented with various groups of horses, goats, sheep,
&:c. and figures of men attending them; the subject of the central compart-
ment was hunting the wild boar. These figures were in relief, and appeared
to have been cast, and afterwards finished with a tool : at the bottom was a
square foot or frame to support it, round which was this inscription in
Roman capitals : — '« Exsuperius episcopus ecclesicB Bagiensi dedit."

Dr. Stukeley reads the last word but one Bogiensi, and conjectures that
this piece of Roman plate had been presented to the church of Bouge, in
Touraine, by Exuperius, Bishop of Tholouse, who was living A. D. 405 ;
and that it had been brought away from France, as part of the plunder by
the English army, in the year 1421, when a battle was fought in the church-
yard of Bouge, on Easter eve.

The Abbe de la Rue, in his Memoir on the celebrated tapestry of
Bayeux, printed in the Archseologia ' supposes, with great probability,
that it was presented by Exuperius, Bishop of JSayeux, to the church of
Bayeux, and taken from them in the year 11 06, when King Henry the
First took the city by assault, from Duke Robert his brother, and with it
plundered and destroyed the cathedral church."

In the year 1788, a sort of bidla of brass ornamented with a scroll upon a
red enamelled ground, with fragments of some other articles of brass, appa-
rently of Roman workmanship, were found in a tumulus on Middleton-moor,'

Roman coins have frequently been found in different parts of this county.
In 1740, an urn, filled with denarii, was dug up at a place called Green-
haigh Lane, in the parish of Alfreton. In 1748, fifteen or sixteen hundred
denarii, chiefly of Trajan, Hadrian, the Antonines, and Sept. Severus,

" Seep. ccxi. i Vol. xviii. p. 91.

" A silver dish or lanx, of the same kind, and quite perfect, was found near Corbridge, in
Northumberland, in the year 1735, and is now in the possession of the Duke of Northumber-
land. It is 20 inches long and 15 wide, and weighs 148 ounces. See Hutchinson's Northum-
berland, vol. i. p. 145.

' They are now in the possession of Mr. White Watson of Bakewell. See an account of this
discovery in the 9th vol. of the Archaeologia, p. 189.

were

ccviii DERBYSHIRE.

v/ere found in a close, on a farm called New Grounds, in tlie same parish."
In 1761, many small copper coins of the lower empire, were found upon
Crich Cliff, in the foundation of a small building of unhewn grit-stone, 10
feet square.' About the year 1770, a great number of denarii were found
in a place called Stuffins Wood, in Pleasly." In 1778, an urn tilled with
coins of Diocletian, Constantine, &c., was dug up in Crilland Park.' In
1784, about 70 Roman coins, chiefly of Hadrian, Severus, and Constantine
the Younger, were found at Burton Wood, about four miles from Ashborne."
In 1788, an earthen pot full of Roman copper coins, was found upon
Edge-Moor, in Crich Common."

. British and Roman Roads and Stations."

" The county of Derby appears to have been of considerable importance,
and to have contained a body of numerous and active inhabitants in an
early stage of British civilization ; and the Romans, who carried on a very
profitable trade with the produce of its mines, fixed stations, and formed
roads in every part of it. The Britons had certainly one of their princij)al
roads, the Rykneld, running through its whole extent, from south-west to
north-east, from the borders of Staffordshire to those of Yorkshire. The
name is British, the R, according to Whitaker, being prefixed to distin-
guish it as the road of the Upper Iceni, while the Ikeneld way itself led
towards Norfolk, tlic couiiLij of the Iceui, properly so called.

" The Caers or Carls work, near Hathersage, bears marks of British
origin ; it lies in the wildest part of the High- Peak, near the present road
from Manchester to Sheffield, and includes the summit of a hill, which is
very steep on all sides but one, and defended on that by a wall: of rude
and singular construction, consisting of three rows of very large stones,
with other stones placed obliquely upon them, pointing towards the
assailants. The whole wall is above nine feet high, and supported within
by a slanting bank of earth, twenty-five feet in length. See the Plan,
Archseologia, vol. vii. p. 175. The tombs and other remains of this early
people have been found in every part of the Peak, and are evidently
British, by the rude urns, flint weapons, beads, and small mill-stones dis-
covered in them, as well as by the absence of all such remains as mark a
more polished aera of civilization.

"J. Reynolds's Collections. ' ibid. " ibid. vol. x.

' J. Reynolds's Collections. " Gents. Mag. for 1784. part II. p. 791.

» Archaol. vol. X. " Communicated by the Bishop of Cloync.

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DERBYSHIRE. ccix

*' That the Romans, as soon as they were established in the island, paid
considerable attention to this part of it, might be proved, (even if there did
not exist so many traces of tlieir roads and towns,) by the pigs of lead
ready worked up for sale, and stamped with the name of the reign-
ing emperor ; no less than three of which have been found in the neigh-
bourhood of Matlock, and one of them inscribed, " Socio Roma'," (to my
partner at Rome,) which clearly marks it to have been an article of trade.
Two of them are now in the British Museum, and the very inspection of these
is sufficient to prove, they were thus prepared for articles of commerce ;
and not, as Camden and others have supposed, as trophies of victory over
the Ceangi or other tribes. Mr. Pegge has conjectured, that one of these
pigs bears so early a date as the time of the Emperor Claudius ; and if
this was the fact, it would go far to prove, that the mines in the Peak, were
worked by the natives before the time of the Roman invasion ; as it is highly
improbable, that in a short time after the landing of the Romans, they should
have so far subdued the Coritani, in the central part of the island, as to
have established their own works and workmpn in this rpmnte district ; or if,
as other antiquaries have contended, this lead formed part of the tribute
paid by the islanders themselves, (though not yet finally subdued,) to the
Roman Emperor, it would carry up the British trade in these metals to a
very remote period.

" From the existence, however, of the trade, and the consequent popu-
lation of the country, we may expect to tincl DtibjBlun- iraversed in every
direction by Roman roads ; and such seems to have been the case. Two
of these have been examined by Mr. Pegge with so much attention, as to
leave us very little to add to his observations. The first of these, the
Rykneld Street, or old British road, was repaired by the Romans for their
own use. It is called by the name of the Rignal-street in an old Survey
of Sir H. Hunloke's property in this county, as well as in those of other
estates in Warwickshire and Staffordshire, where it is described as their
boundary. It enters Derbyshire from this last county, over the Dove at
Monks-bridge, and its crest is visible on Egginton-heath, though much
obliterated by the modern turnpike-road, which continues in its line as far as
Little-Over ; where, a little before it reaches the two mile stone, the Roman
road keeps its north-north east direction, while the present one slants to
the east towards Derby. The old road, though not easy to be distin-
guished in the cultivation so general near a populous town, crossed Nun's-
green, and proceeded down Darleyslade to the banks of the Derwenfc,

Vol, V. d d passing

ccx DERBYSHIRE.

passing that river by a bridge, (the piers of which may be felt in a dry
summer,) to the station of Little-Chester, the Derventio of Richard, and
placed by him at the distance of twelve miles from ad Trivonam (Berry
farm at Branston-upon-Trent, to which it exactly answers). It is by no
means improbable, that the British Rykneld-street crossed the Derwent
lower down at a ford, perhaps at the very place where Derby now stands ;
and then resuming its northerly course, would pass the east wall of the
Roman town, as Stukeley has represented it in his map. The Roman road,
however, on crossing the Derwent seems to have passed the meadows near
the north gate of the station, and after clearing the houses of the vicus, would
fall into the Rykneld-street, near the north-east angle of the vallum, and pro-
ceed with it in its old line. The ground about the modern village of Little-
Chester being chiefly under the plough, the ridge of the road near it has
been long destroyed ; but on passing Breadsall priory on the left, and
rising up towards the alms-houses on Morley-moor, a large fragment of it
is visible on the right hand : and again, though less plainly, on the moor
itself, abutting on the fence about a hundred yards oast of Brackley-
gate. It next appears close to Horsley-park, a little west of the lodge,
and is very high, covered with furze in the first inclosure ; then passing
through another field or two, crosses the road from Wirksworth to Not-
tingham, about a hundi'ed yards west of Horsley-woodhouse j being quite
plain in the inclosure south of the road called Castlecroft, and again in the
field to the north of it. It now enters an old lane, which it soon quits, and
may be seen in a field or two to the left, running down to a house called
Cumbersome, which stands upon it ; from hence, down another field, over
Botolph (corruptly Bottle) brook, which it crosses straight for the Smithy
houses, and enters a lane called, from it, the Street-lane, where it is
visible for more than a mile, as far as the water ; here the lane bends to
the east, while the Roman way keeps its old north-north-east bearing, up
a field or two, to the lane from Heage to Ripley j this lane it crosses, and
goes on to Hartey ; from hence it points to the tail of Hartey-dam, and
is visible in the hedge of the field near the miller's house. It now
runs to Coney-Gre-house, crossing two lanes which lead from Pentrich
Town to the common, and so down to the water ; leaving a camp, which
is Roman by its form, and was probably a station, a very little to the
left. It is again seen on the north side of the water, pointing up the
lane to Oakerthorp, but enters the enclosures on the left, before it
reaches the village ; and fragments of its ridge are quite plain in the

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DERBYSHIRE. ccxi

croft opposite the manor-house.'' On the other side of Oakerthorp the crest
again appears in a line with this ridge, within the left hand fence ; it now
runs to the four lane ends, o\'er the ground on which Kendal's, or the Pea-
cock-Inn, stands, and Limbury chapel formerly stood ; and where its gravel
was dug up in laying the foundation of the summer-house. Traces of build-
ings, too, have been dug up in Ufton-hall field, on the other side of the
road, but nothing certain is known about them. It here crosses the
present road, and enters the fields on the right, but re-crosses it again on
the declivity of the hill, and is visible for a mile in the demesne lands
of Shirland-hall, called the Day-Cars, bearing for Higham. Hence,
along the line of the present turnpike road to Clay-cross, through the vil-
lage of Stretton ; then to Egstow, (where is a large barrow,) and is quite
plain for 300 yards, through some small inclosures (particularly in the
Quakers burying-ground,) and over a part of Tupton-moor, near the black-
smith's forge ; and in an old survey of Egstow farm, belonging to the
Hunloke family, it is, as I have said, expressly described under the name of
the Rignal-street. From this spot, which ia about twcntj miles from Derby, it
is no longer visible, but it points, when last seen, directly for tlie middle of
Sir Henry Hunloke's avenue, and probably went liom hence to Tupton-
hill, near Chesterfield, which is in the same line only three miles further,
and where several Roman coins have been found, so that there seems good
ground for supposing this town, as the name imports, to have been a station
on the road, very probably the Lictudarum of Ilavonnae.'' The country
people have a tradition of the road going on still further to the north, and
that after crossing the Rother near Chesterfield, it proceeded on the east
side of that brook, passing on the west of Killamarsh church, and through
the parish of Beighton into Yorkshire ; but I am more inclined to think
the Roman road continued exactly in its old bearing on the west side of
the riser, leaving Whittington on the left, through West-Handley and
Ridgway to the Roman camp on the banks of the Don, while the old
Rykneld-street, proceeds on the east side into Yorkshire.

" It is to be remarked, that this whole road is one of those omitted by
Antonine, and mentioned, with the stations upon it, by Richard only ; and
that sucli a road did exist, after it has been thus traced by so judicious an
antiquary as Mr, Pegge, it is impossible for any one to doubt. The case

P In this part of its course it leaves Alfreton (which some writers supposed it passed
through, and have even called a station on it) without notice, nearly two miles on its right.

"^ The occurrence of the name of this station on the Roman pigs of lead found in Derbyshire,
affords a strong confirmation of this conjecture. See p. ccvi. S,L.

d d 2 is

ccxii DERBYSHIRE.

is the same with the roads in Scotland, described in Richard's ninth and
tenth iters, which have been examined by General Roy and Mr. Chalmers,
and with that in Yorkshire laid down in his seventh, which Dr. Thomas
Whitaker, though he denies the authority of Richard himself, confesses
to run exactly as he describes it. As these roads are not alluded to by
Antonine in the slightest degree, while evident marks of them are found
where Richard has placed them, I confess myself to be one of those who
do not think it possible to dispute the authenticity of the materials
he has collected.

" The second Roman road in this county, which has been examined
both by Mr. Pegge and John Whitaker, (the historian of Manchester,) runs
through the north part of it, under the name of the Bathom-gate ; it has
been traced clearly from Brough to Buxton. On leaving the station of
Brough in Hope parish, the Roman road is discoverable bearing south-west,
as soon as it passes the second waterflash called the Burghwash, and frag-
ments of its broad ridge may be seen in the lane. It then enters Bull-
meadow, running up the hedge on the left, but auon appears again in the
lane leading to Smaldale, where the right hand hedge stands upon it. It
then runs into the enclosures called the Doctor's Pasture and Bagshaw
Pasture, and after crossing Gray ditch, bends north-west to ascend the hill,
being found by the spade and plough, in a line well known to the farmers,
till it comes upon the moor three qnarfpre of a mile on the Brough
side of BaLlioin-edge, where the crest is quite plain to the stone fence
which separates Bradwell and Tideswell moors j retaining here its original
breath of 1 8 or 20 feet, " and sweeping," as Whitaker describes it in his
flowery language, " in a long strait streak of vivid green over the purple
surface of the heath." It is also visible on the Buxton side of this hedge for
about a mile, bearing south-west for the inclosures at the dam in the forest,
and crosses the turnpike road from Manchester to Chesterfield, then after
just entering Hernstone-lane it is visible in the field on the left, where, in a
dry summer, the grass is of a different colour ; from hence it runs in a
straight green lane towards Fairfield, being seen again on Fairfield-moor,
and is found by digging to have kept the same line to the hill above
Buxton.

" The late Mr. King, who was better acquainted with our ancient castles
than with our roads, was inclined to think that this road was only a communi-
cation between the bath at Buxton and the castle of his unknown chief upon
Mam-Tor. That it might have been in use for such a purpose is pro-
bable enough, but the road itself is a common Roman one, bearing every

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distinguishing mark of being constructed by that people ; and joining two
of their most decided stations, Buxton and Brough, without appearing to
be any way connected with Mam-Tor. Though it passes accidentally
near it.

" At Buxton, as Mr. Watson contends, a third road from the Roman
statioti at Manchester, fell into that we have just followed from Brough.
This Manchester road coming from Stockport and Saltersford-hall in Cheshire,
where it is known by the name of the Old-gate, runs, according to his
idea, by Pym-chair to the head of the river Goit : here it is joined, as
Whitaker also allows, by a Roman way from Chester, and proceeds on the
west of the present turnpike road to Cracking- stones, and thence to the
station at Buxton. Mr. Leman, however, (whose authority is of great
weight) is rather inclined to suppose it continued more on the line of the
modern road. The existence of the road itself is unquestionable.

" A fourth Roman way may be traced, as I before observed, on the south
side of Buxton, in the direction of Little-Chester. The Roman road
leaves Buxton in the track of the pieseut Ashborne road, passes through
Over-street, and near the 27th mile-stone, where, as the turnpike road bears
off to the west, it keeps its own straight line, and is visible on the left hand
of it, fi'om Hurdiow-house to Pike-hall; being still called among the peasants
by its proper name the Roman road. It leaves Aldwark to the left, is
visible on Brassington-moor. passes close by Hopton, where the late Mr.
Cell opened a part of it, and probably between Keddieston-park and Dufl
field to Dariey-slade, where it joins the great road from Ad Trivonam, and
crosses the river with it to Little-Chester. It takes no notice of the camp
at Parwich, though it has every appearance of being Roman, but leaves it
about two miles to the right.

" Another considerable Roman road also meets this last on the banks of
the Derwent, bearing directly east from Staffordshire, most probable from
Chesterton near Newcastle, in that county (the Mediolanum of Antonine's
and Richard's tenth iters.) It seems to have crossed the Dove a very little
below Rocester, which, from its name and situation, was probably a station
on it ; and leaving Marston-Montgomery a little on the right, and Long-
ford and Langley on the left, crosses the Ashborne road to Derby, at right
angles between the second and third mile-stones, in a direct line for the
gates of Little-Chester. It is known through the country by the name of
the Long-lane, and its whole appearance is such as demonstrates io an
antiquary, a Roman, or perhaps a British, origin. After entering Little-
Chester it issues from the present main street of the village, by what was

probably

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probably the east gate of the station, and proceeds in its old line,
leaving Chaddesden close on the right, through Stanton, into Notting-
hamshire.

" Mr. Watson, in his very clear and excellent account of the station of
Melandra Castle, in Archsol. vol. iii. p. 237, observes, that from the south-
east gate of that fort, a Roman road went over the moors to Brough, the
line of which, for a great part, is still followed, the old pavement in many
places remaining, with drains cut through it when it crosses any marshy
ground. It seems to have passed Glossop on the left, running between
Cross-Cliff' and Whitfield, leaving the great hill of Kinderscout to the
south-west, and that of Crookstonclose on the north-east, and bearing in
a straight line through Aston, to the north-west entrance of the Roman
station at Brough. It is curious enough, that in all this part of its course,
it goes by the name of the Doctor' s-Gate, that on the other side of Brough
it enters a field called the Doctor's-Pasture : and that a road on the west side
of Melandra falls into the great Roman way between Manchester and York,
at a place which is termed the Doctor'a-Lane Head. The circumstance
evidently points out a connection between the three roads, which were
indeed all certainly Roman.

" There are some traces of a road, said to be high raised, near Edinghall,
on the south-west borders of Derbyshire, pointing to Lullington, and sup-
posed to communicate with a more decided one near Tamworth and Dray-
ton-Basset in Staffordshire. This last is a part of the Salters-way, from
Droitwich into Lincolnshire; and the Edinghall road, if connected with it,
would have a claim to be considered as British. It passes, however, through
a very small space of this county, and will be traced more particularly in
another part of the work.

" Nor have we much better information of what Nichols, in his History
of Leicestershire, calls a bridle road from Derby to Coventry, and which he
says is still frequented by the drovers as the best and shortest way between
these towns. His informer (who gives a very confused account of it) says,
it comes from Stanton, coincides in part of its course with the Salters-way,
(which is next to impossible, as the bearings of the two are so different,)
and turning south, passes through Sibston, Atterton, and Fen-Drayton, into
the Watling-Street, about a mile and a half south-east of Mancester. From
this statement, however, it is highly probable that there has been a Roman
way in this direction, between Little-Chester and the stations on the Wat-
ling-Street, which, turning south-south-west after passing the bridge at
Derventio, might leave Derby, Osmaston, and Swarkston on the left, cross

the

DERBYSHIRE. ccxv

the Trent from the latter village about Stanley, and ruiining near Staunton-
Harold, Ticknal, Smithsby, and Ashby-de-la-Zouch, proceed by Swebston
and Congeston, crossing the Salters-road near the latter, and keeping its own
line (and not turning as has been supposed) straight through Sibston, Atter-
ton, and Drayton, to the Watling-Street, near Mancester ; especially as on
the other side of this street, a way, undoubtedly Roman, proceeded in the
very same bearing towards Mancester and Chesterton on the Foss.

" Marks of a third of these uncertain roads are supposed to have been seen
on the east side of the Derwent, between Little-Chester and Sawley-Ferry,
bearing thence to the station of Leicester, or Willoughby on the Fosse ;
nor indeed is it likely that so important a place as Little-Chester should
have been without some communication of this sort on the side of Ratce.
In fact, this would be the continuance of the Roman road from Buxton in
its original bearing.

•• Having thus collected as much as is at present known of the Roman
roads in this county, we come in course to consider the towns or stations in
it. Of these Little-Chester was by far the most considerable. It is on the
Derwent, about a mile above Derby, which no doubt has risen from its
ruins ; the inhabitants, when the bridge over the river was destroyed, set-
tling (as was most natural) at the nearest ford ; at which also, as I before
mentioned, there is reason to think the old British road crossed, a circum-
stance which would have given an additional reason for the preference.
The Roman town is now the site uf a nuiall village. Stukeley could trace
the wall quite round in his time : the fort was of an oblong figure, containing
about six acres j and streets or roads were to be seen in the fields near it,
which he supposed the suburbs. Coins of brass, silver, and gold, with an-
tiquities of every kind have been found, and foundations of buildings are
still sometimes discovered. There is good ground to suppose it was called
Derventio, from the neighbouring river, though therewere at least two other
towns of the same name in the island ; one near York, and a second in
Cumberland. The many roads bearing in every direction to the station,
the numerous remains dug up on the spot, and the exact distance from Ad
Trivonam and Etocetum, which Richard states Derventio to be in his 1 8th
iter, put this subject out of all reasonable doubt.

" Another Roman town was at Brough, in the parish of Hope. It stood
in some fields called the Halsteads, in an angle formed by the junction of
two brooks, Bradwell and the Now, a situation which the Romans seem al-
ways to have chosen if they could possibly obtain it. It is of the shape
also to which they gave a preference, an oblong of 310 feet by 270 j three

ccxvi DERBYSHIRE.

of the sides being still nearly perfect. Only one or two coins have been
found : but urns, bricks, stone columns, foundations, one of a temple or
other large building, and a tile with the remains of an inscription, C O H.
undoubtedly for Cohors, have been discovered ; and two decided roads, as
we have seen, certainly met there. The name is unknown, but the town
is undoubtedly Roman.

" A third Roman station, and of the same decided nature as the two last-
mentioned, is at Melandra Castle, in the parish of Glossop, in the north-
west part of the Peak, near Cheshire. Mr. Watson, who first discovered it,
has given a remarkably good account of it in the third volume of the Ar-
chaeologia. It is nearly square, 122 yards by 112 ; and situated like that at
Brough, at the meeting of two mountain-brooks. The ramparts and part
of the ditch still remain ; and the four entrances, as well as the site of the
prcetorium, may be discovered. Foundations of many buildings are on the
sides, sloping to the water. A stone too has been dug up, bearing an in-
scription which makes mention of a centurion of a Frisian cohort, the
same body of troops which constituted the Roman garrison at Manchester,
to which therefore this fort was probably an out-pust. And it may be,
that the troops stationed on these remote forts, were recalled to head-
quarters at the approach of the enemy ; which will account for the few
coins found, and the more perfect state of the ramparts, both here and at
Brough.

" The last of our certain Runrau statiuus was at Buxton, a spot known
probably from very early antiquity for its warm springs ; and evidently inha-
bited on this account by the Romans, several of whose baths have been
discovered here, and one indeed so lately as 1781, in digging the found-
ations of the present Crescent. The station itself is supposed by Watson
to have been on the hill above the hall, which is known by the name of
the Stene or Stane Cliffs. Major Rooke also, in 1787, found remains which
he conjectured to be those of a Roman temple. From these circumstances,
and still more from the meeting of at least three of their roads at the same
point, there is little doubt of a Roman town having existed in this spot ;
and there is some foundation for supposing the name of it to have been
Aqua?, not only as Aquce Sexticc in Provence, and Aqiue Solis or Sulis in
Somersetshire, were names given by the Romans to places distinguished
like this by their warm springs ; but befcause in Ravennas (who observes
an awkward soi't of order in his Geographical Enumeration of our British
towns) the Roman station of Aquce appears not far from Lindum (Lincoln)
6 on

DERBYSHIRE. ccxvii

on one side, and Camulodurrum (Slack in Yorkshire) on the other ; n situ-
ation which agrees perfectly well with this of Buxton.

" The ahove-mentioned places have all of them, I believe, good claim to
be considered as Roman ; but there are two others, whose pretensions are
of a more uncertain nature. The first of these is at Parwich, between Bux-
ton and Ashborne. The camp, which is Roman in its shape, lies about
half a mile from the village, at a spot called Lombard's-Green. Roman
coins too have been found there, but in an urn, not scattered upon the
surface, which last circumstance would have been decisive in its favour.
Foundations of walls have been dug up, and a bank, whether a praetentura
or a road is uncertain, runs strait from it to the Ashborne road on one side,
and to a pool of water on the other. It must be owned that the names Lom-
bard's-Green and Parwich {Parvus Vkus) might warrant the conjecture ;
and the distance, which is about half way from Buxton to Little-Chester,
would suit well for an intermediate station. But, with all these advantages,
the distance of two miles and a half from the Roman road, and an apparent
want of connexion with it, is an objection not to be got ovpr. If; indeed,
a way from Buxton to Rocester should be found in the direction of the
present Ashborne turnpike road, Parwich, being then in the space between
two Roman roads, might have some right to be considered as a station to
accommodate both ; but till such a discovery is made, an antiquary of any
experience must be inclined to suspend his opinion.

" Another camp with a claim ot the same natuxe ;» at rcntrirli, on the
Rykneld-Street, between Little-Chester and Chesterfield : its figure also is
Roman, being square with a double vallum. It lies close to the road; one
coin at least has been found in it ; and the distance suits well for a mansio .
between these two stations, being n or 12 miles from each. Indeed, the
situation does not at all agree with Richard's present numbers ; and this
seems to have misled Mr. Pegge, who does not even notice its pretensions,
but supposes the intermediate station would be found at Higham or Lin-
bury, at the latter of which places, as I observed, foundations of old build-
ings have been discovered. But the numerals in Richard's iters, which are
never remarkably accurate, are less so than usual in these roads, which he
alone describes ; being unchecked by those in Antonine, and only guessed
at in his rude times by ignorant monks whom he states as his informers,
And in this particular iter it is impossible to reconcile them either with one
another or with truth ; one station being inserted without name or num-
bers, and another with a number impossible to be right, being \6 miles

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from Chesterfield, and more than that from Derventio. See Pegge, in Bib.
Topog. No. 24. who quotes Bertram's edition of Richard's Iters.

Eboracum Legiolio, m. p. XXI
Ad Fines, XVIII

. . . . ra. p. XVI Supposed Chesterfield.
XVI

Derventione, m. p. XVI

Now if we suppose the number left vacant to be as small as possible,
for instance VII., the distance from Little-Chester to Chesterfield, accord-
ing to Pegge, would be 39 miles, but by actual measurement it is only 23.
It is, therefore, far more rational, as Mr. Leman and Whitaker have agreed,
to strike out the vacant fifth station, and alter the XVI on each side to
XII, which in the first place would agree to the whole distance between
Little-Chester and Chesterfield, and in the second to the particular dis-
tance of Pentrich from both of them ; though this last circumstance seems
to have escaped Whitaker's notice, ihe iter wuukl tlieu sutiid thus : ■ —

XVI Supposed Chesterfield.

XII Supposed Pentrich.

XII Little-Chester.

" I should, therefore, without much hesitation, be inclined to rank the
camp at rentrich among the Derbyshire stations, as noticed by Richard
in his 1 8 th Iter.

" As to the Roman camp in the gardens of the village, which Pegge
states as so plainly to be seen from the hill above Castleton in the Peak,
it may have been either a summer camp for the garrison of Brough, or
constructed here as a check to the old works on Mam-Tor, which King and
others call Roman, but which I should rather suppose British, as w^e find
circumstances exactly similar at Burrinswark in Scotland, and at the foot of
the great British camp on Borough-hill near Daventry.

" The camp on Combe-Moss, four miles from Buxton, which Major
Rooke is said to have discovered, may in like manner have been a summer,
or an exploratory camp to that station ; but this antiquary was too apt
to suppose all the camps he saw, however irregular in their shape, to be
Roman, and he has not left us the slightest description of it to form our
opinion on the subject." W. C.

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Saxon. — Of the ecclesiastical edifices of Derbyshire, the cr}-pt under
the parish church of Repton claims the first notice ; there being good
reason to suppose, that it was a part of the conventual church, destroyed by
the Danes, who wintered here at this place in the year 874; at which time
Edburga, daughter of Adulph, King of the East- Angles, was abbess of
Repton. There have been three entrances to this crypt by flights of steps,
one on the north side, now open ; and two on the west, which appear to
have communicated with the church. It is nearly a square of seventeen
feet, the roof being vaulted with circular arches, supported by four
columns of less massy proportions than those of the later Saxon archi-
tecture, the capitals are very plain and square, the bases round, without
any mouldings : the shafts are wreathed in different directions.

Melbourne church is a very perfect specimen of the iTkassy style of archi-
tecture which prevailed in the eleventh century ; a plan and sections of
this churcli were published by the Society of Antiquaries, in tlie tliirteenth
volume of the Archasologia, from drawings by the late William Wilkins,
Esq., who conjectured that it was erected by King Ethelred, in the seventh
century. We cannot but think that he has referred this edifice to too early
a period, as its style by no nnenr.« acccirHs with that of the buildings, which,
on the best evidence, are supposed to have been erected in the Saxon
times ; of which the conventual church at Ely, and the crypt at Repton,
are those, whose dates are, perhaps, the best authenticated ; but it coin-
cides with that of the ecclesiastical edifices, which we know to have been
built about the time of the Norman conquest.

Melbourne church has undergone little alteration, except in the lower
range of windows, which have been enlarged ; it consists of a nave
and side aisles, separated by massy pillars, some of the capitals of which
are ornamented with foliage and figures of animals, others with crosses :
the arches are circular, ornamented with zig-zag mouldings. Between
the nave and chancel is a large square tower, the upper part of which
is more modern, with pointed windows ; at the east end of each aisle
is a chantry. The east end of the chancel and that of each of the
chantries, Mr. Wilkins observes, appear to have been originally cia--
cular ; they are now all square, with Gothic windows. The entrance

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at the west end of the church consists of three porticos, with groined
roofs, divided by arches from the nave, having chambers over them ;
Mr. Wilkins supposes these to be the porticus of the Saxon churches,
described by Bede. Tlie whole length of Melbourne church, within the
walls, is 133 feet, the width 44 feet 9 inches. A specimen of the archi-
tecture of the nave is shewn in the annexed plate.

The desecrated church of Steetley exhibits a very complete specimen of
the later and more enriched style of Saxon architecture, on a small scale.
It is quite entire except the roof, and has undergone no alteration except
in one of the windows on the south side, which has been enlarged. It con-
sists of a nave and chancel, each 26 feet in length ; the east end being cir-
cular and vaulted : the ribs of the arches, and the capitals of the half pillars,
from which they spring, are much enriched with various mouldings, gro-
tesque heads', foliage, and other ornaments. A cornice, supported by-
brackets, ornamented with roses, heads, &c. runs round the upper part of
the building on the outside. The circular part at the east end, has also a
fascia of foliage running round it, about the middle of the building ; and is
besides enriched with pilasters in the Saxon style. The arch of the south
door-way is ornamented with zig-zag mouldings and heads ; the shafts of
the pillars are covered with sculptured foliage and other ornaments, in the
style of the south door- way of Ely cathedral.

Considerable remains of Saxon architecture are to be spen in the churches
of Alsop-in-the-Dale, Ashford, Di-adbiim, Ilakewell, Bolsover, Boulton,
Brailsford, Brassington, Clown, Darley, Heath, Halt-Hucknall % Hog-
naston, Keddleston, Killamarsh, Kirk-Ireton, Ockbrook, Parwich, Sandi-
acre, Stanton, Swarkston, Tissington, Thorp, Whit well, Longford,
"Willington, Winster, and Youlgrave. The south door-ways of those of
Ashford, Hognaston, Keddleston, and Swarkston have rude sculptures in
bas-relief within the circular arch : of Bradburn and Whitwell churches, the
towers at the west-end are in this style of architecture. At the west-end
of Bakewell church is a large arch, very richly ornamented with Saxon
mouldings and grotesque heads : on the sides of this arch are some re-
mains of small interlaced arches.

Thirteenth Cenlurij. — The specimens of the early Gothic architecture
which occur in Derbyshire are few, and by no means remarkable. The
chancels of Bakewell, Marston-upon-Dove, and Doveridge churches are in

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this style, as is Breadsall Church, which is a handsome edifice, with an
embattled tower, supporting a spire at the west end. In the ruins of Stid
chapel are clustered pillars with foliated capitals, and the windows which
remain are lancet-sha{)ed.

Fourteenth Century. — Tideswell church is a large uniform building, in
the form of a cross : the nave and aisles are separated by clustered pillars
and pointed arches. At the west end is a tower, with four embattled tur-
rets, terminating in pinnacles, ornamented with crockets. The altar-piece
is of stone, enriched with two tabernacles ; and on each side of the east
window, over the altar, is an ornamented niche. John Foljambe, who died
in 1358, and whose monument is in Tideswell church, is said to have been
a principal contributor to the erection of that edifice. The chancels of
Norbury, Dronfield, and Sandiacre churchRs exhibit fine specimens of this
style. That of Norbury church has large handsome windows, with much
of the original painted glass remaining in them.

Remains of the architecture of this century are to be seen in the
churches of Mackworth and Marston-upon-Dove : there is a very ele-
gant window, with a niche on each side, at the east end of the north
aisle of Mackworth church ; and in the north wall of the same aisle
is an arch, with a richly ornamented canopy over it, between two win-
dows. Spondon church is a handsome building in the style of this
century.

Fifteenth and SLvteenth Centuries. — There are no remains of the eccle-
siastical architecture of these centuries worthy of particular notice, except
the" tower of All-Saints' church at Derby, which has been generally and
deservedly admired : it is about 1 50 feet in height, and richly ornamented
with Gothic tracing; that of the battlements being pierced.'' On a, fascia,
running round three sides of the tower, is this inscription, in text hand —
" Young men and maydens."

Painted Glass. — There are some remains of painted glass in the churches
of Ashborne, Bradley, Dronfield, Egginton, Halt-Hucknall, Sandiacre, and
Sutton ; but none of sufficient consequence to merit particular notice.
In the churches of JVIorley and Norbury, the remains are considerable :
those in the chancel of the latter, are in a very good taste ; and evidently
coeval with the building, which is in the style of the fourteenth century.

'' The elevation of the west side of this tower is given in the annexed plate.

Specimens

ccxxii DERBYSHIRE.

Specimens, selected from different windows, are shown in the annexed
plate.

In the north aisle of Morley church are four windows, occupying nearly
the whole of the north side, filled with painted glass, said to have been
brought from Dale- Abbey, at the time of the dissolution; and con-
sisting of various legendary subjects, in small compartments, with inscrip-
tions in text-hand. Both the figures and inscriptions are a good deal mu-
tilated ; but the subject of several of them, which appear to have belonged
to a connected series, may still be made out. They relate to a tradition
that, on a dispute between the canons at Depedale and the keepers of the
forest, the King granted to the canons as much land as, betwiJ^t two suns,
could be encircled with a plough drawn by stags, which were to be caught
from the forest. Under one of the compartments is this inscription —
" Go whom and yowke tliem, and take y' ground t' y^ plooe ;" and under
another — " Here Saynt Robert plooyth wyth the " In the east win-
dow is a figure of St. Ursula, crowned, and surrounded with glory ; and
beneath her, two angels, holding the virgins in a cloth ; with this in-
scription on a label — " Scd Ursula, cum at mill, rirginum, ascendens in
caelum."

Rood-lofts, Screens, and Stone Stalls. — In Ashborne church is a very
perfect rood-loft and screen, and at Ilkeston a stone screen of the rood-
loft, in the style of the thirteenth century. In Chelmorton church is a
stone screen, with quatrefoils at the top ; and the lower part of one in
Bakewell church. In Elvaston church is an elegant Gothic screeti of
the rood-loft ; and in the chapel at Hayfield an entire rood-loft, the tipper
part of wliich is modernized, and has a modern painting of the crucifixion,
and St. Mary, and St. John.

In each of the churches of Braiisford, Breadsall, Church-Broughton, Dron-
field, Ilkeston, Langley, Longford, Sandiacre, and Spondon, are three stone
stalls, of equal height. Those of Dronfield and Sandiacre are richly orna-
mented, in the style of the fourteenth century, and there is a pisci7ia adjoin-
ing eacli, in the same style.'' In Baslow, Denby, and Whitwell churches
are two stone stalls : those at Whitwell are richly ornamented in the style of
the fourteenth century. In the chancel of Chaddesden church is a single
stone stall, with a piscina; and a single one also in the north, and another
in the south aisle of the sauve church.

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'Ancient Fonts. — There are few of the Derbyshire fonts that are worthy
of notice, except that in Ashover church, which is of lead, and apparently
very ancient, being in the Saxon style : it is two feet one inch in width,
and one foot in height ; and is placed on a stone pedestal of more modern
date. This font is ornamented with twenty figures of men, in flowing
drapery, each holding a book in his left hand ; and differing only in the
position of the head, and of the right hand, which is more or less elevated
in different figures : they are all very rudely executed in bas-relief, and
stand under circular arches, separated by slender pilhirs. The fonts in
Kirk-Hallam and Osmaston churches are circular : the former being orna-
mented with tracery of semicircular interlaced arches; the latter with
tracery of circular arches and toliage. Those in VVinster unci Mellor
churches are large and circular, ornamented with rude sculptures in bas-
relief. Melbourne font is in the form of a basin, standing on four legs " ;
that in Bakewell church is large, and in the Gothic style, ornamented with
figures, very rudely executed, in bas-relief.

Ancient Sepulchral Monuments. — The most ancient sepulchral monu-
ment which occurs in this county, is one recently discovered on the west
side of Repton church yard, a figure of which is annexed. It much re-
sembles in form, and the style of its rude ornaments, the two stones in
Penrith church-yard in Cumberland, forming part of tlie ancient monument
called the " Giant's grave ;" and is no doubt to be referred to the period
when the Saxon monasteiy existed at Repton.

Of the ancient cfiavestones, without inscriptions, having crosses-floree,
&c. engraved on them, many are to be seen in the Derbyshiie churches ;
in the porch of Darley church is one with a rich cross-floree, bugle horn,
and sword '' ; in the chancel of Stavely church, one with the cross-floree,
and sword : another of the same kind over a window in the north aisle of
Parwich church ; in the chancel of Chellaston church, one with a cross-
floree and a chalice.

Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries. — In the south transept of Darley
church is the effigies of a crusader, with curled hair and beard, carved in
stone, holding a heart in his hand; at his feet is a large rose. In the
middle of the chancel of Ilkeston church, is an altar-tomb with the effigies
of a crusader, in stone, whose shield is charged with a fesse, Vaire,
between three leopards' heads jessant des, lys, reversed. In Melbourne
church, under an obtuse arch in the south wall of the south aisle, is the

" Archaeologia, vol.xiii. pl.22. ^ See the annexed plate, fig-3-

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ccxxiv DERBYSHIRE.

mutilated effigies of a crusader, in mail and surcoat, with a bandeau of
jewels round his head ; on his shield are the arms of Melbourne, a
chevron between three escallop shells. Under an ogee arch on the out-
side of the chancel of the same church, against the south wall, is the effigies
of a crusader in stone, in mail and surcoat, with a large angular shield, and
a lion at his feet. In the chancel of Norbury church is the effigies of a
crusader, in the act of drawing his sword.

On the floor of the cliancel in Keddleston church, on removing two
circular pieces of wood, about a foot below the surface, appear the head
of a knight in mail armour, and that of his lady in veil and wimple j
sculptured in pretty high relief; part of their hands also appear joined in
the attitude of praying : each ot these sculptures is inclosed within a quatre-
foil. In the year i8io, the stones above being removed, it appeared that
these quatrefbils, and the heads within them, were cut on a large grave-
stone, four feet wide and ten inches thick, without any inscription.

In the nave of Brampton church is a very curious sepulchral monu-
ment, apparently of the thirteenth century, which was discovered more
than a century ago, on digging a grave '^, and is now placed upright against
the wall of the nave. Within a quatrefoil at one end of the stone, is
the upper part of a female figure, holding a heart in her hand % sculptured
in bas-relief J at the other end, her feet and the lower part of her drapery
appear, as through an oblong opening.'' On one side of the quatrefoil,
is a cross-floree. On the flat part of the stone this inscription appears,
cut in very fair Lombardic capitals, " Hie jacet Matilda le Cans, orate
pro anima ej' pat' nost'." " Though the inscription is perfect, it is un-
certain for whom this monument was designed : it seems probable, how-
ever, that it was a person of no less consequence, tlian Matilda the heiress
of the barony of Cauz, who died in the eighth year of King Henry III. ;
as there is reason to suppose, that Peter de Brampton, who then held
the manor of Brampton, was her son ; his grandson having assumed the
name of De Caus. As the head-dress represented on this monument does
not appear to be of so early a period as the beginning of the reign of
King Henry III., it is not improbable that it might have been inscribed
to her memory, several years after her death, by her son, or one of his
descendants.

^ Bassano's Church Notes. ' The arras of Caus were three hearts.

I" This mode of exhibiting parts of the figure, through quatrefoil openings, hardly occurs,
we believe, except among the ancient gravestones of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.
Several of thera may be seen engraven in Thoroton's History of Nottingharasliire.

' See the plate of Ancient Sepulchral Monuments, at p. ccxxiii. fig. 2.

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In Scarcliffe church is a monument representing the effigies of a lady,
in a long gown and mantle, with a rich coronet on her head, holding
a child in her left arm, with a lion for her pillow, and some other animal
at her feet. On a long scroll, held by the child, is the following inscrip-
tion in Leonine verses, engraved in Lombardic capitals " :

" Hie su\b humo strata tn'\uUer jacet tumulata
Constans et grata, Constancia Jure vocata,
Cu genvtrice data proles requiescit humata.
Quanquam pecc[^ata capiti ej'Jus sint cumulata,
Crimine purgata cum prole Johanne beata
Vivat, prefata sanctorum sede locata. Amen."

It is most probable that this lady was one of the baronial family of
Frecheville, which possessed the manor of Scarcliffe for several generations,
till it was forfeited to the crown in 1275, by Adam de Frecheville, who had
joined the rebellious barons.

At Repton is a gravestone, found in tlip ypar 1749, in the ruins of the
monastery, with an imperfect inscription round the edge in Lombardic
capitals, in Leonine verses, the first of which Dr. Pegge reads thus", " Ra-
dulphum gratum lapis iste tegit humatum."

In Croxall church, among several alabaster gravestones, with engraved
effigies of the Cur^on family, is one of John Curzon, Esq., and his wife,
A.D. 1350. He is represented in plate-armour, with a pointed helmet.
In the chancel of Elmton church is a gravestone, with a cross-floree en-
graved on it, and this inscription in text-hand, " Orate pro aid Rob'ti
Berbi . . ."

In Bakewell church, against an arch on the south side of the nave, is the
monument of Sir Godfrey Foljambe, who died in 1376, and his lady (Avena),
who died in 1383, with half-length figures, smaller than life, carved in ala-
baster in alto-relievo, under a canopy : he is represented in a pointed hel-
met, and plate-armour ; over his head is a shield, with the arms of Foljambe,
a bend between six escallop-shells ; and over the lady a shield of arms,
being semee of fleurs-de-lis. In the vestry, within the south transept of the
same church is a monument, with the effigies, in alabaster, of a knight in
plate-armour, mail gorget, and pointed helmet, with a richly-ornamented
bandeau, his pillow being supported by angels : this is supposed to be

** A small part of the scroll is broken off; the portion of inscription which it contained is
here printed between crotchets, from a copy of the inscription restored by John Ashbridge,
Esq., of Trinity College, Cambridge. There can be little doubt of the restoration being cor«
rect, as it is proved both by the metre and the rhyme.

= MSS. in the Heralds' College.

Vol. V. f f the

ccxxvi DERBYSHIRE.

the monument of Sir Tliomas Wendesley, or Wensley, who was mortally
wounded at the battle of Shrewsbury/

In the north transept of Ashborne church, is a large embattled altar-tomb,
enriched on the sides with quatrefoils and shields of arms. On the top are
two effigies in alabaster ; the one of a knight in plate-armour, with pointed
helmet, having his arms, three cocks, expressed on his breast, a lion
at his feet, and angels supporting his pillow : the other of an old man in a
close cap, with a short beard, habited in a tunic, with a robe falling over
his left shoulder; a purse and a dagger attached to his girdle, and
a dog at his feet. This monument was evidently intended for some of the
Cokaine family ; and it is probable that the effigies in armour is that of
John Cokaine, Esq., who was some time knight of the shire, and died in
1373. In the same transept is another altar-tomb of alabaster, with the effi-
gies of a knight of the same family, and his lady : the sides are much en-
riched with Gothic tracery, and figures of angels holdmg shields of arms.
The knight is in plate-armoui, with a collar of S.S. ; under his head is a
helmet, with his crest (a cock's headj and lamberquin. The lady is dressed
in a close gown and mantle, with the reticulated head-dress.

In the chancel of Dronfield church is a gravestone, with the effigies of
two priests engraved on brass plates ; they are habited in ropes, the borders
of which are ornamented with quatrefoils : between them is the figure of a
bugle-horn, and under them these inscriptions in text-hand : — " Hicjacet
D?uis Thomas Gomfrey de Wo7^mhull quod'. Rector ecc'lie de Drotrfield qui
obiit ii° die mensis Octob'. anno Domini M.CCC.Ij^o^xj: nono." — " Hicjacet
Dns Ricus Gomfrey quddd Rector eccl'ie de I denhall et P'bendari' de Somer-
shall in Capella Regis de Penkcriche etfrat' D'ct Thome qui obiit an° Dom'i
Millo CCC .... quorum animarum^ ^c."

In Longford church are several ancient monuments of the Longford
family, who possessed the manor for more than three centuries. One of
these is an altar-tomb, under a richly-ornamented arch, at the east end of
the south aisle ; on which lies the effigies of a knight, in plate-armour, mail
gorget, and pointed helmet, with a collar of S.S., his hands being joined in
the attitude of prayer : under his head is a large helmet with the crest of
Longford, which here much resembles three mushrooms.*^ Near this mo-
nument is another effigies of a knight, in plate-armour and mail gorget,
with the arms of Longford on his breast, carved in alabaster. At the end

"^ In Bassano's Church Notes, it is mentioned, that a bend Gules (part of the arms of
Wendesley) appeared in a shield on the side of this monument.

' See p. cxxxvi. where the several varieties of this crest are figured as thej' appear in the
pedigrees of the family.

DERBYSHIRE. ccxxvii

of the north aisle, in the same church, is an altar-tomb, enriched with shields
of the arms of Longford, &c. ; on it lies the effigies of a knight in plate-
armour, with a richly-ornamented lielmet, surrounded with a bandeau, on
the front of which is inscribed, in text-hand, " Ihc."

In the church of Newton-Solney are two ancient monuments of the
Solney family : one of them, being the effigies of a knight in mail and
surcoat, his feet resting on two foliated brackets, with his left hand
on his breast, his right hand on his sword, carved in stone, has been re-
moved from the nave, into a lumber-room on the north side of the chancel.
The other is under an arch in the north wall of the chancel, being the
effigies of a knight in plate-armour, with mail gorget, carved in alabaster,
with angels supporting his pillow, and a lion at his feet.

Against the east wall of the chancel of Barlborough church, is a slab of
alabaster, with the effigies of a lady carved in bas-relief; she appears habited
in a close-bodied gown and mantle, with a veil. At her feet is a shield of
arms, and one on each side of hei head . tliat at the dexter corner of the
stone is charged with a saltire ; that at the sinister corner, with a bend be-
tween six martlets. The inscription is now nearly effaced ; about a century
ago, the following words appear, from Bassano's Church Notes, to have

been legible, " Hie jacet .... Johanne Jil her .... Willielmi Four-

mval . . . . ;" from which it appears to have been the monument of Joan,
wife of Sir Thomas Nevil, Knight^, who in her right became Lord Furnival :
she died about the year 1399.

On the north side of the nave in Cubley church, is an altar-tomb of ala-
baster, enriched with figures of angels holding shields. On the top is the
effigies of a knight in plate armour, with a rich bandeau round his helmet :
on his forehead are the letters •' Ihc" in text-hand, and under his head a
large helmet. This no doubt was intended for one of the Montgomery
family, whicli possessed the manor of Cubley from the twelfth to the six-
teenth century.

Under a richly-ornamented arch, on the north side of the chancel of
Shirland church, lies the mutilated effigies of a knight in plate-armour,
richly ornamented with scrolls of foliage. The side of the monument is
covered with shields of arms ; among which are several of the family of
Grey of Shirland, ancestors of the Lords Grey de Wilton, who possessed
the manor of Shirland for several generations. It is probable that this was
the monument of Sir Henry Grey, who died 19 Ric. II.

* This monument appears to have been removed from Radford Priory in Nottinghamshire,
see p. 44.

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ccxxviii DERBYSHIRE,

Fifteenth Century. — In Chellaston church is a gravestone, with a cross
floree, and the date of" 1405.

On a step of the altar in Morley church is the following inscription, in
text-hand, on a brass plate : — " Oratip' ai'abus Godithe de Stathwn, d'ne de

Morley, et Ricardi jUii sui, qui capanile istud et eccViam fieri feceft

quibus tenent' anno d'ni MiUi'mo CCCC. tercio."

In Muffffinton church, under an arch between the chancel and the north
aisle, is an altar-tomb, with brass plates on the sides, representing angels
holding shields of arms. On the slab, which is of Purbeck marble, is the
effigies of a knight, in plate-armour and collar of S. S., bare-headed, with a
very long sword ; having a helmet under his head, with his crest (a fox), and
lamberquin ; and that of his lady habited in a long gown and mantle, with
flowing hair and a bandeau of roses, with figures of five sons and one daughter,
beneath them, all engraved on brass plates. The inscription is now nearly
gone ; in Bassano's Church Notes, taken about a century ago, the following

is given as then remaining : — " Richus Knyveton dns de Mercaston

et Underwood, et Johanna uxor ejus, qui quidem Richus ohiit . ... die

A. Domini MCCCC. quor' &;c."

At the east end of the south aisle of Dronfield church is an altar-tomb
of alabaster enriched with figures of angpls holding shields. Upon it lies
the effigies of a knight in plate-armour, without a helmet, in the style of
the fifteenth century.

On the north side of the chancel of Hathersage church is an altar-tomb,
with brass plates, on which are engraved the effigies of a man in plate-
armour, with a long sword, and of his lady in a veiled head-dress ; and
figures of eleven sons and three daughters, with their Christian names.
Under the effigies is the following inscription : — '« Hie jacet Robertus
Eyre armiger qui obiit xjci die mensis Marcii anno Millimo CCCC°lix, et
Johria uxor ejus qui obiit ix" die mensis Marcii a° dni Millimo CCCC.lxiii ac
pueri eorudem quor' S^c."

Under the arch, between the nave and north transept of Norbury church,
is a rich altar tomb of alabaster, enriched with elegant Gothic tracery, and
figures in bas-relief, of ladies holding shields. On the top are the effigies
of a knight and his lady ; he appears bare headed, in plate armour, with a
lion at his feet ; the lady, in the veiled and reticulated head dress, with
angels supporting her pillow, and two little dogs at her feet." Under the
arch of the south transept in the same church, is an altar-tomb of alabaster,
the sides of which are much enriched with figures in bas-relief. On it lies

" See the annexed plate.

the

DERBYSHIRE. ccxxix

the effigies of a knight, in richly ornamented plate armour, bare-headed •
with a collar of roses and a lion at his feet. These two monuments are of
the Fitzherbert family, which has possessed the manor of Norbury for
several centuries.

On an altar tomb on the north side of the chancel in Swarkston church,
is a gravestone of alabaster, with the engraved effigies of a man in plate
armour, with a greyhound at his feet ; and of his lady, with a dog under
each foot, and figures of seven sons and as many daughters : round the
verge of the stone is the following inscription : — "John Roliston, Esquier,
sutyme Lord of Swarston, dysseysyd the iij day of Deceber in ye zere of
our Lord the MCCCClxxxij ; and Susane his wife, dysseysyd the 23" of
December, ye yeare of our Lord MCCCClx & v, on whose soules God
have mercy."

On the north side of the chancel in West-Hallam Church is an altar-
tomb, with the effigies of a man in plate armour, having a shield of arms on
each side of his head (a fesse between three cinquefbils, impaling a spread
eagle), with this inscription : — " Hicj^cet Tomas Powtrell, armig' quondam
dris istiiis ville (w patron' istiits ecclie' qui obiit xxii'ij die Augusti A° dni
M°.CCCC°lxxjiiiij, cuj\ S^c"

In Hatliersage cliuitli is a, wooden tablet hanging upon the north wall
with brass plates gilt, containing the effigies of a man in armour, bare-
headed, and his lady, with this inscription: — "Orate pro animabus venerabilis
viri magistri Radulphi Eyre quondam de Offerton in Com. Derbi generosi
et Elisab. uxoris ejus, qui quidem Radulphus obiit a no Doni. 1493.

In the chancel of Bakewell church is an altar-tomb of alabaster, enriched
with figures in bas-relief in niches; round the slab on the top is this in-
scription : — " Hie jacet Jokes Vernon Jilius et heres Henrici Vernon qui
obiit xii die mensis Augusti A° drii M'""CCCC'lra:vii, cuj.' <§-c.'*

In Doveridge church is an alabaster gravestone, with the engraved
effigies of Ralph Okeover, Esq., who died A.D. 1495, ^""^ -Agnes his wife ;
he is represented in plate armour, bare-headed, with his helmet under
his head.

Under an arch on the north side of the chancel of Aston church is an
altar-tomb of alabaster; enriched with figures, in bas-relief) of angels hold-
ing shields of arms ; that at the head of the monument has a chevron
engrailed, between three escallop shells, impaling, a chevron between
three crescents. On the tomb is the effigies of a man in a round cap
and gown, having a dog at his feet ; with his left hand holding the right
hand of his wife, who is represented in a long gown, with a dog at her
feet.

ccxxx DERBYSHIRE.

In the chancel of" Fenny-Bentley church is the monunient of Thomas
Beresford, Esq., who died A.D. 1473, being an altar-tomb with figures of
two bodies enclosed in shrouds, and of twenty-one similar ones on the side
and end of the monument, fox sixteen sons and five daughters, with a long
inscription in Latin hexameter verses.^

In the nave of Radborne church is the monument of one of the Pole
family, with his effigies in alabaster, in plate armour, with collar of S. S.
bare-headed, having his helmet with crest and lamberquin under his head ;
and the effigies of his lady habited in a long gown and mantle. At the end
of the north aisle of the same church is an altar-tomb of alabaster, enriched
with figures of angels holding shields ; on the slab is engraved the figures
of a judge and his lady, under canopies, with an inscription in text-hand,
of which the following fragment remains : — Hie jacet Radulphus Pole . . .

.... et Johan' uxor " This Ralph Pole was made one of the

Justices of the King's Bench, A.D. 1452.

In the middle of the chancel of Tideswell church is an altar-tomb, the
sides of which being open, the figure of an emaciated corps lying on a
winding-sheet appears, carved in stone ; on the top is a slab of Purbeck
marble, inlaid with orass plates, v^ontoining engraved figures of God the
Father, and the symbols of the evangelists, with inscriptions on scrolls ;
round the verge of the stone is a long inscription on a fillet of brass, from
which it appears that this is the monument of Sampson Meverell, who died
in 1462.^

In the south transept of Kedleston church is an altar- tomb, with the
effigies, in alabaster, of a knight of the Curzon family and his lady ; he is in
plate armour and collar of S. S. with strait hair, his helmet lying under his
head ; at one end of the monument are figures of seven sons and as many
daughters. In the same place is the effigies of another knight in plate-
armour and collar of S. S., bare-headed, carved in alabaster, lying on the
floor.

In Hartshorn church is a slab of alabaster, with the engraved figure of a
knight in the armour of the fifteenth century, and that of his lady.

In Ashborne church, under an arch between the nave and the south
transept is an altar-tomb of alabaster, enriched on the sides with figures of
angels holding shields ; on it lies^ the mutilated effigies of a man in armour
with strait hair, and his lady in a close gown and mantle, with a rich
bandeau round her head.

' See the Parochial History, p. 48. * Ibid, p. 277.

DERBYSHIRE. ccxxxi

In the north aisle of All Saints church in Derby is a slab of alabaster,
now placed upright against a pew, with the effigies of an ecclesiastic, under
a rich Gothic canopy, holding a patten in his left hand, his right hand being
elevated ; with this inscription round the edge of the stone : — •' Subtus
me jacet Johannes Lawe quondam ca?io?ilcus ecclesie collegiate omniu Scar'

Derby ac Subdecanus ejusdem, qui obiit anno dni Millimo CCCC'^°

ciff.' S^c."

Under an arch on the south side of the chancel of Morley church is an
altar-tomb, with a slab of Purbeck marble, on which are the effigies of a
knight, in the armour of the fifteenth century, between his two ladies,
engraved on brass plates. Over his head is a figure of St. Christopher ;
over the ladies are figures of St. Mary and St. Anne, with inscriptions on
Scrolls, — " See Cristofere, S^c. ora p' nob." Under the effigies is this
inscription : — Orafe p' aiab' lliome Stathum milit' nup' dni hujus ville q*
obiit xxvii die Jidii A° dni M.CCCClxx" et dne Elisabeth uxis ef Jilie
Rob'ti Langley Armigeri, ac TJiomasine alterius tixoris ei' Jilie Johis Curson
Armigeri quor' <^c" In the same church, •under an ornamented arch on
the south side of the chancel, is an altar- tomb with hi ass plates, on which
are engraved the offigioc of licmy Chatham, who died A. D. 148 1, and his
three wives.

In the chancel of the same church is a gravestone inlaid with brass plates,
on which are engraved the effigies of a man in plate-armour, bare-headed,
kneeling on his helmet, and of his lady in a long gown and veiled head-
dress, in the attitude of prayer, with labels proceeding from each, inscribed
*' See Xp^ofere ora pro nobis " over them is a figure of St. Christopher,
and under them this inscription : — " Here lieth John Stathum, squyer,
sometyme lorde of thys towne, and Cecily his wyfe, which yaf to yis church
iij belles, & ordeyned iij' iiij'' yerely for brede to be done in almes among
pou'e folk of y' piscli 1 ye obiit of dame Godith sometyme lady of y'
towne; the said John dyed the vi day of November, ye yere of our Lord
MCCCCliiij, and the said Cecily died the xxv day of April, the yere of our
Lord MCCCCxliiij, of whose sowles God have mercy. Amen."

In the chancel of Little-Wilne church is a large alabaster gravestone,
with engraved effigies of a man in plate-armour, bare-headed ; and liis
wife, having her hands crossed on her breast. Round the edge of the stone
is this inscription : — " Hicjacent Hugo Willughby de Risley armig' et Isa-
bella ux' ei' Jilia Gervasii Clifton, milit' qui obiit xii die mensis Septebr' amio
dni Milliu CCCC lxxxxi° et Isabella obiit Hi die mensis Mail a?ino dni
Millio. CCCC Ivii quor\" kc.

Sixteenth

ccxxxii DERBYSHIRE.

Sixteenth Century. — In the chancel of Alfreton churcli is a tablet inlaid
with brass plates, on which are engraved the effigies of John Ormond, Esq.,
who died A. D. 1503 ; and Joan his wife, who died A. D. 1507.

At the north end of the north transept of Ashborne church is a large
altar-tomb enriched with Gothic tracery and shields ; on the top is a slab of
alabaster, with the engraved effigies of a man in plate armour, bare-headed,
his helmet and crest under his head ; his lady in the angular head dress ; on
a scroll across the figures is an inscription, in verse, in text hand ", from
whicli it appears that this is the monument of Sir Thomas Cokaine, whose
will bears date 28 Hen. VIII. There is another altar tomb in the same
place, with the effigies engraved on brass plates, of Francis, son of Sir
Thomas Cokaine, and his wife.

In the north transept of Darley church is an alabaster gravestone placed
against the wall, with the effigies of John Rollesley, Esq., who died A.D.
15 14, and Elizabeth his wife ; and another in memory of one of the same
name, and his wife, the date of which is not filled up.

In the south aisle of Chellaston church is an alabaster gravestone, with
the effigies of an ecclesiastic in a cope, in the attitude of prayer, under a

canopy, inscribed — •' tiawti-jiv > q^ianrlnm. mppRnnua hujus ec-

clesice A° dni M.D. xjciii. cuj.' Sgc."

In the chancel of Chesterfield church is a gravestone of alabaster, with
the effigies of an ecclesiastic engraved on it, habited in a cope, with
a chalice on one side of him, and a book on the other ; round the stone
is the following inscription : — " Hie jacet dominus Jokes Pypys capellan.
glide see' crucis, qui obiit viii die mensis Julii anjio .... Millo' .... xi.
. . cuj . . ."

In the south wall of the south aisle of Barrow church, under an arch, is
the effigies of an ecclesiastic, in rich drapery, now set upright.

In the south transept of Bakewell church is an altar-tomb, enriched with
figures, in bas relief, of ladies holding shields of arms ; on it lies the effigies
of a knight in plate armour and surcoat, with straight hair and a long beard,
having a double chain about his neck. From the inscription it appears to
be the monument of Sir George Vernon, Knt. who died A.D. 1561.

In the north aisle of the chancel of Duffield church is the monument of
Sir Roger Minors, of Windle-hill, and his lady ; being a rich altar-tomb of
alabaster, ornamented on the side with figures of friers carved in bas-rehef,
and at the end with angels holding shields of arms. On the tomb is the

" See Parochial History, p. 8. note. ' " Barredon," Bassano's Notes.

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effigies of a knight, bare-headed, in plate armour ; with collar of S. S. ;
under his head is his helmet with crest and lamberquin. The lady is in a
gown and mantle, with the angular head dress, having a little dog on each
side of her feet. The following fragment of the inscription, containing the
date, remains, — " . . . . dni M°CCCCC xxxiif quor\ ^c." A tablet over the
monument says, that "it was repaired in the year 1732 by a private friend,
out of regard to the worthy family of Robert Mynors, of Triagoe in Here-
fordshire, Esq."

In Etwall church is the gravestone of Henry Porte, Esq., who died A. D.
151 2, and his wife and seventeen children, with effigies engraved on brass
plates; and the monument of Sir John Porte, who was made one of the
Justices of the King's Bench, A.D. 1533, being an altar-tomb, the sides
of which are enriched with Gothic tracery, shields of arms, &c. Between
two oblong openings, in the slab of the monument, appear figures of the
judge and his two wives; smaller than life.

On the south side of the chancel in Etwall church is an altar-tomb, en-
riched with Gothic tracery, having over it a canopy of Purbeck marble. At
the back of the monument are brass plates, on which are engraved the effi-

gie-S uf a knight and hie tviro ladico, aiiU HVC Children, With thja hiooription :

" Under this tombe lyeth buryed the bodye of Syr John Porte, Knyght,
Sonne and heyre unto S.yr John Porte, one of the Justyces of ye Kynge's-
bench, at Westmynster. Elsebeth and Dorothe, wyves to the same Syr
John Porte the sonne, whych sonne dyed the syxt day of June, anno
d'ni. I557-"

In Langley church, at the east end of the north aisle, is an altar-tomb,
with the effigies of a man, in armour, and his wife, under canopies, with
this inscription : — " Hie jacent Hemic' Pole armig' Imf ecctie patron' et
Dorothea uxor ei qui quide Henrtc' obiit tertio die me sis Februarii an" dni
M''V°lviijcuj', ^x."

On a large gravestone in the nave of Norbury church are the effigies
engraved on brass plates, of Sir Anthony Fitzherbert, one of the Justices of
the Common Pleas, who died A.D. 1538, and his lady. He is represented
in a robe, with a roll in his hand, she in a mantle ornamented with her
arms. Only the following small fragments of the inscription remain : —
" men benche and sometyme Lorde and patron of this town

of Richard Coton, of Hampstall Rydware "

In the chancel of Morley church is an altar-tomb, on which are the effigies
of a knight and his lady engraved on brass plates, with this inscription : —

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" Hie jacent corpora Henrici Sachev'ell de Morley in comitatu Derbie mitil
et Isabella ua;oris ejus qui guide Henric* obiit xxi die Julii A" dni
M°CCCCC°lviij."

In the chancel of Tideswell church is the monument of Robert Purs-
glove, Bishop of Hull, who died A.D. 1579, being a plain altar-tomb on
which is a large slab of black marble, with the effigies of the Bishop in his
pontificals, and a long inscription in English verse."

Remains of Monastic Buildings.

The only monastic buildings in this county, of which any remains at
present exist, are Dale- Abbey, Beauchief-Abbey, Repton-Priory, and the
Preceptory at Yevely alias Stidd. Of Dale- Abbey there were considerable
remains in the year 1727, when Buck's views were taken '; but no part
now exists except the arch of the east window of the church. Part of the
church of Beauchief-Abbey is now used as a chapel, having been fitted up
for that purpose in the reign of King Charles II. Part of the church of
the original SctAou monastery of Kepton, lu Uc occu in ilie crypt under
the parish church, has been already noticed "", and other remains appear
in a vaulted chamber under the school- room : an ancient brick tower "
part of the prior's lodging, must have been erected in the reign of
King Henry VI. ; as the rebus of Prior Overton, appears on the beams
of the lower room, now the kitchen of the school-house : some remains of
the priory church, founded in the year 1172, have been discovered in a
garden adjoining the school-house. The remains of the chapel of Yevely
otherwise Stidd are noticed under the head of Ancient Church Archi-
tecture."

Ancient Stone Crosses and Pillars.

On Ludworth common, near Mellor, is a flat stone about eight feet long
and three feet six inches wide, and nearly two feet thick, approaching in

" See page 278, note. • Buck's Antiq. vol. i. pi. 57.

•" See p. coxix, " See a figure of this tower in the plate, p. ccxxxvi.

" See p. ccxxl.

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form to an oval ; on which formerly stood two stone pillars, fixed in round
sockets, and tapering upwards. When we visited this ancient monument,
in the year 1810, only part of one of them remained in its original position ;
this was two feet six inches in height, and twenty inches in diameter at the
top : the upper part, two feet six inches in length, had been broken off,
and removed to the distance of several feet. The lower part of the other,
which has also been removed from its socket, is four feet two inches in
length, eighteen inches in diameter at the bottom, and fifteen inches and a
half at the top. This ancient monument, which bears a good deal of re-
semblance to one of the same kind called the Bow-Stones, at no great dis-
tance from it (noticed in our account of Cheshire °), has received from the
country people the appellation of Robinhood's Picking-rods. As double
pillars appear among the earliest sepulchral monuments in the Christian
cemeteries, it is not improbable that these rude monuments were erected
to the memory of some illustrious person, in the Pagan times. We are in-
formed by Dr, Pegge, that part of one of them was used in making the
turnpike road leading from Sheffield to Grindlethorp bridge."

In Bakewell and Eyam church-yards are ancient stone crosses, ornamented
in the style which prevailed in the Saxon times. Bakewell cross is en-
riched on the east, north, and south sides with elegant scrolls ; the west
side with rude sculptures in bas-relief, the uppermost of which represents
the crucifixion : all of them have suffered much from the effects of time ;
their present appearance is shewn by the figures in the annexed plate. The
cross at Eyam is in the same style; it is at present seven feet in height, but
appears to have lost a portion of the upper part, immediately below the
cross. The east side of the base is ornamented with an elegant scroll ; on
this side of the cross part are figures of four angels, in bas-relief, all holding
crosses, and two of them blowing trumpets. On the west side are figures
rudely sculptured in bas-relief; on the base that of a man in a sitting pos-
ture, holding a bugle-horn, and over him what seems to have been designed
for the virgin and child ; on the lower part are two complicated knots :
On the cross part of this side are four figures of augels holding crosses.
The north and south sides of the base are ornamented alike with double
braids ; on the north side of the cross is a half-length figure of" a man
holding a book, and on the opposite side that of an angel Iiolding a
cross.

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In Blackwell church-yard is a stone cross, ornamented on every side with
braids and knots ; and in Bradburn church-yard are several fragments of"
one, ornamented with scrolls of foliage and rudely sculptured figures, in the
style of those of Bakewell and Eyam : one of these fragments is about
three feet in length. In Mellor church-yard is the shaft of across, of eight
unequal sides, and embattled at the top ; and at Taddingtoii is one of the
same form, the sides of which are ornamented with zig-zag mouldings.

Ancient Castles.

Tlie only ancient castles in Derbyshire, of which any considerable re-
mains at present exist are those of Castleton and Codnor; that of Castleton
was formerly known by the name of Peak Castle ; and is situated on the
summit of a high rock, nearly over tlie entrance of the great cavern,
and inaccessible except on one side. It appears to have originally con-
sisted of a plain wall enclosing an area of moderate dimensions, with two
small towers on the north sides, and a keep near the south-west corner,
being a square tower, measuring 38 feet 2 inches on the outside, and 21
feet 4 inches by 19 feet 3 inches within the walls. It is most probable
that this fortress was erected by William Peverell, to whom the manor
was given by William the Conqueror, though Mr. King, who has given
a particular account of it in the sixth volume of the Archaeologia '',
supposes it to have been built during the Saxon Heptarchy : great part of
the walls of the keep, and some remains of the other building are still
existing. '

Of Codnor Castle in the parish of Heanor, the ancient seat of the Grey
family, there are considerable remains, part of which are now converted
into a farm-house. There is a view of them, taken in 1727, in the first
volume of Buck's Antiquities.' No part of the ancient castle of Bolsover
at present exists ; the square castellated building with irregular turrets,
now called Bolsover-castle ', was erected in the reign of James I.

1 P, 247— 254.

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' Ibid. pi. 56. ' Ibid. pi. 53 and 54.

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Ancient Mansion-houses.

The most remarkable ancient mansion in this county, in point of an-
tiquity and preservation is Haddon-hall, formerly the seat of the Vernon
family, and now belonging to the Duke of Rutland, whose ancestor.
Sir John Manners acquired it, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, by a
marriage with one of the coheiresses of Sir George Vernon. Jt is situated
on an eminence above the river Wye, and consists of two courts of irre-
gular form, approaching to squares, and surrounded by suits of apart-
ments. The principal entrance is under a tower at the north-west corner
of the lower court ; and there is another under a tower at the north-east
corner of the iippur court. This building has been erected at various
periods, bnt no part of it appears to be of a later date than the middle of the
sixteenth century. The chapel and hall are the most ancient parts, having
been built by Sir Richard Vernon, who died in the year 1452. In the win-
dows of the chapel are considerable remains of painted glass, coeval with the
building, and in one of them is the date of 1427." One of tlie pillars between
the nave and south aisle is much more ancient, being in the massy style
which had fallen into disuse before the thirteenth century; which indicates
that it was built on the site of a chapel attached to a more ancient mansion,
erected probably by the Avenells, who were predecessors of the Vernons ;
there is also a font in the chapel in the same style. The hall, which is
situated between the two courts, is about 35 feet by 28 within the screen,
which separates itfi'om the buttery and other offices ; over the door of the
porch, are two shields of arms, one of them being tiie coat of Vernon
(fretty), the other, those of De Pembruge (barry of six), which Sir Richard
Vernon was entitled to, in right of his mother, the heiress of Sir Fulco de
Pembruge, Lord of Tonge-castle in Shropshire.

The whole of the lower court, and part of the upper, is in the style of
architecture which prevailed in the early part of the sixteenth century,
and was probably erected by Sir Henry Vernon, who flourished in the reign
of King Henry VII. The old drawing-room, and the adjoining bed-
chamber and dressing-rooms, appear to have been fitted up, and were
probably built by Sir George Vernon in the year 1545 ; his arms with that
date, the arms of King Henry VHL, and the plume of feathers, with the
initials E. P. being carved in oak over the drawing-room chimney-piece.

" The following is the inscription remaining in the east window, " Orate pro ai'abus Ricardi
Vernon et Jenelte uxoris ejm quijecerunt an'o dn'i milessimo CCCCXXVII.

1 1 The

ccxxxviii DERBYSHIRE.

The long gallery, no feet long, and 17 feet wide, which occupies the
upper floor on the south side of" the upper court was probably erected about
the same time ; though the oak wainscotting is evidently more modern,
having been Greeted by Sir John Manners who married the heiress of Sir
George Vernon in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. This wainscotting is
enriched with Corinthian pilasters supporting arches, between which are
shields of the arms of Manners empaling those of Vernon ; the frieze is
ornamented with boars' heads (the crest of Vernon), roses and thistles. The
great bed-chamber appears to have been fitted up about the same time
as the gallery, it has a deep cornice of plaster, with a frieze ornamented
with boars' heads and peacocks ; and over the fire-place is a rude bas-rehef
in plaster of Orpheus charming the beasts. The chamber between this
room and the gallery has a similar cornice and frieze.

The principal apartments of Haddon-hall are hung with ancient arras,
hanging loose over the doors, which are of the rudest workmanship. The
tapestry of the great bed-chamber is comparatively modern, it is orna-
mented with flowers, &c. in a good taste, and figures of monkeys and pea-
cocks " on a white ground.

The late Mr. King has given a detailed description of this building, in
his paper on Ancient Castles, printed in the sixth volume of the Archas-
ologia '^ ; at the conclusion of which he observes, that •' nothing can convey
a more complete idea of ancient modes of living, than is to be obtained on
this spot. Many great dwellings, which formerly helped to present the
same ideas, are now quite rased and gone ; and others are only heaps of
ruins, so far maimed, that it requires much attention to make out or com-
prehend what they once were, or to understand any thing of their original
plan :" and that " it is much to be wished, by every lover of antiquities,
that this princely habitation may never come so far into favour as to be
modernized ; lest the traces of ancient times and manners, which are now so
rarely preserved in this country, any where, should be utterly lost also
here."

Another ancient mansion-house in this county, which has undergone no
alteration since the time of its original erection, is Hardwick-hall, belonging
to the Duke of Devonshire ; which exhibits a most complete specimen of
the domestic architecture which prevailed, among the higher ranks, during
the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and also of the furniture which was in use
at that period. This building was erected by Elizabeth, Countess of

" The |)eacock ib the crest of the Manners family, * P. 346 to 359.

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Shrewsbury, and appears to have been finished about the year 1597. It is
built of stone, and round the top is a parapet of open work, in v/hich the
Countess's initials, E. S., frequently occur. The state apartments are spa-
cious and lofty, with numerous large transom windows admitting a pro-
fusion of light. The hall is hung with very curious tapestry which ap-
pears to be as ancient as the fifteenth century. On one part of it is a
I'epresentation of bear-hunting, and in another of otter-hunting. In the
chapel, which is on the first-floor, is a very rich and curious altar-cloth,
30 feet long, hung round the rails of the altar, with figures of saints
under canopies wrought in needle-work. The great dining-room is on the
same floor, over the chimney-piece of which are the arms of the Countess
of Shrewsbury, with the date of 1597. The most remarkable apartments
in this interesting edifice are the state room, or room of audience, as it is
called, and the gallery : the former is 64 feet 9 inches by 33 feet, and 26
feet 4 inches high ; at one end of it is a canopy of state, and in another
part a bed, the hangings of which are very ancient. This room is hung
with tapestry on which is represented the story of Ulysses ; over this are
figures, rudely executed in plaster, in bas-reliefi among which is a repre-
sentation of Diana, and her nymphs. The gallery is about 170 feet long,
and 26 wide, extending the whole length of the eastern side of the house ;
and hung with tapestry, on a part of which is the date of 1478. It is pro-
bable that this, as well as many other articles of the furniture of this man-
sion was removed from the old hall at Hardwick, or from C'hatsworth when
that splendid edifice was rebuilt a century ago.''

At a small distance from Hardwick-hall, are considerable remains of a
more ancient hall, which appears to have been a very magnificent edifice ;
and from the style of its architecture could not have been built any great
length of time before the erection of the present mansion. It is now in a
ruinous state, but one of the rooms remains entire, which is 55 feet 6 inches
by 30 feet 6 inches, and 24 feet 6 inches high : it is floored with terras ;
the sides are fitted up to a certain height with oak wainscotting ornamented
with Ionic pilasters, over which are ornaments in plaster, consisting of
two rows of arches. Over the large stone chimney-piece are colossal
figures one on each side, in Roman armour, reaching to the cornice ;
from which this room has obtained the appellation of " The Giants'
Chamber."

y For some account of the portraits in IlarJwick-hall, and other particulars, see p. 190 of
Parochial History.

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ccxl DERBYSHIRE.

Barlbcwough-liall, the seat of C. H. Rodes, Esq., is a handsome mansion-
house of the age of Queen Elizabeth, having been built in her reign by
Francis Rodes, one of the Justices of the Common-Pleas. The principal
front of this house retams its original appearance, having projecting bows
terminating in octagonal embattled turrets, and large transom windows.
The inside has been modernized, but in one of the lower rooms taken out
of the great chambei-, is a very magnificent stone chimney-piece, enriched
with fluted Doric pillars supporting statues of justice and religion, and
coats of arms and various ornaments in bas-relief. In the upper part are
the arms of Rodes, with these inscriptions : — F^^ancis Rodes, servietis d'ne
Regine ad legem." — "Anno D'ni 1584, (etatis suce 50." In the lower
part are two shields of the arms of Rodes with different impalements ;
the one supported by a judge on the dexter side, inscribed " Franciscus
Rodes," and a lady on the sinister side, inscribed " Elizabeth Sandford :"
the other; with similar supporters, inscribed " Fj^anciscus Rodes — Maria
Charleton." At the bottom is this inscription, •' Co7istitutiis Justiciarius de
Banco Communi, 30 Eliz." On the sides are other inscriptions more par-
ticularly describing the wives and their issue. The buff coat, sword, &c.
of Sir Francis Rodes, worn in the time of Charles I., are preserved in this
house.''

The manor-house of South- Winfield, a very splendid and spacious edifice,
erected by Ralph Lord Cromwell, in the reign of King Henry VI., is now
a mere ruin ; having been suffered to go to decay soon after the civil war
in the seventeenth century, and a great part of it having been taken down
since for the materials. It appears originally to have consisted of two
courts, surrounded by buildings. The remains of the north side of the
principal court, shew that when complete, it must have been a very beau-
tiful edifice : these consist of a porch, and a bow with three large Gothic
windows, the arches of which are slightly pointed. The porch and bow-
window are both embattled, having a fascia of quatrefbils and roses running
immediately beneath the battlements. The arch of the door-way of the
porch is very slightly pointed, and enriched with quatrefoils ; on the bat-
tlement over it, is a shield with the arms of Cromwell.'

^ They are engraved in Grose's Ancient Armour, pi. xxxix.

' For a more particular account of these remains see Blore's " History of the Manor and
Manor-house of South-Winfield," p. 86 — 89.

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DERBYSHIRE. ccxli

Customs.

The custom of rush-bearing, which we have mentioned in our account
of Cheshire ", still prevails in tiie northern part of Derbyshire, bordering on
Yorkshire and Cheshire. In Glossop church we observed, in 1810, one of
the garlands carried before the rush-carts on these occasions, of very large
dimensions, and richly ornamented with gilt paper and glass of various
colours : and we were informed that the rush-bearing carts, were here
usually very much decorated with garlands and plate. The ceremony of
strewing the churches with rushes usually takes place on the day of the
dedication of the church ; but in the Peak-Forest is always held on Mid-
summer-Eve.'

The ancient custom of hanging up in the churches garlands of roses, with
a pair of gloves cut out of white paper, which had been carried before the
corpses of young unmarried women, at their funerals, still prevails in many
of the parishes of the Peak.

The country wakes which formerly prevailed generally throughout the
kingdom, on the Sunday following the day of dedication, or the day of the
saint to whom the church was dedicated, are no where perhaps at present
more generally observed than in some' parts of this county, particularly the
wapentake of Wirksworth ; where they last several days, during which a
play is exhibited every evening, on a temporary stage erected in some con-
spicuous part of the village. We saw such an one at Brassington on the
27th of September, 18 10, on which the Cheats of Scapin was the play to
be performed that evening ; another was preparing at Hognaston a few days
afterwards for the comic opera of Love in a Village. Bulls and badgers,
and sometimes bears, are baited at these wakes ; and we were informed that
the persons, who keep the bears for that purpose, are still known here by the
ancient appellation of Bearward. The desperate foot-ball contests which
were formerly common at these wakes, Mr. Farey informs us, are now
confined to the streets of All-Saints in Derby on Shrove-Tuesday.''

There is an annual custom at Tissington, of dressing the wells or springs,
in different parts of the village : these, on Holy-Thursday are adorned with
Howers, arranged in various devices, and accompanied with inscriptions, by
the persons on whose premises they are situated. This is performed with

^ P-463. " Farcy's Survey, vol. iii. p. 625. "^ Ibid, p. 630.

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ccxHi DERBYSHIRE.

boards cut to the size and form of the subject intended to be represented,
and covered with moist clay, in which the flowers are inserted, and the
petals of flowers forming a sort of mosaic-work. These boards, thus orna-
mented, are fixed at the back of the spring, which appears to issue from
under them. There is service in the church on that day, and a sermon,
after which each of the wells is visited, and the three Psalms for the day,
with the Epistle and Gospel, are read, one at each well ; of which there
are five, of remarkably clear water. The whole concludes with a psalm,
which is sung by the church singers, accompanied by a band of music.^

* From the information of the Rev, L. Brooks.

PAROCHIAL

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PAROCHIAL HISTORY.

Little has been clone, though much seems to have been intended,
towards a topographical history of Derbyshire. Philip Kinder, a contem-
porary and friend of Selden, left behind him a preliminary discourse to a
projected history of this county, treating briefly of the natural history, pro-
duce, rivers, inhabitants, &c. &c.^ It appears, from a passage in this dis-
course, that he intended to treat of the towns, according to their propinquity
and site between such and such rivers, to visit all the churches, to get a copy
of what relates to this covmty in Domesday-book, to search the records of
the Tower and elsewhere, &c. &c.

The Reverend John Hieron, an eminent nonconformist divine, who died
in 1682, made copious extracts from the Herald's visitations; and from
records, particularly those at the Roll's chapel, relating to this county : col-
lected in a volume, now in the possession of Godfrey Meynell, Esq., of
Langley-park. It is evident, by a note at the beginning of the volume, that
he meditated a topographical history of the county.

Mr. William Wolley wrote a brief topographical history of Derbyshire,
brought down to the year 1712, which remains in MS. In this work he
was assisted by the collections of Mr. Samuel Sanders, of Little-Ireton,
who was connected with his family by marriage. A copy of this MS. is
in the possession of Mr. Adam Wolley of Matlock, and another amon<T
Dr. Pegge's collections.

Mr. Gough informs us that Mr. Samuel Pegge, rector of Whittington,
(afterwards Dr. Pegge,) was, in 1780, making collections for the history of
Derbyshire. Dr. Pegge's collections, now in the Heralds' college, contain
some local information, particularly relating to parishes in his immediateneio-h-
bourhood, some pedigrees brought down to his own time, &c.; but he appears
to have made but little eflScient progress towards a topographical history of
the county. A sketch of the History of Bolsover and Peak Castles (1785),
by Dr. Pegge, was published in Mr. Nichols's Bibliotheca Topographica
Britannica ; and an Historical Account of Beauchief Abbey, by the same
author, was published by Mr: Nichols in 1801, after his death.

Thomas Blore, Esq., in 1791, announced his intention of publishing a
topographical history of Derbyshire, and made considerable collections fiom
public records and private evidences for that purpose : in the same year he
communicated to the editors of " Topographical Miscellanies," a History of

' No^ in MS. in thp Ashmolean library at Oxford,

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2 DERBYSHIRE.

the Parish of Breadsall. He published in 1793, a History of the Manor
and Manor-house of South-Winfield ^, as a specimen of the manner of his
intended history.

In 1789 Mr. James Pilkington, minister of the Unitarian chapel at Derby,
published " A View of the present State of Derbyshire/^n two volumes,
8vo. The first volume relates to its natural history : a part of the second
volume is occupied by general topics ; in the remainder is a brief account
of the parishes, under the head of the several deaneries. In 181 1, the Rev.
D. P. Davies, minister of the Unitarian congregations at Belper and Millford,
published " A New Historical and Descriptive View of Derbyshire," in one
volume, 8vo., taking Pilkington's work as his basis, and bringing down his
history to the date of its publication.

In the year 1791 Mr. William Hutton published a History of the Town
of Derby, in one volume, Svo.

In the Topographer for 1790, is a History of the Town and Priory of
Repton, by the Rev. Stebbing Shaw, with copies of many ancient deeds, &c.

The chief sources whence we have derived our accounts of the descent
of property in the following brief parochial history, are the records in the
Tower, the Augmentation office, the Rolls chapel, the ofiice of the duchy
of Lancaster, and the Quo Warranto Roll. Some valuable information has
been obtained from collections "^ taken by Dodsworth from records, not at pre-
sent in a state of arrangement for reference, in the Court of Exchequer j
from communications obligingly made by the principal landed proprietors,
and their agents; and a most valuable and extensive collection, made during
a course of several years, by Adam Wolley, Esq. of Matlock, from ancient
family deeds and other sources ; from which he has favoured us with the
most liberal communications. It should be mentioned, that some years
ago Mr. Blore drew up for us a brief account of the descent of most of the
manors in the wapentake of Wirkswoith. We have, as in other counties,
visited all the parish churches, and have been able to supply some notices
of tombs now mutilated or removed, from a volume of church notes, taken
about the year 1710, by Francis Bassano, a herald-painter of Derby, which
we purchased some years since, with a collection of Cheshire MSS., and
which it is our intention to deposit in the Heralds' college. For an account
of the present state of free-schools, and other public endowments, with various
modern local information, we have applied, as before, to the clergy of the
several parishes, who have very obligingly attended to our queries, and given
us every requisite information.

'' A history of South-Winfield, not so much enlarged, had previously been communicated to
the Topographer in 1789. « Now in the Bodleian library of Oxford.

Alfreton

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Alfreton, a small market-town in the hundred of Scarsdale, and in
the deanery of Chesterfield, is situated 14 miles from Derby, about
12 from Chesterfield, and 142 from London.

This town has been supposed to have derived its name from King Alfred,
and tradition has assigned its building to that monarch. Camden has been
quoted as concurring in this opinion, but he merely observes that such a
tradition was current.'* There is no doubt that some noble Saxon of the
name of Alfred (a name not uncommon among the Saxons) was the pos-
sessor of Alfreton at a remote period, and that from him it was denomi-
nated ^Ifredingtune, as it is spelt in Ethelred's charter to Burton^ abbey.
There is nothing to appropriate it to King Alfred. In the Domesday
Survey the Norman scribes have corrupted the name to Elstretune.

Somercotes and Biddings, two hamlets or townships in this parish, main-
tain their own poor, and have separate highway rates. At Biddings there
was formerly a chapel, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen.

The market at Alfreton was granted, in 1251, to Robert de Latham and
Thomas de Chaworth, to be held on Monday, together with a fair for three
days at the festival of St. Margaret. '^ This charter was renewed to Thomas
Babington of Dethick in 1551.^ The market was changed from Monday
to Friday in 1756, in consequence of the inhabitants of Higham having
then revived an ancient market at that place. It is still held on Friday,
as formerly, for corn, butchers' meat, &c. &c. The fair is now held on
the 31st of July, for horses, horned cattle, &c.

The manor of Alfreton was given by Wulfric, a noble Saxon, and con-
firmed by Ethelred II., to Burton abbey." It had again passed into lay hands
before the compilation of the Domesday Survey ; in which it is described
as held by Ingram, under Roger de Busli. This Ingram was the imme-
diate ancestor of Robert Fitz-Ranulph or Fitz-Ralph, Lord of Alfreton,
who founded Beauchief abbey in the reign of Henry II. His descendants
were denominated de Alfreton. On the death of Thomas de Alfreton, his
great grandson, in 1269, this manor descended to Thomas de Chaworth,
his nephew, and Robert de Latham, who had married one of his sisters
and co-heiresses. Chaworth purchased Latham's moiety.' Dugdale says,

* His words are, " Alfreton quod ab Alfredo Rege constructum, denominatumque credunt. "

* Diigdale's Monasticon, vol. i. p. 269. f Cart. 36 Hen. HI. e Pat. <; Edw. VI.
" Dugdale, > See Quo Warranto Roll, 4 Edw. HI.

B 2 ' that

4 D E R B Y S H I R"E.

that this Thomas de Cliaworth was summoned to Parliament as a baron in
1296; but that none of his descendants ever received a like summons.
William Chaworth, Esq. the last of this branch of the family, left an only
daughter and heir in the reign of Hen. "VII. married to John Ormond, Esq.
whose heiress brought this manor to Sir Anthony Babington of Dethick.
Henry Babington, Esq., the grandson, sold it in or about the year 1565 to
John Zoucii, Esq. of Codnor. The son of the latter conveyed it, in 161 8,
to Robert Sutton, Esq. of Aram, in Nottinghamshire, by whom it was sold,
in 1629, to Anthony Morewood, and Rowland, his son. The manor of
Alfreton continued in the Morewood family, and the manor-house was their
residence till the death of George Morewood, Esq. the last heir male, in
1792. His widow, who enjoys this estate under his bequest, married the
Rev. Henry Case, who, in 1793, previously to his marriage, took the name
of Morewood, by the King's sign manual.

It appears that in the reign of Edward III , Thomas Chaworth claimed
a park and right of free-warren at Alfreton, with the privilege of having a
gallows, tumbrell, and pillory for the manor.'' Dr. Pegge says, that Al-
freton was in ancient times esteemed a barony or honor. '

The manor or manor-farm of Ryddings, or Rydinge, (now Riddings,)
was held, with Alfreton, by the Chaworth family " : it is now the property
of Lancelot RoUeston, Esq. of Watnall, in Nottinghamshire.

In the parish church of Alfreton is a brass tablet, in memory of John
Ormond, Esq., who died in 1503, and Joan his wife, (tlie heiress of
Chawortli,) who died in 1507. It appears by the inscription, that the
daughters and co-heiresses of Joan Ormond, one of whom married
Babington, had a right to quarter the arms of Chaworth, Caltoft, Brett,
Aylesbury, Engayne, and Bassett of Weldon. There are the monuments
also of Anthony Morewood, Esq., the purchaser of the estate, who died
in 1636, and of George Morewood, Esq., the last of the family, who
died in 1792.

The church of Alfreton was given to Beauchief abbey by Robert Fitz-
ralph, the founder, and became appropriated to that monastery. The
rectory of Alfreton, with the advowson of the vicarage, was granted by
Henry VIII. to Francis Leake, Esq., whose descendant, Nicholas, Earl of
Scarsdale, sold them, in 1673, to John Turner of Swanwick, Gent. The
rectorial tithes were sold by auction about the year 1779, chiefly to the

* Quo Warranto Roll, 4 Edw. III. • MS. Collections. ° Esch. 37 Hen. VI.

several

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several land-owners, by the trustees of the late George Turner, Esq. The
advowson of the vicarage was purchased by the late George Morewood, Esq.,
and now belongs to Mrs. Morewood.

There was a chantry in the church of Alfreton, dedicated to the Virgin
Mary ; the lands belonging to which, being then valued at 81. 4s. 8d.
per aiHuim, were granted by King Edward VI. to Thomas Babington.

What was formerly a Presbyterian meeting-house at Alfreton, is now oc-
•cupied by the Independents. The particular Baptists have meeting-houses
at Swanwick and Riddings. The Wesleyan Methodists have a meeting-
house at Alfreton.

At Swanwick, is a school for twenty-four poor children, built in 1740,
at the expence of Mrs. Elizabeth Turner, widow, wlio endowed it with
the sum of 500I. George Turner, Esq., of London, sold lands to this
■school, then valued at 700I., for the sum of 400I. The endowment is
now worth about 60I. per annum.

Appleby, partly in Leicestershire, and partly in Derbyshire, although
detached fiom the main body of the last-mentioned county, lies six miles
from Ashby-de-la-Zouch, about nine from Atherstone, nine from Tam-
■worth, and ten from Burton-on-Trent. The boundaries of the two counties
are not exactly ascertained, although it is known in which county the
several houses are situated.

The manor of Appleby was given to Burton abbey " by Wulfric Spott,
and was held under that monastery by the ancient family of Appleby, as
early as the year 1166. Sir Edmund Appleby distinguished himself at
the battle of Cressy. In Nicholas's Leicestershire is an inventory of the
goods at his manor-house at Appleby. The last of the Appleby family
died in 1636. Sir Wolstan Dixie purchased this manor of his co-heirs;
and his son gave it to the grammar-school at Market-Bosworth, founded
by his great uncle.

Tlie remains of the ancient seat of the Appleby family, at a place called
the Moat, have been fitted up as a farm-house. The site is in the comity
of Leicester. The manor of Little-Appleby belonged to the family of
Moore early in the 17th century; and is now the property of their
descendant, George Moore, Esq.

The. church of Appleby is in Leicestershire. The advowson was many
years in the family of Mould, whose heiress brought it to Edward Dawson,
Esq. ; it is now vested in Dawson, a minor.

' Du^dale.

Sir

G DERBYSHIRE.

Sir John JMoore, some time lord mayor of London, who died in 1702,
founded the public school at Appleby in 1697. Sir Christopher Wren was
architect of the building. The endowment in 1786 was 144I. los. od. ; of
which 60I. per annum was allowed to the head master, 40I. to the second
master, and 30I. to a writing-master : houses are appropriated for the two
former. The school-room is 100 feet in length, 50 in breadth, and 30 in
height. It was originally intended for children of Appleby, Measham,
Stretton-in-the-Fields, Chilcote in Derbyshire, and certain Leicestershire
parishes ; but by the statutes of 1706 it was made free for all England.

AsHBORNE, a considerable market-town in the wapentake of Wirkswortli,
and in the deanery to which it gives name, is situated 1 3 miles from Derby,
and 139 from London, on the road to Manchester, from which it is 47 miles
distant. The name of this town is spelt in ancient records Esseburne,
Ashburne, and Ashbourn. Ashborne has long been the prevailing mode
of spelling.

We have not met with any charter for the market on record ; it certainly
existed before the year 1 296 " ; and was then held, as it still is, on Saturday ;
there were then two fairs, each held for three days, at the festivals of St.
Oswald and St. John the Baptist. Five fairs are enumerated in a
charter of Charles I. These are now held on May 21st, July 5th, Aug. i6th,
Oct. 20th, and Nov. 29th. There are also three fairs of more modern date,
the first Tuesday after the ist of January, Feb. 13th, and April 3d. The
fairs are all for horses, horned cattle, and sheep. The fairs on Feb. 13th and
Oct. 20th are particularly noted ibr the sale of horses and colts. The
February fair begins for their sale two days before the date above-mentioned,
and the October fair three days preceding. The fairs on April 3d and
May 21st are noted for the sale of milch cows ; the August and November
fairs are chiefly for the sale of fat cattle ; wool is sold at the July fair,
but it is esteemed the smallest fair in the year.

In the reign of Edward VI. the parish of Ashborne contained 1000
houselyng people.'' The population of the town did not much vary in
1801 and 181 1, the number of inhabitants being about 2000 in 1801, and
about 2100 in 181 1. The number of inhabitants in the whole parish was
returned at 4513 in 1801, and 4975 in 181 1.

" Esch. 25 Edw. .

P That is, persons of an age to receive the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, to which
young persons were admitted at sixteen.

DERBYSHIRE. 7

In the mouth of February 1644, there was a battle near the town of
Ashborne between the RoyaHsts and the Parliamentarians, in which the
Royalists were defeated with considerable loss ; 170 were taken" prisoners.
King Cl/arles was at Ashborne in the month of August 1645. '

The manor of Ashborne is described in the Domesday Survey as parcel of
the ancient demesnes of the Crown, to which it continued to belong till King
John granted it in or about the year 1 203 to William de Ferrars, Earl of
Derby." Having been forfeited by Robert, Earl of Derby, in the reign of
Henry III., it was granted by King Edward I. in 1278, to his brother Ed-
mund, Earl of Lancaster. From this time it continued to be annexed to
the earldom and duchy of Lancaster till the year 1633, when King Charles
granted it to William Scriven and Philip Eden, who conveyed it to Sir John
Coke, one of His Majesty's secretaries of state, and his son, Joiui Coke,
Esq. : from the latter it passed by sale to Sir William Boothby, Bart., then
of Broadlow-Ash, in the parish of Ashborne. This manor was settled upon
Brooke Boothby, Esq., a younger son, whose descendants inherited the title
upon the extinction of the elder branch. It is now the proj)erty of Sir
Brooke Boothby, Bart. Ashborne Hall, the seat of Sir Brooke Boothby, is
situated at the end of John-street ' ; it is at present occupied by Richard
Arkwright, Esq. junior. This mansion (or rather the site of it) had been,
from a remote period ", for several generations, the property and residence
of the ancient family of Cokaine, who had considerable estates in the
county, much increased by a match with the heiress of Herthill, and were
many years lessees of the rectory of Ashborne, under the Dean of Lincoln.
Several of this ancient family had been representatives of the county. John
Cokaine, Esq. knight of the shire, who died in 1372, lies buried in Ash-
borne church. Sir John Cokaine, one of his sons, was founder of the family
of Cokaine, of Cokaine-Hatley in Bedfordshire ", now passed by a female
heir to the Custs. Sir Thomas Cokaine, who died in 1592, was author of
" A short Treatise of Huntyng, compyled for the Delight of Noblemen and
Gentlemen," now extremely rare. His great grandson, Sir Aston Cokaine, was

■i Sir John Cell's Narrative, MS.

' The circumstance of his attending divine service at Ashborne church is recorded in the
parish register. Sir John Cell's narrative mentions also the king's being at Ashoorne at this
time, and that he marched through the Peak to Doncaster with 3000 men.

' Chart. Uot. 5 John.

• It is within the township of OfFcote and Underwood.
" Certainly as early as the reign of Henry III.

* Said in some pedigrees of the family to have been Sir John Cokaine, some time chief
baron of the Exchequer, who died in 1427.

author

8 DERBYSHIRE.

author of several tlramatic and other poems in the reign of Charles I. He
was born at Elvaston, and resided chiefly at Pooley in Warwickshire. In the
year 1671 he joined with his son, Thomas Cokaine, Esq. (the last heir
male of this branch of the family), in the sale of Ashborne Hall and other
estates to Sir William Boothby, Bart.

The parish church of Ashborne, a large and handsome structure, appears
to have been rebuilt in 1241, but many parts of it exhibit the architecture
of a later period." In the north aisle are some ancient monuments of the
Cokaine family '', and several of the family of Boothby % of modern date.
In the chancel are some monuments of the Errington family "", and in the

y See the account of church architecture.

^ A more particular description of these will be founJ in the account of ancient sepulchrat
monuments. Two of them are without inscriptions ; a third, which has the name of Francis, is
that of Francis Cokaine, Esq. who married the co-heiress of Marow ; a fourth is that of his
father, Sir Thomas Cokaine, whose will bears date 28 Hen. VIII. The inscription, which now
appears on this monument, nearly entire, as given below, differs considerably from that printeit
in Dugdale's Warwickshire.

" Here lieth S: Thomas Cokayne,
Made knight at Turney and Turwyne,
Who builded here fayr houses twayne,
.... many profetts that remayne ;■
And three fayre parkes impaled he>
For his successors here to be ;
And did his house and name restore.

Which others had decayed before,
And was a knight so worshypfuU,
So verteous, wise, and .... full.
His dedes deserve that his good name
Lyve here in everlasting fame."

There is a monument also for Sir Thomas Cokaine, his grandson, who died in 1592 ; with,
the effigies of himself and his lady, kneeling under an arched canopy.

'■ Anne, wife of Brooke Boothby, Esq. (daughter of Henry Cavendish, Esq. of Doveridge)

1701 ; their only child died aet. nine ; Anne, wife of Brooke Bootiiby, Esq. (daughter of

Byard) 1739; Anne, their only daughter, married Joseph Greaves; Hill, only daughter
of Brooke Boothby and Eliz;ibeth Fitzherbert 1756 ; Sir Brooke Boothby, Bart. 1789,
married Phcebe, daughter and heir of William Hollins, Esq.; Maria Elizabeth, their only
daughter, who died in 1805. The epitaphs on these monuments, written by the present Sir
Brooke Boothby, Bart, have been more than once printed. In the middle of the aisle is a
monument by Banks, in memory of Penelope, only child of Sir Brooke Boothby, Bart, who-
died in 1791, aged six years. The figure of the deceased in white marble, in a sleeping at-
titude, has been much admired. The inscriptions are in English, Latin, French, and Italian.
This monument is inclosed in a wooden case, and kept under lock and key, by a person ap-
pointed by Sir Brooke Bootiiby.

*> George Errington, Esq. 1769 ; George Errington. Esq. barrister at law, 1795.

6 north

DERBYSHIRE. 9

north transept the tomb of the Rev. " Langton, Dean of Clogher in

Ireland, who lost his hfe on the 28th of July 1761, by falling with his horse
down a precipice at Dovedale. Miss Laroche, the lady who was riding b»-
hind him, on the same horse, was providentially preserved, being caught
by a bush in her descent.

The rectory of Ashborne was granted by King William Rufus to the
church of St. Mary in Lincoln, and to the Bishop of that see and his
successors. In consequence of some arrangement made at a remote period,
the rectory became appropriated to the Deans of Lincoln, under whom it
was held on lease for many years by the Cokaine family, and of late by the
Erringtons. The present lessee is George Henry Errington, Esq.

A chantry in Ashborne church at the altar of St. Mary, was founded
and endowed by Henry de Kniveton, Parson of Norbury, in the reign
of Richard 11.'^ Another chantry at Ashborne in honour of St. Oswald,
was founded in or about the year 1483, by John Bradburne and Anne
his wife.^

There was formerly a Presbyterian meeting-house at Ashborne. There
is now a small rneeting-house for the Wesleyan Methodists in the town; and
at Compton, in the suburbs, one belonging to the Calvinistic Methodists,
called Sion chapel, built at the expence of Mr. John Cooper in 1800.

The grammar-school at Ashborne was founded, in the year 1585, by Sir
Thomas Cokaine, William Bradburn, Thomas Carter, and otiiers. By the
Queen's charter of that year, the governors, three in number, and twelve
assistants, were made a body corporate ; the assistants to be parishioners of
Ashborne, and the governors to be chosen out of the assistants ; the tutor
or master, being of the degree of M.A., to be appointed by the governors,
with the advice and consent of the heirs male (as long as there should be
any) of the founders ; there was also to be an under master or usher. The
school was denominated " The Free Grammar School of Elizabeth Queen of
England." By the statutes made in 1796, and confirmed by the Bishop, the
master has two-thirds and the usher the remainder of the revenue of the
school lands and rents "^j the total amount of which is at present about 240I.
per annum.

' The Christian name is neither on the gravestone, nor in the parish register.

'' Inquis. 15 R. II. pt. 2. 89. ' Chantry Roll,- Augmentation Office.

^ Small rent charges, making together 5I. per annum, were given at the time or soon after
the foundation, by Thomas Garter, Philip Okeover, Sir Anthony Ashley, and Mrs. Storer.
Roger Oldfield, in 1610, gave 70I. to be laid out in land. The Duke of Devonshire, in 1667,
gave 61. per annum to the schoolmaster. The principal income of the school arises from the
rent of an estate, supposed to have been purchased with the amount of a subscription, now let
at 881. per annum, and two-fifths of lands given by Mr. Christopher Pegge, and now let at 316].
per annum See p. 10.

Vol. V. C Mr.

ao DERBYSHIRE,

Mr. Nicholas Spalden, by his will, bearing date 17 lo, provided for the
building and endowing two schools, one for 30 boys, and the other for the
same number of girls, with salaries of lol. each for a master and mistress ;
the boys to be instructed till tit to go into the grammar-school, the girls to
be taught sewing, knitting, and reading, till twelve years of age.
• In the year 16 10, Roger Owfield, or Oldfield, gave the sum of lool. to-
wards building eight alms-houses. Thomas Owfield, in 1630, gave the sum
of 70I. to complete them, and lool. to be laid out in land for their endow-
ment. The land was purchased at Mapleton, and now lets at 42!. per
annum. John and WiUiam Owfield, in 1652, gave i6l. per annum to the
alms-people. Mr. Spalden before-mentioned, gave lands at Parwich, now
let at 52I. per annum, to the alms-people. Rent charges, amounting to
61. 8s. per annum, were given by Richard Peters, Jane James, and John
Taylor. The whole income of these alms-houses is now about 11 61. per
annum. The pensioners receive 4s. 3d. weekly each.

In the year 1669 Mr. Christopher Pegge founded an alms-house for six
poor widows, and endowed it with an estate at Ashover, since exchanged
for lands at Brailsford, now producing to this charity 189I. 12s. per^ annum.
Mr. German Pole gave some lands at Mercaston to this alms-house, let in
18 1 2 for 14 years, at 5 81. per annum.

Mr. Spalden before-mentioned, provided by his will for the building four
houses for clergymen's widows, and endowing them with lol. per annum
each ; in addition to which the trustees of Mr. Hawkins Browne's charities
have given the dividends of 400I. stock, 4 per cents, to be divided among
the widows.

Mr. Spalden also founded an alms-house for ten paupers, to each of whora
he appropriated a weekly payment of 2s.6d., and 20s. at Cliristmas for clothes.
Thomas Chatterton, Esq., who died at Bridlington, in Yorkshire, in 1812,
gave by will (181 1) 20I. per annum to this alms-house. The fund for sup-
porting Mr. Spalden's charities (exclusively of the Parwich estate, appro-
priated to the old alms-house) consists of the rent of certain houses in Dub-
lin, let under a perpetual lease of 210I. per annum. The surplus, after
paying 81. per annum each to the vicar and lecturer for reading prayers on.
certain week-days, and keeping the alms-house in repair, is directed to be
distributed on Easter Tuesday among poor housekeepers.

Adjoining to the Methodists chapel at Compton, is an alms-house for
six poor aged women, founded and endowed by Mr. John Cooper before-
mentioned. The pensioners have a weekly payment of 4s. each.

« Part of the rent of this estate (two-fifths) goes to the grammar-school, as before
mentioned.

1 Tlie

DERBYSHIRE. ^j

The extensive parish of Ashborne has belonging to it the townships of
Chf on and Compton, „. a detached part of the hundred of MorlestZand
L:tcl.urch ; the townships of Hulland, Sturston, and Yelderslev Tn .1
hundred of Appletree ; and those of Newt^n-Grang Off ^ • 'd'
Underwood m the wapentake of Wirksworth ; besides tl parocT d d 1
peh-ies of Alsop ,n the Dale. Hognaston, and Parwich.

Chfton and Compton form a joint constablery. Compton adjoins the
south-east side of the town of Ashborne, from which it i separated hv
small brook, called the Schoo. Thomas Bedford, a nonj. rinrdivine L
learned editor of Simon Dunelmensis. and author of the Hisroric I Cat
tZrnT''' " ''^^^^""' ''-' ''-'' ^" ^^^3, and was buliedt
Clifton, about two miles south of Ashborne, had formerly a Phn««I p
ease which having become ruinous, w.s taken down ab^t ^t T; 'f
aijd the stones were employed in repairing the chancel at Ashbo ne TlZ
nanors of Great and Little-Clifton belonged to the Cokaine fami y i„ the
.eigns of Henry VIL, Henry VHL. and Queen Elizabeth, be f. hJd
under the Fitzherberts of Norbury. For several years past CI fto his had
the same owners as OfFcote and Underwood ^ "^ ^ "" ^^"^

The small township of Hulland. (the Holland of Domesday,) four miles
diof di r^' ''' ^br-erly a chapel of ease, which was Ending ad
Ti:en:ir;XcnrbetLll^^^^^^^^^ in W'

of the Domesday Survey the proper^ J'^y ]^-' — J,,; ^ *'-

Baktr" '. '; r"' °'''^ "^"^'- "^ ^^96. The families o^B "
Earl The last-ment.oned family had a mansion at Hough in this townshin

r :: trrH t ''r ""'^-^^ ''' ^^ ^-^ ^^^^' - - a^o^tTe 'a;

1594, to Sir Humphrey Ferrers. John Bradburne, Esq. and Anne his lifj
jn the year 1485. founded a chantry chapel at Hough. 'and endowed i I ^
lands, then vak^d at 5I. os. rod. per annum ^ P^-haps this was the chr'
above mentioned. Hough is now the property of Jolin Bonw Esn and
Richard Bateman, Esq. An old mansion w^ithin a moated site'forni rl'y the
residence of the Bradburnes. and now the propertv of Mr B.! ^

chased by the father of Mr. Isaac Borrow.^r^l^^a I'^r^'^r '"^-

eas^TZi;?;:'" Tf "^''" "^ 'r ^"^" ^^^^'^^"^"^ '^-^^^^ ^bout* a mile
Ashborne. The manors of Sturston and Fenton (Faitune) which

^ cLVi'ci. Augmentation olt''' ""'■ "'^'°^^ °' ^^^''^^'^'■^^•

^ - had

12 DERBYSHIRE.

had belonged to Roger and Wodi, were, at the time of the Domesday
Survey, the property of Henry de Ferrars, under whom it was held by
Roger. We find no mention of the manor of Fenton after the year 1306,
when John de Fenton conveyed it to William Le Mercer. Even the site is
not known ; but it is supposed to have been at a place called Penter's-Lane,
on the road from Ashborne to Derby.

The manor of Sturston appears to have been inherited at an early period
by the Knivetons from the Grendons, who had a grant of free warren in
the reign of Henry HI. In the year 1655 Sir Andrew Kniveton sold this
manor to Francis Meynell, Alderman of London, fiom whom it descended
to Godfrey Meynell, Esq. of Bradley, the present proprietor. John Walker,
Esq. of Styd, claims also a manor in Sturston.

The township of Yeldersley lies about two miles and a half south-east of
Ashborne. The manor of Yeldersley (Geldeslei), which had been the joint
property of Ulchetil and Godwin, was, when the Survey of Domesday
was taken, held under Henry de Ferrars by Cole, whose son Robert con-
veyed it to Sewal de Mungei or Monjoy. This family possessed it for
several generations, and from them it passed by inheritance, about the be-
ginning of the reign of Edward III., to the Irelands.' The last men-
tioned family continued to possess it in the reign of Henry VII. It was
soon afterwards in the Montgomerys, from whom it passed by marriage to
the Vernons. This manor has belonged for more than a century to the
Meynells of Bradley. The Shirleys from a very early period held this as a
mesne manor under the Ferrars family, and afterwards under the Dukes of
Lancaster, and it was held under them by the Monjoys and their successors.
The families of Whitehall, Pegge, and Lee of Ladyhole, all extinct, lield
considerable freehold estates in this township. The Whitehalls were settled
here for several descents.

The township of Broadlow or Bradley-Ash, which is partly within the
parish of Thorpe, lies about three miles north of Ashborne. The manor
was parcel of the Duchy of Lancaster till about the year 1608, when
it was granted, with other estates, to Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, in
exchange for the manor of Theobalds, in Hertfordshire. Five years after-
wards the Earl sold it to Dame Judith Corbet ", widow of William Boothby,
citizen of London, by whose bequest it passed to her grandson. Sir William

> See Quo Warranto Roll, 4 Edw. III.

"" She was twice married after the death of her first husband, first to William Basset, Esq.,
and secondly to Sir Kichard Corbet, Bart.

Boothby,

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Boothby ", who was created a baronet in 1660. On the death of his son,
Sir Henry, the second baronet, without male issue, this estate passed to the
Boothbys of Tooley-Park, in Leicestershire." Broadlow-Ash is now the
property of the Rev. Tliomas Francis Twigge of Derby, whose grandfather,
Mr. Nicholas Twigge, in conjunction with two other persons, purchased it
of the Boothby family in 1754, and soon afterwards became sole proprietor.
The old mansion on this estate was pulled down about the year 1795, and
the out-buildings converted into two farm-houses.

Cold-Eaton, which lies about five miles north of Ashborne, was, at the
time of the Domesday Survey, an appendage to the manor of Parwich. It
was granted by King John to William de Ferrars, Earl of Derby. After
the attainder of his great-grandson, it was given to Edmund, Earl of Lan-
caster. This manor was held under the Earldom and Duchy of Lancaster,
from the beginning of Edward III.'s reign till the latter end of the reign
of Edward IV., by the Wensley family. About the year 151 8 it appears
to have belonged to the Vernons of Haddon, from whom the greater part
descended to the present Duke of Rutland. A fourth part was many years
in the Boothby family, and is now the property of Mr. Anthony Beresford
of eastern.

Newton-Grange, which is situated about four miles north of Ashborne,
was one of the manors of Henry de Ferrars, at the time of the taking the
Domesday Survey. His descendant Robert, Earl Ferrars, gave it to the
abbey of Combermere, in Cheshire. King Henry VIII. granted it, with
other possessions of that abbey, to George Cotton, Esq., from whose family
it passed to that of Bentley, of Hungry Bentley in this county. A moiety
of it was forfeited, by the attainder of Edward Bentley, Esq., in 1586.
The other moiety had previously been sold to the Beresfbrds, who
eventually became possessed of the whole, having purchased the forfeited
moiety of Sir William Withipole, son-in-law of Sir Michael Stanhope, to
whom it had been granted by Queen Elizabeth, after Bentley's attainder.
This manor continued in the Beresford family till the death of the late
Richard Beresford, Esq. of Ashborne, in 1790, when it was sold in seve-
ralties ; Thomas Evans, Esq. of Derby, being the principal purchaser.

OfFcote (the Ophidecotes of the Domesday Survey) and Underwood,
which is not mentioned in that survey, were anciently separate manors and
townships, but have long been considered as one manor and liberty, which

" His father, Sir Henry, third son of William Boothby, Esq. and Judith, had been
created a baronet by King Charles I. in 1644, but the patent never passed the great seal.
• Descended from the elder brother of Henry, who was created a baronet by King Charles I.

surrounds

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surrounds the town of Ashborne, and extends thence to Kniveton. Both
manors belonged to the Earls of Derby, and afterward to Edmund, Earl of
Lancaster. In the reign of Charles I. the manors of Offcote and Under-
wood were granted away from the crown. This estate was afterwards
in the Newtons of Ashborne-Green, one of whose coheiresses brought them
to the family of Hayne. It now belongs to the daughter of the late Mr.
John Hayne.

The parochial chapelry of Alsop (the Elleshope of the Domesday Survey)
lies five miles and a half from Ashborne. The manor, which, as a hamlet
of Ashborne, had been parcel of the ancient demesnes of the crown, was
granted to William de Ferrars, Earl of Derby, who soon afterwards gave
it to Gweno, son of Gamel de Alsop, ancestor of Anthony Alsop, Esq.,
who married a daughter of the first Sir John Gell, Bart., and died without
male issue. The manor of Alsop had previously passed into the Beresford
family, a co-heiress of which brought it to the Milwards. It passed by
successive sales in 171 1, 1753, &c. to Smith of Hopton, Pole of Nottingham,
and Beresford of Basford ; and is now, by purchase from the late Francis
Beresford, Esq. of Ashborne, the property of Mr. John Brownson of Alsop.
A branch of the Mellor family resided here for several generations, on an
estate now the property of the Rev. Charles Stead Hope of Derby, who
married one of the coheiresses of the late Robert Mellor, Esq.

The minister of Alsop chapel is appointed by the freeholders.

The parochial chapelry of Hognaston lies about six miles north-east of Ash-
borne. Hognaston was parcel of the ancient demesnes of the crown as a ham-
let of Ashborne, and was included in the grants to William Earl of Derby, and
Edmund Earl of Lancaster, already mentioned. The manor of Wirksworth,
or Holands, belonging to Philip Gell, Esq., M. P., extends into this town-
ship. Mr. Gell possesses also a freehold estate here, which, in the reign
of Edward I., was conveyed by Richard Spernicotes to Henry de Hopton,
given by his son Roger to the abbey of Rocester, in Staffordshire, and
granted by Henry VIII., in 1 546, to Ralph Gell. Several copyhold estates
at Hognaston are held under the duchy manor of Wirksworth.

The parochial chapel at Hognaston is an ancient structure''. The minister
is appointed by the Dean of Lincoln as rector of Ashborne, and receives
out of the rectory an annual pension of 20 nobles.

The parochial chapelry of Parwich (the Pevrewic of Domesday) lies
about five miles north of Ashborne. The manor, which was parcel of the
ancient demesnes of the crown, passed, with Ashborne, to the Earls of Derby,

P See tlie account of Church architecture.

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and to Edmund, Earl of Lancaster. At an early period, the Fitzherberts
of Norbury held a manor here under the Earls of Lancaster. In the reign
of Edward III. it was conveyed to the Cokaines, whose descendant. Sir
Edward Cokaine, sold it, in the early part of the seventeenth century, to
Baptist Trott. The latter soon afterwards conveyed it to Thomas Levinge,
Gent., great-grandfather of Sir Richard Levinge, Knt. and Bart, Speaker
of the House of Commons, and Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench in
Ireland, and ancestor of Sir Richard Levinge, Bart., of High-Park, in the
county ofWest-Meath, by whom this manor was sold, in 1814, to William
Evans, Esq. of Derby, the present proprietor. The mansion, formerly
inhabited by the Levinge family, is now a farm-house.

The paramount manor belonging to the duchy of Lancaster, having been
granted by King Charles I. to Ditchfield and others, was purchased by the
Levinge family, and sold with the other in 18 14, to Mr. Evans j but the
inhabitants of Parwich still continue to do suit and service to the duchy
courts of Wirksworth ; at which the constables and headboroughs are sworn
into their offices.

In the chapel at Parwich is a tablet, in memory of WiUiam Beresfoi'd,
who died in 1699. This gentleman charged certain lands with the payment
of lol. per annum to the minister of Parwich chapel ; lol. per annum for
the poor j and 3I. per annum for the education of poor children. The
Dean of Lincoln, or his lessee, pays a stipend of 20 nobles per annum to
the minister of the chapel, who has of late years been appointed by the
lord of the manor.

AsHovEii, in the hundred of Scarsdale and deanery of Chesterfield, lies
about four miles from Matlock, and six south-west of Chesterfield, which is
the post-office town. It has a small market on Thursday, frequented, in the
winter only, occasionally by a few butchers ; and two fairs, April 25 and
October 15, for horned cattle and sheep. We have not found any charter
lor either.

The parish, which is large, contains the township of Ashover, including the
several villages of Alton, Butterley, High Oredish, Kelstedge, Mill-town,
Northedge, Littlemoor, Overton, and Slack, all in the hundred of Scarsdale,
and also the hamlets of Dethick, Lea ", and part of the villages of Upper and
Nether HoUoway, in the wapentake of Wirksworth.

It appears from Domesday-Book, that previously to taking that survey,
the manor of Ashover (Essoure) had been held by Leuric and Levenot,

'> Dethick and Lea, with Tansley, in the parish of Crich, form an united township or
eonstablewick.

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(supposed to have been two younger sons of Earl Godwin,) and that at the
time of making the survey it belonged to Ralph Fitzhubert, under whom it
was held by Serlo. The posterity of this Serlo were called de Plesley, from
Plesley, the place of their residence. Serlo de Piesley, his descendant, who
died about the year 1 203, left two daughters, co-heirs, married to Willoughby
of Lincolnshire and Deincourt, who possessed this manor in moieties. The
coheiresses of Deincourt married Reresby of Lincolnshire, and Musters of
Nottinghamshire. Sir Robert Wiliougiiby, son of the colieiress of Plesley,
exchanged his share of Ashover with the Reresby family for their interest
in the Plesley estate. The share of Ashover manor, which belonged to the
Musters* family, was subdivided between two sons, from one of whom,
Geffrey, a portion of the manor passed to Robert Perpoynt. In the reign
of Edward I., Adam de Reresby, Ralph de Reresby, Robert Perpoynt and
Henry Musters, are stated in the Nomina Villarum to have been lords of
Ashover.

From this time Ashover appears to have been considered as divided into
four distinct manors, known by the names of the New-hall manor, the Old-
hall manor, Musters' manor, and Perpoynt's manor, afterwards called
Babington's, or Gorse-hall manor.

The New-hall manor, with the advowson of the church, which had been
given in 1302, by Margaret de Reresby, widow, to Adam de Reresby, her
youngest son, and Dethgye, or Deugye, his wife, continued to belong to their
descendants, who occasionally served the office of sheriff' for the county, and
resided at the manor-house, called the New-hall, and afterwards Eastwood-
hall, till the reign of James I., when Sir Thomas Reresby, by deed, made it
over to trustees, to be sold for the purpose of paying his debts, and raising
portions for his two daughters, and it was accordingly sold, with the advow-
son, in 1623, to the Rev. Immanuel Bourne, then rector of Ashover. The
Rev. Lawrence Bourne, rector of Ashover, who died in 1797, bequeathed the
manor of New-hall, or Reresby's manor, and the advowson of the rectory,
to trustees for the benefit of his niece Jemima, the wife of Mr. John Nodder,
since deceased, and her children, in whom it is now vested.

Eastwood-hall, formerly the residence of the Reresby family, and the
site of this manor, was sold in 1762 to the governors of Queen Anne's
bounty, for the purpose of augmenting the chapel of Brimington, near
Chesterfield. Part of the old mansiSn is standing and inhabited as a farm-
house.

The Old-hall manor was conveyed by Ralph de Reresby, in 12,37 f to
Roger, son of Robert de Wynfield, of Edelstow-hall, who purchased also

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the fourth share which had belonged to Henry Musters, since which period the
Old Hall manor, and Musters's manor, have been united. The heiress of
Ralph, son of Roger de Wynfield, brought these manors to Robert Plumley,
who, dying without issue, they passed to James RoUeston, Esq. of Lea, in
the parish of Ashover, whose great grandfather had married a daughter
of Roger de Wynfield above-mentioned. These manors continued in the
Rolleston family, till the Lea branch became extinct, about the latter end of
Queen Elizabeth's reign, when they passed by marriage, or settlement, to
the Peshalls, or Pershallsof Horsley in Staffordshire. In the year 1648, Sir
John Pershall Bart, sold his manors of Ashover and Lea, to Richard
Hodgkinson, and Giles Cowley of the former place, who soon afterwards
sold Ashover in four shares : the Right Honourable Sir Joseph Banks is
proprietor of one of these shares by inheritance from the Hodgkinsons : two
others have been for a considerable time in the family of Bourne ; one of
these is now vested in the Rev. Nicholas Bourne, the other in the representa-
tives of the late Rev. John Bourne of Spital : the remaining fourth belongs to
the Marchioness of Ormond as representative of the Clarkes. Edelstow Hall
seems to have been considered as the hall of this manor, to which it was
attached, till after the sale by Sir John Pershall. After this, it became the
seat of a branch of the Gladwin family, one of whose co-heiresses brought
it to Dr. Henry Bourne of the Spital, near Chesterfield. It was sold in
1808, by the widow of the Rev. John Bourne, and her daughters, to
Mr. John Milnes of Ashover, the present proprietor. This hall is now
occupied as a farm-house.

Perpoynt's manor belonged, at a subsequent period, to the Babing-
tons of Dethick, of whom it was purchased by Sir Thomas Reresby,
and sold with his other estates in Ashover : it is now generally called
Babington's manor. Sir Joseph Banks has three-sevenths of this manor ;
the Duke of Devonshire one-seventh ; Sir Henry Hunloke, Bart, one-
seventh ; the representatives of the late John Woodyer, Esq. of Crook-
hill near Doncaster, one-seventh : the remaining seventh is in severalties "'.
Gorse-hall, which is supposed to have been the hall of this manor,
became, some years ago, the property of Mr. Thomas Bower, who resided
in it ; his grandson, the late Mr. Samuel Bower of Chesterfield, devised
it to trustees for his daughter, Mrs. Dutton. This hall is now occupied as
a farm-house.

"i It is divided in three shares, between the families of Raworth and Lovat, Armfield, and
Millington.

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18 DERBYSHIRE.

The family of Hunt, or Le Hunt, were possessed of considerable
property in Overton, in the early part of the thirteenth century. In the
year 1556, Thomas Hunt (son of Christopher, who had removed to Aston
upon Trent) sold his estate at Overton to Richard Hodgkinson, then of
Northedge-hall. After intermediate alienations to Calton and Wolley, it
was re-purchased of the latter family, in 1641, by George Hodgkinson,
great-great-grandson of Richard above-mentioned. The daughter and
heiress of William Hodgkinson, Esq., (son of George) married Joseph Banks
Esq., of Revesby Abbey, in the county of Lincoln. His son Robert, who took
the name of Hodgkinson, died in 1792. On his death, this estate devolved
to the Right Honourable Sir .Joseph Banks, Bart., and Knight Grand Cross
of the Order of the Bath, the much respected President of the Royal
Society, who has generally since he became possessed of the estate, spent a few
weeks in the autumn at Overton-hall. The garden at this place affords a
singular curiosity in the growth of two gooseberry-trees, which, as the
climate is unfavourable for the ripening of more valuable fruit, have been
trained against the walls. One of these trees, the date of the planting of
which is not known, measured in 1808, fifty-one feet two inches in length,
(the eastern branch, twenty-eight feet seven inches ; the western, twenty-two
feet seven inches) : the other tree, planted in 1794, measured, the same
year, forty-one feet five inches in length : (the southern branch, twenty-one
feet one inch ; the northern, twenty feet four inches.) The extreme
length of the larger tree in i8i(3, was fifty -four feet seven inches. The
trees are of the smooth red, or Warrington sort, and are remarkably good
bearers,

A younger branch of the Hunts resided also at Overton, from about the
year 1322, till the year 1596; when William Hunt sold his mansion and
estate to Robert Dakin of Chelmorton by whom it was conveyed in 1600,
to thd ancestor and namesake of Mr. John Gregory the present proprietor
and occupier. The ancient family of Crich, which had been for many
generations resident in Ashover, had considerable estates at Butterley,
Nether-Stubbing, Stubbing-edge, and Haughfield in this parish, most of
which were purchased in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, by William Crich,
Gent., and sold in parcels by his great grandson, Adam, father of Cor-
nelius Crich, the last of the family, who died in very reduced circumstances
at the great age of loi, in the year 1789, and lies buried in Ashover church.
Till within a few months of his death he frequently attended Chesterfield
market.

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Over-Stubbing or Stubbing-edge, which had belonged to the family of
Crich, passed in the reign of Queen Elizabeth to Richard Dakeyne, who
married the widow of William Crich. He had no issue by this marriage,
but by a former wife, Catherine Strange, daughter of the Earl of Rothes,
and one of the favourite attendants of Mary Queen of Scots ', he had two
sons. Heniy Dakeyne his grandson sold Stubbing-edge-hall and estate,
in 1661, to William Michell, Esq., of Wingerworth. The heiress of
Michell brought it to Sir John Phelippes, Bart., of whom the mansion
and a part of the estate, were re-purchased by Arthur Dakeyne, Esq.,
son of Henry. This estate passed with his heiress in marriage to
Captain William Hopkinson, of Bonsall ; and after having passed through
several hands, is now the property and residence of Mr. George Allen.

Northedge-hall was formeriy the property of a family, who took their
name from the place of their residence. It was sold by Godfrey North-
edge, in the year 1591 ; and having undergone some intermediate alien-
ations, was purchased, in 1603, by Mr. Robert Newton of Higham, in the
parish of Shirland, ancestor of John Newton, Esq., of King's Bromley, near
Lichfield, who died without issue in 1783. It is now the property of Mr.
John Nuttall of Matlock, who purchased it in 1804, of the widow of the
Rev. John Arden, devisee of Mr. Newton. The hall is occupied as a
farm-house.

An estate, called Buntingfield, in this parish, furnishes a remarkable
instance of well ascertained long continuance in a family of yeomanry,
it being known to have belonged to an ancestor and name-sake of its pre-
sent proprietor, Mr. John Bunting, in the reign of Edward III.

The parish church is a Gothic structure, with a handsome spire, seven
yards of which were blown down and re-built in 17 15. The font has been
already spoken of. There are memorials for the families of Babington %
Dakeyne ', and Hodgkinson. "

' She was one of those who attended this unfortunate princess on the scaffold, and was
particularly recommended to the favour of Queen Elizabeth.

' Thomas Babington, Esq. 1518. John Babington, 15. . . On removing the brass plate
from the grave-stone of the former, there was found on the under side an inscription in
memory of Robert Prykke, Esq. serjeant of the pantry to Queen Margaret, who died in 1450.

* William Dakeyne, " Norroy" * 1530; Arthur Dakeyne, 1720, &c.
" William Hodgkinson, Esq. 1731.

• As it does not appear ihat tills William Dakeyne was Norroy King at Anns, it is mpst likely that this in£Cription was
one of the forgeries of William Dakeyii or Dakyns, (probably his grandson,) who was punisiied by the Star-chamber, in the
teign of Queen Elizabeth, for fabricating pedigrees and grants of arms in some of the midland counties, and in the year
1596, being brought to London and examined before the Earl of Essex, Earl-Marshal ; made a fijU confession of his variocs
furgeriee, still preserved in a volume at the heralds' college.

D 2 In

20 DERBYSHIRE.

In a volume of church notes, which appear to have been taken about
the year 1710, by Francis Bassano, a herald painter, is recorded a monu-
ment in the RoUeston aisle, of Francis Rolleston, Esq., who died in 1587,
and Mary, his wife, daughter of Sir John Vernon ; a memorial of Philip
Eyre, rector, no date ; Jemima, daughter of Sir Thomas Bekingham, of
Essex, and relict of Immanuel Bourne, 1679, and Anne, wife of Joshua
Wigley, 1674.

At the beginning of the parish register, is a copy of the covenant of
1641, with numerous signatures. The following remarkable entry occurs
in the year 1660. " Doi'othy Matly, supposed wife to John Flint, of this
parish, forswore herself, whereupon the ground opened, and she sunk over
head, March 23d, and being found dead, she was buried March 25th."

The church of Ashover was given by Robert, Earl Ferrars, in the reign
of King Stephen, to the abbot and convent of Derley.'' It was in lay
hands again before 1302 ; the subsequent history of the advowson has been
already given. "

A chantry chapel in Ashover church, called Babington's chapel, was
founded by Thomas Babington, Esq., in 151 1. The lands belonging to
this chantry were valued at 5I. os. 4d. per annum, in 1547.''

There was a charity-school at Ashover, as eai'ly as the year 1605, when
the sum of five shillings per annum was given to it by Anthony Storer.
The school-house was built by Mr. Wm. Hodgkinson in 1703 ; its present
endowment, consisting chiefly of rent-charges ', is about 7I. 5s. per annum.
In a description of the school-house and garden by Titus Wheatcrofl,
parish clerk, in 1722, it is observed'', that " at every corner of the garden
is placed a birch-tree, that the master may not want for the moderate
correction of his unruly scholars ; and between every birch-tree there is
placed a handsome spreading sycam«ore for them to sit and shade themselves,
from the violent heat of the sun."

Dethick, which lies about three miles south from Ashover, belonged, as
early as the reign of Henry III. to an ancient family, who took their name
from the place. The elder branch became extinct in the reign of Henry
VI. by the death of Robert Dethick, whose heiress brought Dethick to .

* Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. iii. 61. ^ See p. 16.
2 Chantry Roll, Augmentation Office.

* Mr. Richard Hodgkinson gave a rent-charge of il. in 1673 ' Captain Samuel Sleigh in 1688
gave rent-charges, amounting to 4I. 4s., on condition that the school should be built near a well,
called St. William's well; Mrs. Sarah Bower of Gorse-hall, gave the interest of 40I.

* MSS. Collections relating to the parish of Ashover.

Thomas

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Thomas Babington, elder son of Sir John Babington, and brother of Sir
William Babington, who was appointed Cliief Justice of the King's Bench
in 1423. John Babington, son of Thomas, was killed at Bosworth Field.
Anthony Babington, the sixth in descent liom Thomas, was executed in
1586 with circumstances of unusual severity % for a plot against Queen Eli-
zabeth. When he found that the conspiracy was discovered, he attempted
to secure himself by flight, having stained his face with the juice of walv
nuts, to disguise his person. He was at length apprehended at the house
of Bellamy, one of the conspirators, in the parish of Harrow on the
Hill, in the county of Middlesex, Anthony Babington is said to have
made over his estate at Dethick, previously to his attainder, to a younger
brother. It was sold afterwards to Wendesley Blackwall, Esq., and having
been divided into severalties, the whole became eventually the property of
Samuel Hallowes, Esq. ancestor of Thomas Hallowes, Esq. of Glapwell,
the present proprietor. The old mansion, which has been much altered,
is occupied as a farm-house. The chapel at Dethick, dedicated to St.
John, was founded in 1279, by Geffrey Dethick, and Thomas, Prior of
Felley, in Nottinghamshire. A chantry was founded in this chapel, in the
reign of Henry IV., by Roger de Wingerworth."' Dethick chapel has
been augmented by Queen Anne's bounty. The patronage was given to
the late Dame Ann Barker, in consequence of her having been one of
the principal benefactors. It is now vested in Thomas Hallowes, Esq.

The hamlet of Lea, which is partly in the parish of Ashover, partly
in that of Crich, and partly in South-Winfield, lies about three miles from
Ashover. The manor belonged, in the reign of King John, to Robert de
Alveley, who left two daughters, co-heiresses. One moiety of the manor
which passed with the elder daughter to Ferrers of Lockesley in Stafford-
shire, was sold by her son to Sir Geffrey Dethick, and having descended
to the Babingtons, acquired the name of Babington's Manor. This moiety
has been long in severalties. The other moiety was sold by a descendant
of De la Lea, who married Alveley's younger daughter to the PVeche-
villes, of whom it was purchased in the fourteenth century by the Rol-
lestons. From the latter, it acquired the appellation of RoUeston's Manor.
Francis Rolleston, Esq. of the Lea, and his son, were convicted in 1571, for
conspiring to set at liberty Mary Queen of Scots, then in the custody of

' It is said in the State Trials, that the Queen on hearing this, expressed her displeasure,
and conimanded that some of his accomplices, whose execution was deferred till the following
day, should be deprived of sense, before the latter part of the dreadful sentence against
traitors was put in force.

'' Inq. ad q. d. 13 Hen. IV.

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the Earl of Shrewsbury. This manor, having passed by marriage to the
Pershalls, it was sold in 1648 by Sir John Pershall, Bart, to Hodg-
kinson and Cowley, who conveyed it to Spateman. In 1707, it was pur-
chased of the last-mentioned family by the ancestor of the late Peter
Nightingale, Esq., and is now, under his will, the property of William
Edward Nightingale, (late Shore) Esq. Lea-hall is now occupied as a
farm-house. There was formerly a chapel at Lea or Leyghe, founded in
the reign of King John, as a domestic chapel by Robert Alveley or Aveley,
because there was no parish church within a computed mile and a half.
A chantry was founded in this chapel in the reign of Henry IV. by Rogei-
de Wingerworth.*^ The remains of this chapel, which, by an inscription
still visible on the side of a Gothic window, appears to have been rebuilt in
the year 1478, have been converted into a barn.

There is a small Unitarian meeting-house at Lea, and near it a
cotton-mill, the property of Mr. Nightingale. At Lea-wood is a large
hat manufactory, belonging to Messrs. Saxton and Taylor.

AsTON ON Trent in the hundred of Morleston and Litchurch, lies about
six miles south from Derby. The parish contains the township of Aston,
and the hamlets of Great- Wilne and Shardlow, which form an united
township, and maintain their own poor. A market at Aston on Tuesday,
and a fair for three days at the festival of St. Peter ad Vincula, both long
ago discontinued, were granted in the year 1256 to the abbot of Chester',
who held the manor and church under the Earls of Chester, and after-
wards under the Earls and Dukes of Lancaster.

After the reformation, the manor of Aston as parcel of Weston, cum
membris, was granted to Sir William Paget, and afterwards passed to the
Ropers": it was purchased of the latter in 1649, '^y Robert Holden, Esq.
who had an estate also at Aston, with a capital mansion, purchased of the
ancient family of Hunt, formerly of Overton, in Ashover, and afterwards of
Aston. Robert Holden, Esq., who died in 1746, left an only daughter and
heiress, married to James Shuttleworth, Esq., whose fourth son, the Reve-
rend Charles Holden, on succeeding by bequest to the manor of Weston, &c,
took the name of Shuttleworth, and is the present proprietor. Mr. Holden
is possessed also of the manor of Shardlow, purchased of the Hunts,

"= Chantry-roll, Augmentation Office. ^ Inq. ad q. d. 13 Hen. IV.

e Chart. Rot. 41 Hen. HI.

*" The manor of Weston appears to have been regranted or confirmed to this family. See a
reference in Jones's Index to the Records of the Exchequer. Fin. 18 Jac. i. Rot. 46.

Christopher

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Christopher Hunt, Esq., the first of the family who settled in this parish,
died seised of it in 1540 '. Aston Lodge is the property and residence of
George Redmond Huibert, Esq.

The Fosbrookes have been possessed more than a century, of an estate
and capital mansion " at Shardlow, which is now the property and residence
of Leonard Fosbrooke, Esq. A considerable trade is carried on at Shard-
low, where the Grand Trunk Navigation forms a junction with the old
canal to Burton-on-Trent. Mr. Fosbrooke has spacious wharfs for corn,
salt, the produce of the Staffordshire potteries, &c.

In the parish church at Aston are monuments or other memorials of the
families of Hunt, Holden, Shuttleworth, and Fosbrooke. '

The church of Aston was appropriated to the Abbey of St. Werburgh,
in Chester, in the year 1393'". It is nevertheless still a rectory, the advowson
of which has for more than a century been vested in the Holden family.

There is no endowed charity school in this parish ; but there are schools
both at Aston and Shardlow, supported by voluntary contributions. The
school-house at Shardlow was built by subscription in 18 10. The rector
has given the temporary accommodation of a house and school-room at
Aston, where the school, till lately, was kept in the vestry.

Opposite Cavendish bridge in this parish, at Wilne-ferry, was a fort on
the Leicestershire side of the river, constructed during the civil war, for the
purpose of securing the line of communication between Leicester and Derby j
it was taken and demolished by Lord Grey and Colonel Gell, in April 1645.

The extensive parish of Bakewell comprises the township of that name ;
the townships of Blackwall, Brushfield, Calver, Curbar, Flagg, Froggatt,
Over and Netlier-Haddon, Harthill, Hassop, Little-Longstone (or Longs-
don), Rowland, Great Rowsley, and part of Wardlow " j besides the paro-
chial chapelries of Ashfbrd, Baslow, Beeley, Buxton, Chelmorton, Great-
Longstone (or Longsdon), Monyash, Sheldon and Taddington.

Bakewell is a small market town situated twenty-six miles from
Derby, fifteen from Chesterfield, and one hundred and fifty-two from

"' Esch. 32 Hen. VIII. ■' The house was built in 1684.

' Thomas Hunt, 1625, (the date not now legible,) is taken from Bassano's volume of church
notes, (see page 20) ; Robert Holden, Esq. 1659 ; Edward Holden, 1653, Samuel Holden,
1692; Robert Holden, Esq. 1746. — (the three first dates from Bassano's notes): Leonard
Fosbrooke, Esq. 1719; Leonard Fosbrooke, Esq. 1762, &c.

" Inquis. 17 Ric. H. 65.

" All these are given separately in the population abstract, although several of them are in the
chapelries above mentioned.

I o London.

24i DERBYSHIRE.

London. The first mention we find of this town is in the reign of Edward
the Elder, who, as we are told in the Saxon Chronicle, marched with his
army in the year 924 from Nottingham to Badecanwillan, and then com-
manded a castle" to be built in its neighbourhood, and garrisoned. This
place evidently derives its name from a mineral spring and an ancient bath,
which probably, as well as that of Buxton, was known to the Romans " : the
name is written Badequelle in the Domesday survey, and was soon after-
wards further corrupted to Bauquelle.

It appears by the quo umrranto roll, that in the year 1330, John Gernon
claimed a market on Monday, at Bakewell; a fair for three days at the festi-
val of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, and another for fifteen days, be-
ginning on the vigil of St. Philip and St. James. The last-mentioned fair
had been granted in 1 251, to William Gernon.'' A small maiket for butchers*
meat, &c. is now held on Friday ; there are now six fairs; Easter Monday,
Whit-Monday, August 26th, Monday after October i ith, and Monday
after old Martinmas day, for horses, cattle, &c. &c. There are also three
fairs or great markets, annually, but not at fixed periods, for the sale of fat
cattle only.

The township of Bakewell contained in 1801, 280 inhabited houses, and
141 2 inhabitants; in 181 1, 286 houses, and 1485 inhabitants, according to
the returns made to parliament at those periods.

There is an extensive cotton manufactory at Bakewell, belonging to Mr.
Robert Arkwright.

The manor of Bakewell (the Badequelle of Domesday) was parcel of the
ancient demesnes of the crown. William the Conqueror gave it to his natu-
ral son William Peverell, whose son, having forfeited all his possessions in
the reign of Henry II. this manor was given by King John to Ralph Gernon''.
In H99, the fee of Bakewell was granted by King John to William Briewei-e',
and was one of those assigned by King Edward I. in 1282, to Katherine,
mother of Queen Eleanor.' In 1286 William Gernon Lord of Bakewell, granted
certain privileges to the burgesses of that town: the co-heiresses of Sir John
Gernon, who died seised of the manor of Bakewell, in 1383, married Botetourt
and Peyton. Sir Richard Swinburne who married the heiress of Botetourt, died

» It is translated a city, but it is well known that the word burg signifies also a castle, which
is much more probable.

" See an account of the intended construction of a new bath at this place, and of a recent
analysis of the water, under the head of " Mineral Waters^"

9 Rot. Chart. 36 Hen. III. ^ Rot. Cart, i Joh.

' Rot. Chart. 5 John. ' Dodsworth's Collections.

(ft

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in 1391. Alice, one of tlie sisters and co-heirs of his son Sir Thomas,
brought the manor of Bakewell to John HeHon. Isabel, one of the co-
heiresses of John Helion, tlie son, brought it to Humphrey Tyrell ; whose
daughter and heir having married Sir Roger Wentworth, joined in the sale
of this manor to Sir Henry Vernon, in the year 1503. It has since passed
with the Haddon estate, and is now the property of the Duke of Rutland.

JMoor-hali, said to have been an ancient seat of the Gernons, stood about
a mile west of Bakewell, on tlie edge of the moors.

In the parish church, wliicli is an ancient and spacious structure, exhibit-
ing the architecture of various periods', are the monuments of Sir Thomas
Wendesley or Wensley, mortally wounded, whilst %hting on the side of the
House of Lancaster, at the battle of Shrewsbury' ; Sir John Vernon, Knt.
(son and heir of Henry) 14775 S"- George Vernon, of Haddon, who died
in 1561, and his two wives, Margaret daughter of Sir Gilbert Talbois, and
Maud, daughter of Sir Ralph Longford ; Sir John Manners (second son of
Thomas Earl of Rutland) who died in 161 1, and his wife (Dorothy, daugh-
ter and co-heir of Sir George Vernon) who died in 1584; John Manners,
(third son of Sir John) who died in 1590, and Sir George Manners, who
died in 1623. He married Grace, daughter of Sir Henry Pierrepont. There
are memorials also for Basset Copwood, maternally descended from the
Bassets of Blore, who died at Bubnell Hall, in 1628, and the Walthalls de-
scended from the family of that name at Wistaston, in Cheshire, 1744, &c.

In the south isle is an ancient monument for Sir Godfrey Foljambe, who
died in 1376, and Avena his wife, who died in 1383. The inscription on
the tablet was written by Mr. Blore, and put up in the year 1803.

In Bassano's volume of church notes are recorded the memorials of
Latham Woodroflfe, Esq. 1648, William Saville, Esq. 1658, both stewards
to John Earl of Rutland ; and Bernard Wells, Gentleman, of Holme-hall,

The parish of Bakewell is stated in the Domesday Survey to have had
two priests. King John, in the first year of his reign, granted the church
of Bakewell, then collegiate, with its prebends and other appurtenances,
to the canons of Lichfield, to whom it was afterwards appropriated. At
the time of King John's grant, there were three officiating priests in this
church, for whom a competent maintenance was stipulated, and one of
the prebendaries of Lichfield was, in consequence of the above-mentioned
grant, to say mass for the souls of the King and his ancestors, in Lichfield

* See the account of Ancient Church Architecture.
' See the account of Ancient Sepulchral Monuments.

Vol. V. E cathedral,

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cathedral ". The prebends of Bakewell were three in number ; Matthew,
a canon of Lichfield, being the incumbent of one of these, was allowed by
the dean and chapter to retain it during his life. '^

In consequence of a complaint, which came before John Peckham, Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, at his visitation of the diocese of Lichfield, that the
deacon and sub-deacon of the rich church of Bakewell were so ill provided
for, that they were obliged to beg their bread ; it was ordained by the
Archbishop in 1280, that they should eat at the vicar's table, and that for
the extraordinary expence, ten marks per annum should be allowed him
out of the rectory, in addition to twenty marks which he before re-
ceived ; and it is observed, that he had already two priests and the clerk
to maintain. A mark was allowed to the deacon, and ten shillings to the
sub-deacon, for clothes ^ The dean and chapter of Lichfield are still
patrons of the vicarage of Bakewell, which is in their peculiar jurisdiction.

Before the reformation there were two chantries in Bakewell church,
one at the altar of the Holy Cross, founded in 1365, by Sir Godfrey Fol-
jambe, and Avena, his wife, valued at 61. 6s. 2d., i Edward VI. ; the other
at the altar of the Virgin Mary, valued at 4I.

The hospital of St. John at Bakewell was founded by Sir John Manners
and his brother Roger Manners, Esq. of Uffington in Lincolnshire, for six
poor men who were made a body corporate, and endowed in 1602, at the
expence of 600I. with annuities or rent-charges to the amount of 40I. per
annum. The poor men have pensions of 61. per annum each, the remain-
ing four pounds are appropriated to a laundress : Sir John Manners left by
\vill (161 1) the sum of 30I. to purchase pewter, brass, and linen, for the use
of the hospital.

Grace Lady Manners (widow of Sir George Manners, who died in 1623,)
in the year 1636, founded a free-school for instructing the poor children of
Bakewell and Great- Rowsley in reading, writing, &c. and endowed it with
a rent-charge of 15I. per annum, issuing out of lands at Elton.

Over-Haddon is within the King's manor of the High-Peak, but there
is within it a subordinate manor, which with Over-Haddon-hall, in the
reign of Henry VI., became the property and seat of a younger branch
of the Suttons, of Sutton in Cheshire, who continued there for five gene,
rations. The Suttons were succeeded in this estate by the Cokes of
Trusley, and it passed with the heiress of the Melbourne branch of that

" Chart. Rot. i John. * Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. iii. p. 229.

y See Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. iii. p. 226.

family.

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family, to the father of Lord Melbourne, who is the present proprietor.

Allotments were made to Lord Melbourne, in lieu of manerial rights at

the time of the inclosure in 1806.
Over-Haddon was the birth place and residence of Martha Taylor, the

celebrated fasting damsel, relating to whom there are as many as four
pamphlets extant '. It is said that she began to abstain from food on the
22d of December 1667, being then in her eighteenth year, in consequence
of the effects of a blow received some years before, but her illness is said
not to have commenced till the end of August, or the beginning of Sep-
tember preceding. The last pamphlet was published March 30, 1669,
when it appears that she was living and continuing to fast ; her face is
described as plump and ruddy ; her pulse as even and lively ; it is said
that after she had left off eating, she once swallowed part of a fig, wliich
had nearly proved fatal to her j that she had none of the usual secretions
after the beginning of 1668 ; nor was thei-e any moisture in her mouth or
nose ; that the vertebrae of her back might be felt through the abdomen ;
that she had very little sleep, and was once wholly without sleep for five

^ The titles of the pamphlets are as follow : " Nevves from Derbyshire, or the Wonder of
all Wonders, that ever yet was printed, being a relation of the handy work of Almighty God,
shewn upon the body of one Martha Taylor, living about a mile or something more from
Bakewell, in Derbyshire, hard by a pasture, commonly called Hadon pasture : this maid as it
iiath pleased the Lord, she hath fasted forty weeks and more, which may very well be call'd
a wonder of all wonders, though most people who hear this may censure this to be some fable,
y€t if they please but to take the pains to read over the book, I hope that they will be better
satisfied, and have some faith to believe. This maid is still alive, and hath a watch set over
her, by order of the Earl of Devonshire. Written by me, T.Robins, B. of D. (Bellman of
Derby,) a well-wisher to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. London, Oct. 13, 1668."

" The Wonder of the World: — being a perfect relation of a young maid, about eighteen
years of age, which hath not tasted of any food this two and fifty weeks from this present day
of my writing, Dec. 22, 1668, &c. wherein is related the whole truth and no more, as it was
taken from the mouth of the damsel and her mother, being a true account of her condition,
by T.Robins, &c London, 1669."

" A discourse upon prodigious abstinence, occasioned by the twelve months fasting of
Martha Taylor, the famous Derbyshire damosell, proving that without any miracle the texture
of human bodies maybe so alter'd that life may be long continued without the supplies of meat
and drink ; with an account of the hearty and how far it is interested in the business of fer-
mentation. By Joseph Reynolds. Humbly offered to the Royal Society."

" Mirabile Pecci ; — or the Non-such Wonder of the Peak in Darbyshire, discover'd in
a full, tho' succinct narrative of the more than ordinary parts, piety, and preservation
of Martha Taylor, one that hath been supported in time above a year, beyond the ordinary
course of nature, without meat or drink, by H. A. ; printed for Parkhurst and Co. London."
Date of the dedication, March 30, 1669.

E '2 weeks.

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weeks. It appears that she underwent two watches, having been attended
by from forty to sixty women, who watched her strictly night and day.
One of these watches was appointed by the neighbouring townships ; the
other by tlie Earl of Devonshire. If the entry copied in the note ', records
the burial of this young woman, she survived the publication of the last
pamplilet fifteen years. We have no account of the sequel, whether she
was detected as an impostor, or whether she was a real sufferer, and, having
recovered, returned to her usual habits.

It is probable. that some of these pamphlets might have fallen into the
hands of the late notorious impostor Ann Moor, and suggested the lead-
ing circumstances of her impositions. This woman, who is a native of
Derbyshire ", resided at Tutbury, where, during a pretended fasting or
more than four years, she contrived that her case should in almost every
particular resemble that of Martha Taylor. Having successfully eluded
one watch of seventeen days and nights, she continued her imposture
with the greater confidence ; till at length, having reluctantly submitted to
a second ordeal, it was conducted with so much care and skill, that she
found it impossible to elude the vigilance of the watchers : and at length,
when nature was almost exhausted with real fasting, she confessed herself
an impostor.

The manor of Nether-Haddon belonged at an early period to the family
of Avenell, whose co-heiresses married Vernon and Basset. The heiress
of Vernon, in the reign of Henry the Third, married Gilbert Le Francis,
whose son Richard took the name of Vernon and died at the age
of 29 in 1296. This Richard was common ancestor of the Vernons of
Haddon, Stokesay, Hodnet, Sudbury, &c. The Bassets continued to
possess a moiety of Nether-Haddon in the reign of Edward III., but in or
before the reign of Henry VI. the whole became vested in the Vernons,
who had purchased Basset's moiety. Sir Richard Vernon of Haddon was
speaker of the Parliament held at Leicester in 1425 ; liis son of the same
name was the last person who held for life the high office of Constable of
England. Sir Henry Vernon, grandson of the latter, was Governor ta
Prince Arthur, son of Henry VIII. who is said to have resided with him
at Haddon. The Haddon branch of the Vernons became extinct in 1 565,
by the death of Sir George Vernon, who, by the magnificence of his
retinue and his great liospitality, is said to have acquired the name of
" King of the Peak." Dorothy, the younger of his co-heiresses, brought

' " June 12, 1684. Martlia, chiugliter of John Taylor, buried." Parish Register.
" She was born at Roston in the parish of Norbury.

Haddon

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Haddon to Sir John Manners, second son of Thomas, the first Earl of
Rutland, of that family, and immediate ancestor of His Grace the Duke of
Rutland, who is the present proprietor.

-The ancient castellated mansion of Haddon-hall, exhibits the architecture
of various periods % having been built at several times by the families of
"S^ernon and Manners. The general appearance of this ancient mansion, with
its turrets, surrounded by v/oody scenery, is very picturesque. The gallery in
the south front, about no feet in length, and only 17 in width'', was built
in the reign of Elizabeth. Tlie great hall was the ancient dining-room.
Most of the other apartments, which are numerous, are of small dimensions.
About the year 1760, the house was entirely stripped of its furniture,
which was removed to Belvoir Castle ", but the building is still kept in
good repair. The Rutland family have not resided at Haddon since the
reign of Queen Anne, when the first Duke lived there occasionally in
great state, and is said to have kept his Christmas with open house, in the
true style of old English hospitality '. A ball was given in the gallery by tlie
Duke of Rutland on occasion of his coming of age, and another by the
inhabitants of Bakewell, on occasion of the peace of 1802.

'^ See the account of Ancient Mansions. The remains of Saxon architecture in the cliapel

seem to have been part of a structure erected soon after the conquest by the Avenells.
^ In the centre is a recess 15 feet by 22.
' The ancient tapestry in the principal bed-chamber, ornamented with peacocks and

monkeys, well executed, and the old state bed with an Earl's coronet, have been lately

replaced.

f It appears by the following extracts from the bailiff's accounts, that his father, John the

eighth Earl of Rutland, who died at Haddon in 1679, kept an open Christmas at this mansion

in 1663.

Paid George Wood the cook, for helping in the pastry all Christmas - 3I. os. od.

Paid Robert Swindell for helping at the like work all Christmas, and two weeks i 5 o
Paid William Green the cook, for helping in the kitchen all Christmas -100

Paid Anthony Higton, turn-spit, for helping all Christmas - - -030

Paid W. Creswick for pulling fowls and poultry all Christmas - -036

Paid Catherine Sprig for helping the scullery-maid all Christmas - -030

Paid Thomas Shaw, the piper, for piping all ditto - - -200

Given by my Honourable Lord and Lady's command, to Thos. Shaw's man - o 10 o
Given by their Honors' command to Richard Blackwell, the dancer - - o 10 o
Given by their Honors' command to Ottiwell Bramwell, the dancer - -0100

Given by their Honors' command to Ottiwell Bramwell's kinswoman, for dancing 050
About this time, from 1660 to 1670, although the family resided chiefly at Belvoir, there

were generally killed and consumed every year at Haddon, between 30 and 40 beeves,

between 4 and 500 sheep, and 8 or lo swine.

The

30 DERBYSHIRE.

The manoi' of Great-Rowsley belonged to the Vernons, as an appen-
dage of Haddon, and is now the property of the Duke of Rutland.

The manor of Harthill or Herthiil commonly called and spelt Hartle, be-
longed at an early period to the family of de Herthiil, whose heiress brought
it, with several other estates, to the Cokaines in the reign of Edward III.
Edward Cokaine, Esq. sold Herthiil, in the year 1599, to John Manners,
Esq. from whom it has descended to his Grace the Duke of Rutland.
There was formerly a chapel at Herthiil, in which a chantry was founded
in the year 1259, by Richard de HerthilF. The minister of the chapel was
appointed and supported by the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield^. There are
no remains of the chapel at Harthill.

The manor of Hassop was formerly in the Foljambes. The heiress of Sir
Godfrey Foljambe brought it, in the fourteenth century, to Sir Robert
Plumpton, of Yorkshire. Sir Robert his grandson sold Hassop in 1498,
to Catherine, widow of Stephen Eyre of this place, a younger son of Eyre
of Padley. Francis Eyre, Esq., the immediate descendant of Stephen, on
the death of the late Earl of Newburgh, in 18 14, assumed tliat title\ and
is the present proprietor.

Hassop Hall was garrisoned for the King, by Colonel Eyre, in the month
of December 1643'. There is a portrait at Hassop, (now the seat of his
descendant the Earl of Newburgh,) of this gallant royalist, who distin-
guished himself at the siege of Newark ; besides others of the Eyre family,
and that of Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham.

The village of Ashford, the Aisseford of the Domesday Survey, is situ-
ated on the banks of the Wye, about two miles from Bakewell. The manor,
which was parcel of the ancient demesnes of the crown, was granted by King
John in the first year of his reign, to Wenunwen, Lordof Powisland", whose son
Griffin, had a grant of free-warren in this manor in the year 1250'. King
Edward the Second granted it in 1319, to his brother Edmund Plantagenet,
Earl of Kent™. This manor having descended to the posterity of Joan his
daughter, (and eventually heiress,) by her second husband Sir Thomas Hol-
land, passed, on the death of Edmund Holland Earl of Kent, in 1408, to
Elizabeth his sister and coheiress married to John Lord Neville. Henry
Neville Earl of Westmorland sold it in 1549 or 1550, to Sir William Caven-
dish, ancestor of the Duke of Devonshire, who is the present proprietor.

*■ Regist. Ecc. lie Lichfield. See Harl. MSS. 4799. ^ Dugdale's Monasticon iii. 227.

" See the account of nobility in the former part of this volume. ' Sir John Cell's Narrative.
" Chart. Rot. i John. ' Chart. Rot. 35 Henry III. >» Ibid. 13 E. II. No. 20.

1 1 Near

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Near Asliford is a good house, the property and residence of the late
Ihomas Barker, Esq., and now in the occupation of his widow; it was built
by Mr. Barker's father. "

The manor of Brushfield, a township of this chapelry, anciently written
Bnghtnthfield. appears to have been at an early period in moieties, one of
wuch was given by Robert, son of Waltheof, to the Abbey of Ruffbrd- the
other moiety was successively in the families of Monjoye and Blount" 'xhe
moiety winch had belonged to Ruftbrd Abbey, was granted by King Henry
VIH. to George, Earl of Shrewsbury. In 1628, it was conveyed by the
co-heiresses of Gilbert Earl of Shrewsbury, to Sir William Armine and his
iady In 1658, Lady Armine sold, it to the Bradshaws, of whom it was pur-
chased m 1662, by the Earl of Devonshire. It is now the property of his
descendant, the Duke of Devonshire.

In the chapel at Ashfbrd is a tablet in memory of Mr, Henry Watson of
Bakewell, who died in 1786, aged 72. It appears by his epitaph, that he
established the marble works " near this place, and was the first who formed
into ornaments the fluors and other fossils of this county ». There are
memonals also for William Fynney of Little Longston, Gent. 1748;
William Bullock of Ashfbrd, M.D. ,784, and the Rev. John Bullock 1789;

ihe vicar of Bakewell nominates the minister of this chapel. A
chantry was founded at Ashfbrd, by Griffin, son of Wenunwyn, in the
year 1257." "^

William Bagshaw the non-conformist divine, who was called the Apostle
of the Peak, established a meeting-house at this place, which was supplied
by a minister from Hucklow. It is still in existence, and has of late been
occupied by various sects.

Near the village is a meeting-house, of the General Baptists. In
the year ,631, Mr. William Harris gave 50I. towards the building of a
school, and endowed it with 61. 13 s. 4d. per annum. Sir John Coke.
Secretary of State to King Charles I. gave the close in which it stands,
and Thomas Goodwin, in 1758, il. per annum.

The village of Baslo^o hes about five miles from Bakewell. The manor
was given by Henry de Curzon before the year 1330 % to Richard Vernon,
from whom it has descended to his Grace the Duke of Rutland. Some

r InZT'^ Nottinghamshire, p. 344. „ See the account of manufactures.

the Ue bvsJIre'fl" . T'T^' '^'- ''''^''' ^''^''" '' ^'^'^'^^' '« '^e first vase made of

tne Derbyshire fluor, with the date of 1743.

P Extracts from the Lichfield Registers. Harl. MSS. 4700.
" See Quo Warranto Roll. 4 Edw. UI.

records

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records describe a moiety of the manor of Baslow, as lield under the Abbot
of Derley in the reign of Henry VI. together with the manor of Bubnell,
by John Earl of Shrewsbury". Bubnell is now considered as part of the
manor of Baslow, belonging to the Duke of Rutland. Bubnell-hall, formerly
a seat of the Bassets of Blore, and afterwards, by marriage, of Copwood, is
now a farm-house.

Tiie patronage of the parochial chapel of Baslow, which had belonged
to the vicar of Bakewell, was by an act of parliament, passed in 1811,
vested in the Duke of Devonshire and his heirs. '

There is a charity school at Baslow, with an endowment of about 18I.
per annum, arising from sundry small benefactions. The manor of Calver,
which belonged in the reign of Henry VI. to Thomas Lynford, was
granted by King Henry VIII. to Rowland Shakerley, and having passed
to the Tracys, was conveyed to the Stratfords, and afterwards purchased,
in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, by the Eyres of Hassop, in which family
it still remains.

The townships of Curbar, Froggatt, and Rowland, lie within this
chapelry ; the two former are in the manor of Baslow ; Rowland is a manor
belonging to the Earl of Newburgh.

The village of Beeley (the Begelie of Domesday) lies about four miles
from Bakewell. The manor was in the Crown at the time of the Domes-
day survey. In the reign of Richard I. it belonged to Warner de Beelegh,
who v/as succeeded by his son Serlo. At a later period, it was in the
family of Cheney of Northamptonshire, whose heiress married Thomas
Lord Vaux of Harrowden, in the reign of Henry VIII. Nicliolas Vaux Esq.,
his younger son, having succeeded to his mother's estate, sold it in 1 560,
to Dean and John Greaves. The ancestors of the latter had re-
sided at a place called the Greaves in this chapelry, as early as the reign of
Henry III. William Saville Esq., purchased it of the Greaves family in
1687. It appears to have been afterwards divided into twelve shares, which
were in the families of Norman, Brown, and Wright. The whole is now
the property of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire ; having been pur-
chased in 1747, of Brown and Wright, by William, third Duke of Devon-
shire. The Duke of Rutland has a court-leet over Beeley, &c. wliich was
purchased by his ancestor of the Greaves family, in the reign of James I.

In the chapel at Beeley, are monuments of the Saville family, a younger
branch of the Savilles of Howley in Yorkshire, which became extinct by
the death of George Saville, Esq., in 1734. They resided at the Greaves,

' See Escli. 32 & 38, 39 Hen. VI. » See the account of Buxton.

afterward

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aflerwards caTled the Hill-top, which latter name it still retains. George
Saville's monument was put up by his nephew and heir, John Gilbert
Cooper, Esq.

Bassano's volume of Church notes ' mentions a memorial for John Greaves,
Esq. 1694, and Anne his wife, 1700.

It appears by Archbishop Peckham's ordinance of that date, that there was
a chapel at Beeley in 1280, and tbat the minister there had five marks per
annum, payable partly by the dean and chapter of Lichfield, and partly
by the inhabitants." It seems that the chapel had gone to decay, and a
new one had been built, to which no endowment was attached before the
year 1473, ^'^'^ ^'■^^^ of the following curious instrument, the original of which
is in the collection of Adam Wolley, Esq. of Matlock. This instrument
states, " That there is a devoute chapell in Beley in Derwent-dale, which is
a new begonne thing of our sweet lady St. Mary, and hafe nothing but
through the grace of God and the almes of goode men and wymmen, but
that won Sir John Eyre, chapeleyn, movid with grace and vertue, hath
laboured and done great cost there, as well of his owne proper costs as of
his pore neighbours, and hath gotten thereto boke, bell, vestment, and
chales, and hath a preest there sayinge masse dayly before our sayde ladye
for all brethren and sisters, and all good doers thereto, and purposeth
through the grace of God and our sayde ladye and succoure of goode men
and wymmen, to founde a preest there for ever, to pray for all the bene-
factors and goode doers thereto, whicii he may not utterly perform with-
out refreshyng and almesdede of goode men and wymmen, wherefore if
hit please you to shew your blessed almes thereto, hit is your owne,
and our said blessed lady will reward you : and also we have sent
amongst you won Thomas Willymot, which is a very trewe proctour, and
a special benefactor and good doer there. To which present writing,"
&c. &c.

The patronage of the parochial chapelry of Ceeley is vested in the Duke of
Devonshire.

An act of parliament for inclosing lands in Beeley passed in x8ii, by
which allotments in lieu of tithes of corn were given to the Duke of
Devonshire as impropriator, and for tithes of wool and lambs, to the
Dean and Chapter of Lichfield.

Harewood Grange, in the chapelry of Beeley, was given to Bcauchicf

* Seep.». " Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. iii. p. 227.

Vol. V. P abbey

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abbey in the latter part of the 12th century, by Warner de Beelegh. King
Henry VIH. granted it to Francis Leake, Esq. It is now the property
of the Marchioness of Ormond having passed in the same manner as
Sutton.

The parochial chapelry of Buxton, (anciently written Bawkestanes ",) well
known for its celebrated baths, is situated about 34 miles from Derby,
12 from Bakewell, about 22 from Manchester, and about 160 from London.
The manor of Buxton is parcel of the King's manor of the High-Peak, on
lease to the Duke of Devonshire. The baths at Buxton are supposed to
have been known to the Romans. It appears by Dr. Jones's treatise on the
Buxton waters, published in 1572, that the waters were then in high repute,
and that Buxton was a place of considerable resort. The great hall " for the
accommodation of visitors had been erected not long before by the Earl of

" Temp. Hen. III. It seems probable that it was originally Badestanes, deriving the name
from its stone baths, and that it has been corrupted in the same manner as Bakewell. See

P-24-

™ The great hall is thus described by Dr. Jones : <' Joyninge to the chiefe springe betwene the
river and the bathe, is a very goodly house, foure square, foure stories hye, so well conipacte
with houses of office beneath, and above, and round about, with a great chambrc and other
goodly lodgings to the number of 30 : that it is and will be a bewty to beholde, and very
notable for the honorable and worshipfull that shall neede to repaire thither, as also for other.
Yea, the porest shall have lodgings and beds hard by for their uses only. The baths also so
beatified with seats round about ; defended from the ambyent ayre : and chimneys for fyre, to
ayre your garmentes in the bathes syde, and other necessaryes most decent. And truely I
suppose that if there were for the sicke, a sanctuarie during their abode there, for all causes
saving sacriledge, treason, murther, burglary, rape, and robbing by the hyeway syde, with also
a lycense for the sicke to eat flesh at all tynies, and a Fryday market weekely, and two fayres
yeerely, it should be to the posterities, not only commodiouse, but also to the Prince, great
honour and gayne." It seems that the hall and baths had not long been constructed, and that
other improvements were then m contemplation. Dr. Jones speaks of a " phisicion,'' (pro-
bably himself) to be " placed there continually, that might not only counsayle therein, how the
better to use God's benefyte, but also adapt theire bodyes making artificiall bathes, by usinge
thereof as the case shall requyre, with many other profitable devyses, having all things for that
use or any other, in a redinesse for all the degrees as before it bee longe it shall be seene of the
noble Earle's own performing." "To the gentlemen, Dr. Jones recommends as exercise, bowl-
ing, shooting at butts, and tossing the wind ball. " The ladyes, gentlewomen, w3rves, and
maydes,-niaye, in one of the galleries walke; and if the weather bee not agreeable to theire ex-
pectacion they may have in the ende of a bench eleven holes made, into the whiche to trowle
pummetes or bowles of leade, bigge, little, or meane, or also of copper, tynne, woode, eyther
vyolent or softe, after their owne discretion, the pastyme Troule in Madame is termed. Lyke-
wise men feeble, the same may also practise in another gallery of the newe buyldinges."
Buckstone's Bathes Benefyte.

Shrews-

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Shrewsbury. ByQueen Elizabeth's permission, reluctantly obtained, tlieEarl
appears to have visited Buxton four times with his illustrious 'prisoner
Mary Queen of Scots/ We find the Queen's favorite ministers, Leicester

and

* Her first journey to Buxton appears to have been in the year 1573 : Lord Shrew-sburv
speaking of his application for permission to repair to Buxton wells for his health, speaks thus in
a letter to Sir Francis Walsinghan., " Wheras she hath put her Mat= in mynde of hur jorney
to Buxton well and you refarre to ray consyderacion the co'venyence and meteness therof, and
what nede she hath of that bane : and if hur jorney theddar be nedeful and fytte, then howe it
It may be done convenyently ; and thereof I to sartefy hur Ma", I can saye lyttell of the state of
hur boddy: she semes more helthfull now, and all the last yere past, than before: she hath very
myche used bamng w' yerbes nowe of late, as she hath done other ers : what nede she hath
of Buxton well I knowe nott further than I have here wrytt ; my L. Tresorar knowth Buxton
and the contray theraboute; therfor I refarre the fytnes of her jorney theddar to his L's con
siaerac-on, and my L. L. and othars of the councell, as shall plecs the Q's Ma« to derect •
I shall carry and kepe h^r safely here and there alyke." Lodge's Illustration of British History'
vol. ii. p. 109. ' •''

The following instructions from Lord Burleigh to the Earl of Shrewsbury, will show how loth
the Queen was to give her permission, and with what caution her first visit (and of course equal
caution was observed in all subsequent visits) was conducted. « Her Ma'v is pleased, that if your

L. shall thinkyoumayw'outperill conduct theQ.ofScottstoy«wellofBuckston,accordyngtoher
most ernest desyre your L. shall so doo, usyng such care and respect for hir person, to contynew
m your chardg, as hytherto your L. hath honorably, happely, and s~visably doone : and whan your
L. shall determyn to remove w^ the sayd Q. thythar, it wergood y'as little forknolledgabrodeas
mayconven.enly be gyven; and nevertheless, y' fory= tyme y^ she shall be ther, y' all others, being
strangers from your L. company, be forbydden to come thyther duryng ye tyme of y^ sayd
Quenes abode there. And this I wryte because her Ma'^ was very unwyllyng y she shuld go
thyther, imagenmg y> hir desyre was ether to be the more sene of strangers resortyng thyther,
or for y<= acheving of some furder enterp-se to escape ; but on the other part I told hir Ma'^ if in
very dede hir sicknes wer to be releved therby, hir Ma'" cold not in honor deny hir to have y«
natural! remedy therof; and for hir savety, I knew your L. wold have sufficient care & regard •
and so hir Ma'v comanded me to wryte to your L. y yow might co'duct hir thyther, and also to'
have good respect to hir." Aug. 10, 1573. Lodge's Illustrations, vol. ii. p. 1 1 1 .. The Queen of
Scots was at Buxton again in 1576. Ibid. ii. 149.

In a letter to Lord Burleigh without date, which was written after her second visit to Buxton
alluding to some false reports which had been made to the Queen, the Earl of Shrewsbury says
« Touching the doubtfullnes her Mat^ shuld have of me in gyvyng the Scotes Q. lybarte to be
sene & saluted ; suerly my L. the reportars thereof to her Ma" hathe done me grete wronger
In dede at her fyrst beinge there, ther hapenyd a pore lame crepell to be in the lowar ....
unknowne to all my pepell that gardcd the plase, and whan she hard that there was women in
the ... . she desiered some good gentylwoman to gyve her a smoke; wherupon they putt one
of ther smokes out of a hole in the walla to her, & so soonc as it came to my knolege I was
bothe offended w' her, & my pepell for takeyng any lettarr unto her ; and after that tyme I toke
such ordaras no pore pepell cam unto the house during that tyme ; nether at the seconde tyme
was ther any strangar at Buxtons (but my one pepell) that sawe her, for that I gave such
charge to the contrey abotit, none should come in to behold her." Ibid. vol. ii. p. 447.

F 2 In

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and Burleigh among tlie noble visitors at Buxton.^ About the year
1670, the old hall was taken down, and a more commodious edifice

In 1580, we find that the Earl of Shrewsbury went to Buxton a third time with his charge.
The Earl, in a letter to Lord Burleigh, dated Aug. 9, 1580, says, " I cam heddar to Buxtons
w' my charge, the 28 of July. She hadde a harde begynnenge of her jorney ; for whan she
shuld have taken her horse, he started asyde, & therwith she fell and hurte hur bake, w'^''
she still complaines off, nottwithstanding she applyes the bathe ons or twyse a daye. I doo strictly
obsarve hur Ma"''^* coni'andment, wrytten to me by yo"^ L. in restreyninge all resorte to this
plase ; nether dothe she see, norr is scene to any more than to hur owne pepell and suche as I
appoynt to atende : she hatha nott come forthe of the house synce her cumynge, nor shall nott
before hur p-fynge." Ibid. ii. p. 239. The remainder of this letter complains of an abatement
of the allowance for the Queen of Scots provision, by which it seems that, besides the many
inconveniences and distresses which attended his odious and burdensome office, he was incur-
ring a considerable pecuniary loss. It appears that the Earl of Shrewsbury was at Buxton
again with his illustrious charge in 1582, (Ibid, ii 271.) and this seems to have been the Queen
of Scots last visit to Buxton.

y We find that in 1576, the Queen so ordered her progress, that she might remain 21 days
within sufficient distance of Buxton for the Earl of Leicester to have the Buxton waters brought
to him daily, the physicians having resolved that wheresoever the Earl of Leicester was " he must
drynke and use Buxtons water 20 dayes together." (Lodge's Illustrations, vol. ii. p.150.) In 1577
the Queen writes a letter of thanks to the Eai'l and Countess of Shrewsbury, for accommodating
tlie Earl of Leicester with lodgings at Buxton, discharging his diet, and presenting him with a
very rare present.

It appears that Lord Burleigh had been at Buxton, (probably more than once,) before 1573.
(See Lodge, vol. ii. p. 109). He was there again in 1575, when Queen Elizabeth became jealous
of him, (though her favorite and trusty minister) as favoring the Queen of Scots, and supposed
that the reason of his going thither was, that he might the more readily hold intelligence with
her by means of the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury. Ibid. vol. ii. p. 131- In 1577, he went
again to Buxton with the Queen's permission.

Among the Harleian MSS. in the British Museum, is a letter from Lord Burleigh to the
Earl of Sussex, Lord Chamberlain, who, it appears, had recently been at Buxton, the letter
beinc dated " From Buxton in your chamber," July 31, 1577. The following is an extract:
" Your Lordship, I think, desyreth to heare of my estate, which is this; I cum hither on
Sunday last at night, took a small solutiveon Monday ; began on Tuesday, yesterday I drynk of
the water to the quantity of 3 pynts at 6 draughts ; this day I have added two draughts, and I
drynk 4 pynts, and to-morrow am determyned to drynk 5 pynts, and mixt with sugar I fynd it
potable with plesure even as whey. I meane not to bath these 8 dayes, but wyll contynew
drynking 10 dayes. Here are in company, Mr. Roger Manners, for whose company I hartily thank
your Lordship, Sir Wm. Fitzwilliam, Thomas Cecill, my Lady Harrington, Mr. Edmunds,
with sondrye others. The wether is dry, but yet cold with wynds."

By a letter from the Earl of Sussex, dated Aug. 7. 1582, it appears that the Buxton wateir
was by some drank in still larger quantities than Lord Burleigh used it. " The water," says he,
" I have drunke liberally, begynning w"' thre pynts, and so encreasyng dayly a pynt I come to
8 pynts, & from thens descendyng dayly a pynt till I shall ageyne reterne to 3 pynts, w"^"" wil be
on Thursdye next, and then I make an ende.'' Lodge's Illustrations, vol. ii. p. 282.

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built on its site by WiUiain, third Earl of" Devonsliire. The baths, five
in number, (two of which are private) are enclosed within this build-
ing. The water is drank at a spring called St. Anne's well, where is a small
pump-room. The crescent, in which are three hotels, with the ball-room,
&c. &c. was built at the expence of the late Duke of Devonshire, in the
years 1785 and 1786. Near it are extensive stables, enclosing a circular area
of 60 yards diameter, and coach-houses capable of containing about three-
scoi'e carriages.

A privilege which Dr. Jones suggested more than two centuries ago ^ as a
great advantage to the place, was obtained in the year 1813, by the grant
of a weekly market on Saturday, at Buxton, and four fairs, February 3,
April I, May 2, and September 8.' The market is for corn and provisions,
the fairs for cattle, &c.

There is a fund at Buxton, raised chiefly by a small subscription from
the company, for the support of poor persons resorting thither for the benefit
of the waters, such persons having brought with them certificates from their
parish ministers and medical attendants, of their being proper objects of the
charity. It is supported by the contribution of one shilling each, paid by
all visitors on their arrival, the collections at two sermons, and casual dona-
tions. The funds of course vary, but 340I. have been collected from
these sources, and above 430 pauper patients have received the benefit
of the waters during the season : it appears from Dr. Jones's " Buxtones
Bathes Benefyte" already quoted, that in 1572, there was a fixed rate to
be paid by all persons resorting to the waters towards a fund, one half of
which was for the physician, the other for the benefit of poor bathers.
" Ahvay provyded the day of your coming thither bee noted before
you enter into the bathes and the day of your departure, with the country
of your habitation, condition, or calling, with the infirmityes or cause
you came for, in the regyster booke kept of the warden of the bath or the
physition, that there shall be appointed, and the benefite you receyved, pay-
ing foure-pence for the recording, and every yeoman besides 1 2 pence,
every gentleman 3 shilUnges, every esquior 3s. 4d. ; every knight 6s. 8d.,
every lord and baron losh., every vicount 13s. 4d., every erle 2osh.,
every marques 3osh., every duke 3I. los., every archbishop 5I., every
bishop 40s., every judge 20s., every doctour and sergeant of lawe los.

^ See the note in the preceding page.

^ When either of these days shall happen on Sunday, the fair will be on the Saturday
preceding.

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every chauncellor and utter-barrister 6s. 8d., every archdeacon, prebendary,
and canon 5s., every minister 1 2d., every ducches 40s., every marquesses 20s.
every countes, 13s. 4d., every barones los., every lady 6s. 8d. every gentle-
woman 2S. and al for the treasure of the bath, to the use of the poore that
only for help do come thither, the one halfe : the other to the physicion, for
his residence."

In the old chapel at Buxton are a few monuments of modern date, among
which, is that of the Honourable Robert Hamilton Lindsey, 1801. In 1728,
John Needham gave 200I. in aid of Queen Anne's bounty to augment the
income of the minister. It was customary for several years to have divine
service performed in the long-room at the hotel, for the accommodation of
the company resorting to Buxton, by the minister or some person appointed
by him. A new chapel has been lately erected, not far from the stables,
in the parish of Hope : it was opened for divine service on the 9th of
August, 1812. By the act of 51 George III., the patronage of this chapel
and that of Baslow is given to the Duke of Devonshire ; and in lieu of this
patronage, lands of the value of 95I. per annum, and the patronage of the
vicarage of Tutbury in Staffordshire, are given to the vicar of Bakewell.
There are meeting-houses at Buxton for the Independents, and for the
Wesleyan Methodists.

The charity-school was founded in 1674 by subscription, and is endowed
with the greater part of the rent of lands now let at 59I. 9s. 6d. per annum.*

The township of Clielmorton, is esteemed parcel of the King's manor of
the High-Peak ^ on lease to the Duke of Devonshire. The Talbot family had
a subordinate manor in Chelmorton, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth in
which they were succeeded by the Eyres of Hassop ; it is now the pro-
perty of the Earl of Newburgh. In the chapel are memorials of
Edward Brereton, Gent. 1680, George Dale of Flagg, 1683, ^'^* There
was a chapel at Chelmorton as early as the year 1282, at which time,
the prior of Lenton in Nottinghamshire had two-thirds, and the Dean and
Chapter of Lichfield the remainder of the tithes. The prior and the dean
and chapter were bound to provide, jointly, books and ornaments for the
chapel ; and the dean and chapter a priest, with a stipend of five marks.''
The Duke of Devonshire was impropriator in 1805; an act of parliament

' The principal benefactors were the Earl of Devonshire (50I. ), Mr. Richard Holland of
Bristol ( lool.); and Mr. Henry Wilshaw Sol. The lands purchased were then of the value
of 15!. out of which 12I. was allotted for the master of a grammar school. As the remainder
was appropriated in specific sums, (50s. for repairing a highway, and los. for a dinner for
the trustees,) the income of the school has risen in proportion to the value of the land.

*> The village lies about eight miles from Bakewell.

•^ Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. iii. p. 227.

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passed that year for inclosing lands in the townships of Chelmorton and
Ragg, by which allotments were assigned in lieu of tithes. The minister
is appointed by the vicar of Bakewell.

There is a Presbyterian meeting-house at Chelmorton. The Wesleyan
Methodists have congregations at Chelmorton and Flagg, a township in this
chapelry, which is esteemed to be within the King's manor of the High-Peak.

There is a charity school at Chelmorton, to which Mr. Brocklehurst, who
died in 1792, gave the sum of 200I., vested in the commissioners for the Leak
and Buxton road ; but it has produced no interest for many years ; and the
master has no other benefit than the use of the house in which he resides.

Great-Longesdon or Longstone, called in old ecclesiastical records
Langedon, and in the survey of Domesday, Longesdune, lies about four miles
from Bakewell. Great-Longstone is parcel of the manor of Ashford. The
family of Wright have been possessed of the principal part of the landed pro-
perty of this township, ever since the reign of Edward IH. This estate,
with Longstone-hall is still the property of their descendant, John Thomas
Wright, Esq. of Exeter. The hall is occupied by Major Carleii. The
family of Rouland or Roland had a house and lands at Great-Longesdon in
the fourteenth century, which passed by marriage to the Staffords of Eyara.
In the Rolls of Parliament, we find Godfrey Rouland, who styles himself
" un pauvre & simple Esquyer" praying " convenable et hasty remedy"
against Sir Thomas Wendesley, John Dean vicar of Hope, and others, who
are stated to have come to the petitionei-'s house at Longesdon with force
and arms, to have carried off goods and stock to the value of 200 marks,
to have taken the petitioner prisoner, and carried him to the castle of the
High- Peak, where he was kept in custody six days, without victuals or drink ;
after which, they are stated to have cut off his right hand, and then to have
released him.' In 1282, the minister of Longstone-chapel was supported
jointly by the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield and the inhabitants." Rowland
Eyre, Esq., in 1628, gave a rent chai-ge of il. per annum, to this chapel.
The vicar of Bakewell appoints the minister. The sum of 5I. per annum
for the education of 10 poor children in this chapelry, given by William
Wright, Esq. in 1656, is payable out of the Longstone-hall estate. A
school house was built by subscription. Under the inclosure act, common
land of the value of lol. per annum was allotted to this school.

<= Rolls of Parliament, vol. iii. p. 518. the petition is dated 4 Hen. IV., four years after this
outrage is stated to have happened.

'' Dugdale's Monasticon. vol. iii. p. 227.

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Holme-hall in the chapelry of" Great-Longstone was the property and
residence of Mi\ Bernard Wells who died in 1653. ^^^ ^^ his coheiresses
brought it to the Eyres of High-low. After the death of John Archer, Esq.
(whose father was by birth an Eyre) it was sold under an order of chancery
in 1 802, and purchased by Robert Birch, Esq. the present proprietor and
occupier.

The townships of Great and Little-Longstone and Wardlow '', have been
inclosed pursuant to an act of Parliament passed in 18 10, by which allot-
ments were given in lieu of tithes to the vicars of Bakewell and Hope.

The manor of Little-Longstone was held at the time of taking the
Domesday survey by Colne under Henry de Ferrars. Robert Fitz-waltheof
next occurs on record as Lord of Little-Longsdon, but the exact date of
his possessing it is not known. In the reign of Edward I., it was in the
family of Monjoy, from whom it passed by inheritance to the Blounts. Sir
Walter Blount, Lord Monjoy e, died seised of it in 1474.' The family of
Edensor had a mesne manor held under the Monjoys, which manor appears
to have devolved in 1403, to Thurston Boure, as heir to Isabel wife of
Robert Staunton, and Agnes the wife of Nicholas Gierke.' The manor
of Little-Longstone appears to have been afterwards in the Shakerleys,
of whom it was purchased in the reign of Queen Elizabeth by the Countess
of Shrewsbury. It is now by inheritance fi-om the Countess, the property of
the Duke of Devonshire. The Countess of Shrewsbury's alms-house at
Derby is endowed with a rent-charge of i ool. per annum, issuing out of
this manor.

Robert Fitz-waltheof at a very early period, gave lands in Little-Longstone
to Matthew, Parson of Bauquell, ancestor of James Longsdon, Esq. now of
Little-Longsdon.

Moniash or Monyash, (the Manies of the Domesday survey) lies about
four miles from Bakewell. Robert de Salocia and Matthew de Eston ap-
pear to have been Lords of Moniash about the year 1200.^ William de
Lynford, described as the King's valet, both in Scotland and in parts be-
yond the sea, obtained in 1340, a grant of a market on Tuesday, and a
fair for three days at the festival of the Holy Trinity, in his manor of
Moniash.'' The manor belonged, at a later period, to the Earls of Shrews-

■^ Partly in the parish of Bakewell and chapelry of Great-Longstone ; and partly in the
parish of Hope.
' Esch. 14 Edvv. IV. f Fines, 5 Hen. IV.

« Harl. MSS. 4799- Extracts from the Lichfield Registers.
" Chart. Rot. i4Edw.IIL

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bury. John Earl of Shrewsbury died seised of it in 1460.' On the death of
Earl Gilbert in 1616, his great estates in Derbyshire descended to his three
daughters and coheiresses, Mary, wife of William Earl of Pembroke,
Elizabeth, wife of Henry Earl of Kent, and Alathea, wife of Tliomas Earl
of Arundel. In the year 1 640, Philip Earl of Pembroke being possessed
of two of these shares, sold them to John Shallcross, Esq., who, in 1646, re-
sold them to Thomas Gladwin of Tupton-hall. The grand-daughters and
coheiresses of Gladwin, brought this estate in moieties to Sir Talbot Gierke
and Dr. Henry Bourne. In 1721, the Clerkes sold one third of this manor,
and Dr. Bourne in 1736 another third to Edward Ciieney, Esq. In iy.^S'
Mr. Cheney had purchased the remaining third of John Gilbert, Esq. of
Locko. Mr. Gilbert possessed it by devise from the Savilles, who had pur-
chased it in 1638 of Henry Earl of Kent. The manor of Monyash is now
the property of Robert Cliency, Esq. a Major-General in His Majesty's
service. In the chapel at Monyash, are memorials of Thomas Cheney,
Esq., of Ashford, 1723, (father of Edward Cheney, Esq. before^mentioned)
and the families of Sheldon and Palfreyman.

Monyash chapel was originally founded as a chantry-chapel, about the year
1200, by Robert de Salocia and Matthew de Eston, who endowed it with
lands for the celebration of divine service on Sundays, Wednesdays,
and Fridays."

In the year 1280, Archbishop Peckham ordained, that in addition to the
lands given by the inliabitants at the foundation of the chapel, they should
add one mark, and that the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield should pay the
remainder.' The chantry Roll of i Edw. VI., mentions a chantry founded
at Monyash by Nicholas Congson and John his brother, then valued at
3I. 6s. 8d. per annum. The minister of Monyash is appointed by the
vicar of Bakewell. There is a Quakers meeting at Monyash.

In the year 1779, at the time of the inclosure, twelve acres of common,
now let at about 17I. per annum, were given by Messrs. Melland, Goodwin,
Newton, and Holmes, freeholders of Monyash, for the purpose of educating
12 poor children. A house and garden were given also by the freeholders
for the master.

The manor of Oneash (the Aneise of Domesday) was given to Roche
Abbey in Yorkshire, by William Avenell, Lord of Haddon.™ Ailer the

i Esch. 38 Hen. VI.

•= Extracts from the Lichfield Registers. Harl, MSS. Brit. Mus. 4799-

' Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. iii. p. 227.

*" Ibid. vol. I. p. 839.

Vol, V. G Refbrmaiion,

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Reformation, it seems to have been granted to the Shrevvsbuiy family ;
Gilbert Earl of Shrewsbury sold it in the reign of Queen Elizabeth to Sir
Thomas Gargrave. It now belongs to his Grace the Duke of Devonshire.

The hamlet or township of Sheldon was, from a very early period, parcel
of the Manor of Ashford. Griffin, son of Wenonwyn, alienated it in the
reign of Henry III. to Geoffrey de Pickeford " : it was afterwards re-united
to Ashford. The minister of the chapel is appointed by the vicar of
Bakewell, to which church it is a chapel of ease.

Mary Frost, who died in or about the yeai- 1754. gave the interest of
lool. four per cents, for apprenticing a poor child of this hamlet.

The chapel of Taddington lies about six miles from Bakewell. William
de Hamelton died seised of a third part of the manor of Taddington in the
year 1286.° It is now considered as parcel of the King's manor of the High-
Peak on lease to the Duke of Devonshire. The minister of the chapel is ap-
pointed by the vicar of Bakewell.

The Reverend Roger Wilkson of Priestclifle in this chapelry, in the year
17 14, gave the sum of 400I. for a charity school, which having been laid
out in land, is now let for about Sol. per anninn. It was given for the
education of all founders-kin in the chapelry of Taddington, or in the
parishes of Bakewell or Tideswell ; and for ten other children of the town-
ships or hamlets of Priestcliffe, Taddington, Blackwall, and Brushfield.
In consequence of the trust not having been renewed, the affairs of the
charity are in chancery; and the master being a descendant of the founders,
to whose kin a preference was given, enjoys the profits of the estate as a
sinecure. Martha and Alice White, in 1804, gave 15I. per annum for teaching
12 poor children of this chapelry.

The manor of Blackwall, a township in tliis chapelry, was gi\en to the
Priory of Lenton in Nottinghamshire by William Peverell '', in the reign of
Henry I. It appears by Pope Nicholas's Valor, that this manor consisted of
four oxgangs of land, then valued at il. 5s. per annum. This manor was
granted in 1552 '' to Sir William Cavendish, and seems to have descended to
the Newcastle branch of the family. It is included in the rental of the
Earl of Newcastle's estates in 1641, being then valued at 306I. os. 4d.
per annum. There was another manor in Blackwall, which was the pro-
perty and residence, for several generations, of the ancient family of Black-
wall ; the last of whom having become greatly involved in debt, an extent
was issued at the suit of the crown, in the reign of Charles II. for the
enormous sum of 130,632!. 7s. lod. This manor having been then seized,

n Hundred Rolls. » Esch. 15 Edw. I.

P Dugdale' s Monasticon, vol. i. 646. ' Pat. 6 Edw. YI.

^ appears

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appears to have been granted to the family of Hope : Lady Margaret Hope,
widow, (daughter of the Earl of Haddington) was possessed of it in 1702.
Both these manors and the whole of the landed property in Blackwall, are
now vested in his Grace the Duke of Devonshire.

Barlborougii, in the hundred of Scarsdale and deanery of Chesterfield,
is situated seven miles and ahalfN. E. of Chesterfield. The manor of
Barlborougii (Barleburh) was given to Burton Abbey by Wullric Spott.
Before the conquest it had reverted to lay hands; in the Domesday
survey it is described as having belonged to Levenot, and being then the
property of Ralph Fitzhubert, under whom it was held by Robert. This
Robert was most probably ancestor of- Robert de ]\Ieinell, one of whose
coheiresses brought Barlborougii to Sir Matthew de Hathersage. The
coheiresses of Hathersage brought it in moieties, about the latter end of
Henry the Third's reign to Goushill and Longford. These families held the
manor in moieties for several generations. Anthony Wingfield who had
married a coheiress of Sir Robert Goushill suffered a recovery in 1513/
Thomas Earl of Derby died seised of a manor in Barlborough, which appears to
have been this moiety in 1521 ; Edward Stanley, Lor4 Monteagle, his uncle,
in 1523 ; Sir William Holies, sometime Lord Mayor of London, died seised
of a manor in Barlborougii (which seems to have been this moiety) in
1542. Queen Mary, in 1554, granted to Dame Anne Stanhope the manor
of Barlboi'ough ', which had belonged to the Earl of Derby : Sir Thomas
Stanhope sold this manor, in 1571, to Sir Richard Pype, who died seised of
it, with the advowson of the rectory in 1587. Francis Rodes, Esq., who was
made one of the Justices of the common pleas in 1585, purchased of the
family of Selioke, an estate described as the manor of Barlborougii ' which
had belonged to the Constables. Sir John Rodes, son of the judge, had a
chancery suit with Humphrey Pype Esq., son of Sir Richard, who claimed
to be sole Lord of the manor of Barlborough, and asserted that the estate
purchased of the Seliokes was freehold, but not manerial. It is most probable,
that Sir John Rodes, or some of his immediate descendants, afterwards pur-
chased Pype's moiety. The ancestors of Judge Rodes, had been originally of
Lincolnshire, afterwards of Yorkshire; and had been settled at Stavely-Wood-
thorpe in this county for five generations, in consequence of a marriage
with the heiress of Cachehors ; Sir John Rodes, his son, settled at Barlbo-

' Pegge's collections. « Rot. Pat. i &2 P.& M. pt. 2.

' It is probable this was the same manor which, in the reign of Edward I., belonged to Wil-
liam de Faiiconberg : it was then called the manor of Ada de Grydeling, or the chamber of
Ada, and the park of Barlborough. (Esch. 23 Edw. I.)

G 2 rough :

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roueh : Francis son of Sir John was ci'eated a baronet in 1641. The title
became extinct by the death of Sir John, the fourth baronet, in 1743 ; his
sister Frances married Gilbert Heathcote, M.D., whose grandson inherited
this estate, took the name of Rodes, and died in 1768. Cornehus Heathcote
Rodes, Esq., nephew of the latter, who took the name of Rodes in 1776, is
the present proprietor of the manor of Barlborough, and resides at Barl-
borough-hali. This ancient mansion has been already described. '

The other moiety of Barlborough passed with a coheiress of Sir Nicholas
Longford, who died in 1610, to a younger son of the Poles of Wakeb ridge.
Park-hall, in Barlborough, continued to be the property and seat of this branch
of the Pole family, till the death of the last survivor of two maiden ladies in
1755.' It then passed by will to a younger son of the Radborne family, and
having since devolved to the elder branch, is now the property of Edward
Sacheverell Chandos Pole, Esq., of Radborne. The old mansion, Park-hall, is
now a farm-house. A survey of the year 1630', describes three parks in
Barlborough, containing altogether about 400 acres of land. There is
now no park at Barlborough.

In the parish church is the monument of German Pole, of Park-hall, who
died in 1686-7. ^^^ Bassano's volume of church notes, a monument is men-
tioned of Sir Richard Pype, sometime Lord Mayor of London, who died in
1587 ; and that of Joan, daughter and heir of William Lord Fiunival, who
brought tlie barony of Furnival to her husband, Sir Thomas Nevil, and died
ill or before the year 1399. The last-mentioned monument must have been
removed from Radford Priory, in Nottinghamshire.'' Mr. Rodes is patron
of the rectory.

There is an alms-house at Barlborough founded and endowed in 1752, by
Mrs. Margaret and Mrs. Mary Pole for six old maids, old bachelors, or
widows.^ The estate belonging to this almhonse is now let for 75I. per
annum. The pensioners have each a weekly allowance of 3s. and coals.

Baiiro^v, situated chiefly in the hundred of Appletree : but extending
into tliat of Morlcston and Litchurch, lies on the banks of the Trent, about
six miles from Derby, which is the post-office town. The parish comprises
tlie hamlets or townships of Arleston, Stenson, and Synfyn, besides the paro-
chial chapelry of Twyfbrd. The manor of Barrow, at the time of the

■■ See the account of Ancient Mansions in the General Historj'.

' They both died in that year. ' Pegge's collections.

>■ See Thoroton's Nottinghamshire, p. 460.
2 The former to have the preference, and next to them, old bachelors. If there should be
no eligible candidates of cither of the three d scriptions, a man and his wife may be admitted,
but to receive the pay only of a single person.

7 Domesday

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Domesday Survey, was held by Godwin, under Henry de Ferrars. An estate
at Barrow, which had been parcel of the manor of Melbourne, was annexed
to the see of Carlisle, before the year 1273.'' I* ^^^ ^^'^'^ "" lease under
the Bishops of Carlisle by the family of Coke, as parcel of the rectory of Mel-
bourne. This estate having been enfranchised by virtue of an act of parlia-
ment passed in 1704, is now the property of the Reverend Henry Des
Voeux, whose father-in-law, Daniel Dalrymple, Esq. purchased the fee of
Lord Melbourne, about the year 1 800. Mr. Des Voeux possesses also an
estate in Barrow, which belonged to the family of Sale : it was bequeathed
by Mrs. Elizabeth Sale to her relation, the late Mr. Dalrymple.

In the parish church were monuments '^ of Sir John Botho, 141 3 ; John
Botlie, 1482, &c. and that of Henry Milward of Synfen, 161 5. There is
a monument for Robert Beaumont, Esq., who married a daughter of Sir
Robert Beaumont of Gracedieu and died in 1726.

The church of Barrow in the Deanery of Derby, was formerly appro-
priated to the prior and convent of St. John of Jerusalem, to whom it was
given in the reign of Henry IL, by Robert de Bakepuz. The prior and
convent had a preceptory here, which, on the authority of the Notitia
Monastica, we had erroneously supposed to have been at Barrow, in
Cheshire. William Bothe, Esq, in 15 19, died seised of lands at Barrow on
Trent, held under the manor of the prior and convent of St. John. This
no doubt was their manor of the rectory. William Beaumont, Esq. died
seised of the rectory, with a capital messuage, &c. in 1591. This estate is
now the property of his descendant, John Beaumont, Esq. who is patron of
the vicarage. Mr. Beaumont has lately built a new house on the rectory
estate.

Mrs. Elizabeth Sale of Wdlington, in 1776 % left the interest of lool. to
this parish, part of which, 3I. 14s. per annum, is to be applied to the purpose
of instructing poor children.

The manor of Arleston, or Erleston, was conveyed in the year 1426, by
Thomas Bradshaw and Agnes the wile of Robert del Stoke to John Bothe'',
whose descendant, William Bothe, Esq. died seised of it in 1519. It was
afterwards in the Blounts; Sir Henry Blount sold it, in 1640, to Sir John
Harpur, ancestor of Sir Henry Crewe, Bart., the present proprietor.

The manor of Synfen or Synfin belonged, in the reigns of Edward I.
and Edward 11L% to the family of Tcuk or Toke, who were succeeded by

» Hundred Roll. 2 Edw. I.

'' The dates are taken from Bassano's Church notes.

« She died in 1790. d Fin. V. Hen. VI.

' Dodsworth's Collections.

the

46 DERBYSHIRE.

the Bothes. It is probable that the Tokes possessed Arleston also, as both
estates passed from tlie Bothes to the Blounts ; and havhig been sold by Sir
Henry Blount to the Harpurs, in the reign of Charles I., are now the
property of Sir Henry Crewe, Bart.

Sinfin-moor, a large common % on which the Derby races were formerly
held, was inclosed by act of parliament, about the year 1804, and
allotted amongst the adjoining townships of Sinfin, Barrow, Alvaston,
Osmaston, Boulton, Normanton, Chellaston, and Swarkeston.

The village of Twyford lies about a mile and, three-quarters from Barrow.

The manors of Twyford and Stenson (Steintune) were held at the time of
the Domesday survey, by Leuric, under Henry de Ferrars. In the reign
of Henry VI., they were conveyed by John Curzon of Croxall to .John
Crewcher and Agnes his wife. Thomas Finderne died in 1558, seised of
the manors of Steinson and Twyford ; Jane, his sister and heiress, brought
them in marriage to Richard Harpur, Esq., one of the justices of the
Common Pleas. John Harpur, Esq., grandson of Sir Henry Harpur, the
first baronet, died seised of this estate, (not then esteemed a manor) in 17 13,
One of his coheiresses brought it to tlie family of Francis, and by subsequent
marriages, it passed successively to Ashby and Bathurst. Since the death
of the late General Bathurst of Clarendon-park, Wilts, it has been purchased
by Sir Henry Crewe, Bart., who is the present proprietor.

In the parochial chapel at Twyford, are some monuments of the Harpur
family' J thatof Samuel Bristow, Esq., 1767; and some mutilated tombs of ala-
baster, one of which has the effigy of a man in armour, with the date of 1532.

The minister is appointed by the vicar of Barrow.

Bauton-Blount, in the luuidred of Appletree, and in the deanery of Cas-
tillar, lies about nine miles east of Derby. The manor of Barton (Barctune)
was, at the time of the Domesday survey, held by Ralph, under Henry
de Ferrars; in the year 1296, under Edward Earl of Lancastei-, by John
de Bakepuze.^ From this family, it acquired the name of Barton-Bake-
puze, which, after it had passed into the possession of their successors, the
Blounts, was exchanged for that of Barton-Blount. Sir Walter Blount, who
had a charter for free-warren at Barton, in 1385, was slain at the battle of
Shrewsbury, being then the King's standard-bearer. Walter, his great-grand-

' It was extra-parochial.

f George Harpur, Esq., (son of Sir Richard) 1658 (Elizabeth, his wife, was daughter pf Sir
Edward Vernon) ; Mrs. Mary Vernon 1663 ; George Harpur 1672 (he married Catherine,
daughter of Edward Wardour, ob. 1669); John, son of George Harpur 1671.

t E&ch. 25 Edv/. I.

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son, became Lord High Treasurer to King Edward IV. and K. G. and in 1 465,
was created Lord Mountjoy. His grandson, William, the fourth Lord Mount-
joy, who died in 1535, directed by his will, that if he should die in the
county of Derby, or in .Staftbrdshire, he shoidd be buried at Barton. Not
long after this, the manor of Barton came into the family of Merry",
from which it passed by marriage to that of Simpson. In the year
1 75 1, it was purchased of the trustees of Merry Simpson, who is said
to have been a mendicant friar in a convent in France, by Sir Natlianiel
Curzon ; it is now the property of Francis Bradshaw, Esq. who acquired it
by an exchange with the present Lord Scarsdale. The advowson of the
rectory has passed with the manor. Barton-Blount-house was garrisoned by
Colonel Gell in the month of October 1644, for the purpose of watching
the motions of the King's garrison at Tutbury ' ; a skirmisli between the
two garrisons took place on tlie 15th of February, 1646. The ancient man-
sion, which has been modernized, is now the seat of Mr. Bradshaw.

Mr. Pole, of Radborne, has a considerable estate in this parish called
Barton-fields.

Beighton, in the hundred of Scarsdale and deanery of Chesterfield, lies
about nine miles north from Chesterfield. The parish contaiiis tiie hamlet
or village of Hackenthorp. The manor of Beighton was given by Wulfric
Spott, in the reign of King Ethehed, to Burton Abbey." At the time of
taking the Domesday survey it appears, that there were two manors in
Beighton (Bectune,) one of which was held by Lewin, under Roger de Busli ;
the other belonged to Roger de Poictou. Sir Gervas de Bcrnak, Lord of
Beighton, is spoken of as one of the benefactors to Beauchief Abbey, before
the year 1276, and Walter de Furneaux, as being Lord of the manor in
1279.' William de Furneaux died seised of it in 1320 ; his sisters and co-
heiresses married Latimer and Ravensworth, and, on failure of issue from
Latimer, the whole de\ olved to Henry Fitzhugli, son of Henry de Ravens-
worth. A co-heiress of Henry, the last Baron Fitzhugli, brought Beighton
to Sir John Fiennes, eldest son of" Richard, the first Lord Dacre of the south.
Gregory Lord Dacre sold this manor in 1570 to Francis Wortley, Esq.
Before the year 1649, it had passed into the family 'oi Pierrepont, and is
now the property of Earl Manvers.

'' The fii-st possessor of this family was the grandfather of Sir Henry Merry, who was of Bar-
ton-park in 1 61 1.

' Sir John Getl's MS. Narrative.

'' Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. r. p. 268.

' I'cgge's History of Beauchief.

48 DERBYSHIRE.

In tlie parish church is an ancient monument (without date) for Richard
Bosville, and memorials of the family of Jermynof Drakehouse(i7i5 — 1777)'
Bassano's volume of church notes mentions the monument of Edward Dow-
cett, Esq. 1501. The church of Beighton was given to the priory of Mount-"
grace "" in Yorkshire by Sir James Strangeways, Knight, and Elizabeth his
wife, and, in 1455, was appropriated to that monastery. King Henry VIII.
granted the rectory and advowson in 1544 to Robert and William Swift.
One of the coheiresses of Robert Swift brought this estate to her husband
Francis Wortley, Esq. and it has since passed with the manor. Earl Manvere
being now impropriator and patron.

There is a charit}^ school at this place, which has a small endowment (2I. 6s.
per annum), the greater part of which (2I. per annum) was the benefaction
of Mr. George Jessop.

Fenny-Bentley, in the wapentake of Wirksworth, lies nearly nine
miles from Wirksworth, and two from Ashborne, which is the post-office
town. The manor of Fenny-Bentley belonged to a branch of the Beres-
fords of Staftbrdshire, who settled at this place in the reign of Henry VI.
The elder branch of the Beresfords of Bentley soon became extinct in the
male line ; the heiress married Edmund Beresford, Esq. of Staftbrdshire,
•whose heiress married Stanhope j and the heiress of Stanhope, Cotton. The
manor passed away from the Beresfords, and having been in various hands is
now the property of two unmarried ladies of the name of Irving, who inhe-
rited from Jackson. There are no remains of the manor-house, which was
a castellated mansion.

In the parish church is the monument of Thomas Beresford, Esq. who
settled at Fenny-Bentley, and died in 1473; he married Agnes, daughter
and heir of Robert Hassall, Esq. of Cheshire, by whom he had sixteen sons
and five daughters. This gentleman must have lived to a great age, for it
appears, by a singular passage in his epitaph, that he distinguished himself at
the battle of Agincourt, where he had a command :

" Militia excellens, strenuus dux, fortis et audax,
" Francia testatur, curia testis Agen.''

From one of this Thomas Beresford's younger sons descended a family, for
whom there is a series of memorials in the parish church, from 1516 to 1790
inclusive. The present representative of this branch, John Beresford, Esq.
of Ashborne, still possesses lands in Bentley. Richard Beresford, Esq. re-
sides at Bentley.

^ •» Pat. 34 Hen. VI.

^ There

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There was a chantry in this church founded by the Beresford family, and
valued, in 1547, at 4I. 13s. 4d. per annum. The Dean of Lincoln was patron
of the rectory.

Blackwell, in the hundred of Scarsdale, and in the deanery of Chester-
field, lies about nine miles from Chesterfield, and three from Alfreton,
which is the post-office town. The manor was held in the reign of Kd-
ward III. by Rhees ap Griffith, and Joan his wife, the heiress of Somerville,
of the Chaworth family, as of their manor of Alfreton." The Babington
family possessed the manor of Blackwell, alias Sulney, in the 15th century."
Sir William Holies died seised of the manor of Blackwell in 1590. Gil-
bert Holies, Earl of Clare, and Sir John Molineux of Teversall, Bart, were
joint lords in 17 10.'' The estate of Sir John Molineux now belongs to his
descendant, Henry Howard Molineux, Esq. M.P. ; the other estate belongs
to His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, having been purchased by his grand-
father, in 1742, of the Duke of Newcastle's trustees.

Hilcote-hall, now the seat of John Wilkinson, Esq. has been in his family
since the beginning of the last century.

The church of Blackwell was given to the priory of Thurgarton by
William Fitz-Ranulph, and in the reign of Henry II. became appropriated
to that monastery. The impropriation is now vested in the Duke of Devon-
shire, who is patron of the vicarage.

BoLsovER, in the hundred of Scarsdale and deanery of Chesterfield, is
a decayed market-town, 6 miles from Chesterfield, about 25 from Derby,
and nearly 146 from London. The parish of Bolsover contains the township
of Glapwell.

There was a market on Fridays at Bolsover as early as the year 1225": it
has been discontinued since about the middle of the last century ; a fair is
still held on Midsummer-day, but it is little more than a holiday fair.

The manor of Bolsover (Belesovre), which had belonged to Leuric, was,
at the time of the Domesday Survey, held by Robert, under William Peve-
rell. It is probable that Peverell afterwards held it in demesne, and built a
castle at Bolsover ; for not long after the forfeiture of this estate by Wil-
liam Peverell the younger, for poisoning Ralph Earl of Chester in 1 1 53,
we find mention of Bolsover castle, as having been given with the manor by

0 Esch. 30 Edw. III.

P Bassano's Church Notes.

• CI. 3 Hen. V. Esch. 33 Hen. VI.
1 Dodsworth's Collections.

Vol. V.

King

50 DERBYSHIRE.

King Richard I., in 1189, to his brother John, on his marriage with one of
the Earl of" Gloucester's coheiresses/ When the well-known agreement was
entered into between Longchamp, Bishop of Ely, and John, the King's bro-
ther, then Earl of Morteyne, daring Richard's absence in the Holy Land,
Bolsover castle was committed to the custody of Richard del Pec. Two
years after John's accession, Geoffrey Luttrell was appointed one of the over-
seers of the expenditure of 30I. for inclosing Bolsover park for the King.'
In 1204, the government of this castle was given to William Briwere.
Bryan de Lisle was appointed governor in 1207, Nicholas de Chevet in
1208. In the year 12 15, we find Bolsover castle in the possession of the
rebellious barons. William de Ferrars, Earl of Derby, having raised troops
for the King, took it by assault, and in recompence for this service was ap-
pointed governor. The same year, Bryan de Lisle was reinstated in his go-
vernment, and in 12 16 received a mandate to fortify the castle against
the rebellious barons; or if he found it not tenable, to demolish it. The
same year the King appointed Gerard de Furnival to reside in Bolsover
castle with his wife and family, for the better preservation of the peace of
those parts. William Earl of Derby, was appointed governor of Bolsover castle
by King Henry III. soon after his accession (in October 1216), and held the
government for six years. During the twelve following years, there was a
quick succession of governors.'

In or about the year 1234, the manor and castle of Bolsover were
granted to John Scot, Earl of Chester, and passed with one of his co-
heiresses to Henry de Hastings, Lord of Bergavenny, having been
assigned as part of her portion in 1236. Other lands having been
given in exchange to Hastings in 1243 "> Bolsover reverted to the
crown. Roger de Lovetot was made governor in 1253." Ralph Pipard
was appointed governor of Bolsover and Hareston castle for life in 1301 ;

" "Where no other authority is quoted, the dates, &c. relating to Bolsover castle aiid manor,
are taken from The History of Bolsover castle by Dr. Samuel Pegge.
' Thoroton from Rot. Pip. 2 John.
' 7 Hen. HI. Brian de Lisle re-appointed.
8 Hen. HI. William Briwere re-appointed,

Robert de Lexington.

17 Hen. HL Robert de Lexington commanded to deliver up the custody to Robert de
Tateshall.
13 Hen. HL Brian de Lisle again re-appointed.
17 Hen. HL Hugh Despencer.

Gilbert de Segrave.

17-19 Hen. HL William Earl of Derby. (See Dugdale's Baronage.)
^ See Inq. ad q. d. 12 Edw. H. (Jo. Hastings.)
" Dugdale's Baronage.

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he died in 1308. Sir Richard Stury died seised of the castle and manor
of Bolsover, which he held for hfe, under the King's grant in 1395 *; Ed-
mund of Hadham, Earl of Richmond, father of King Henry VH., died
seised of Hareston and Bolsover in 1456. King Henry VHL, in 1514,
granted these castles to Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk : on the
attainder of his son, the second Duke, they reverted to the crown. King
Edward VI., in 1552, granted a lease of the manor of Bolsover to Sir John
Byron for fifty years, and the next year granted the fee to George Lord
Talbot. In 1613, Gilbert Earl of Shrewsbury sold the manor of Bolsover to
Sir Charles Cavendish. At this time the old castle was in ruins, and it is
probable that the remains of it were removed by Sir Charles Cavendish,
who, the same year that he purchased the manor, began the foundation
of the present castellated mansion.

William, elder son of Sir Charles Cavendish, at the age of fifteen
was made Knight of the Bath ; in 1620, created Baron Ogle " and
Viscount Mansfield; in 1628, Baron Cavendish of Bolsover and Earl
of Newcastle-upon-Tyne; in 1644, Baron of Bothal and Hepple, and
Marquis of Newcastle ; and in 1665, Earl of Ogle and Duke of New-
castle. This loyal nobleman entertained King Charles I. with great mag-
nificence at Bolsover, when he was on his way to Scotland in 1633.
The expence of the dinner was 4000I. Lord Clarendon speaks of it as
" such an excess of feasting as had scarce ever been known in England
before, and would be still thought very prodigious, if the same noble person
had not within a year or two afterwards made the King and Queen a more
stupendous entertainment, (which God be thanked) though possibly it might
too much whet the appetite of others to excess, no man ever after in those days
imitated." The Duchess of Newcastle, in her memoirs of her noble husband,
expressly says, that this second entertainment was the year after the former,
which the King " liked so well, that a year after his return out of Scot-
land, he was pleased to send my Lord word, that her Majesty the Queen
■was resolved to make a progress into the northern parts, desiring him to
prepare the like entertainment for her Majesty, as he had formerly done for
him, which my Lord did, and endeavoured for it with all possible care and
industry, sparing nothing that might add splendour to that feast, which
both their Majesties were pleased to honour with their presence. Ben

'' Esch. 19 Ric. II. The castle estate was then valued at 36I. per annum, exclusive of profits
of court, &c. Roger Leche and his son Philip are said to have succeeded Robert Litton as
keepers of ihe manor of Bolsover, 3 Hen. V. See Topographer, vol. iii. p. 317.

>• His mother was one of the coheiresses of Cuthbert, the last Lord Ogle.

H 2 Jonson

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Jonson he employed in fitting such scenes and speeches as he could best
devise, and sent for all the gentry of the country to come and wait on their
Majesties, and, in short, did all that ever he could to render it great and
worthy their royal acceptance. This entertainment he made at Bolsover in
Derbyshire, some five miles distant from Welbeck, and resigned Welbeck
for their Majesties lodging. It cost him in all between fourteen and
fifteen thousand pounds." '

In the early part of the civil war, the Earl of Newcastle, being com-
mander in chief of the King's forces for the northern and midland counties ^
placed a garrison at Bolsover, of which he made Colonel Muschamp
governor. The Earl was at Bolsover with his staff in the month of De-
cember 1643. About the middle of August 1644, Bolsover castle was
taken by Major-general Crawford. The parliamentary writers represent it
as having been well manned, and fortified with great guns and strong works.
It is said to have surrendered on summons, and that 120 muskets were
taken in it, with much plunder." When the Marquis's estates, which had
been seized by the parliament, were about to be sold, his fiiends in England
made great efforts to save Bolsover and Welbeck, but in vain. Bolsover was
purchased on speculation, with the intention of pulling down the castle, and
selling the materials. After part of it had been pulled down, Sir Charles
Cavendish repurchased it, at a great disadvantage, for his brother. The
family portraits, by Vandyke, were preserved, and Lord Mansfield, after
the death of his uncle, had Bolsover castle some time in his possession but
was unable to repair it. When the King's affairs had grown desperate,
the Marquis of Newcastle retired to the continent, and resided chiefly at
Antwerp, till the restoration, after which he returned to England, and in
1665 was created a Duke, as before mentioned. About this period he retired
from public life, spending his time chiefly in the country, " pleasing him-
self," as the Duchess, in the Life of her husband, expresses herself, " in the
management of some few horses, and exercising himself with the use of
the sword, which two arts he hath brought, by his studious thoughts, rational
experience, and industrious practice, to an absolute perfection." The
noble Duke had been long celebrated for his eminent skill in the manage,
in which, at the time that he was governor to Prince Charles (afterwards
Charles II.) he had instructed his royal pupil. During his residence in

* The table-linen purchased for the occasion cost 1 60I. Life of the Duke, p. 136. ,
•> His commission vested him with extensive powers, among which were those of conferring
knighthood, coining money, and issuing such declarations as he might deem expedient.
» See Vicars's Parliamentary Chronicle.

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Antwerp, he published his celebrated work on horsemanship. A second
edition was published in England in 1667. After the Duke had a little re-
covered from the wreck which had been made of his fortune during his
banishment, he repaired Bolsover castle, and occasionally resided there
during the latter part of his life. Both the Duke and Duchess of New-
castle found great resources in literary pursuits ; they were both dramatic
writers and poets. The Duchess's printed works, which were chiefly philo-
sophical, fill ten folio volumes, and she left three more in manuscript. Her
printed works are become rare, and few of them would afford amusement
to readers of the present day, except her Life of the Duke. The Duchess
died in 1673, the Duke in 1676 : they were buried in Westminster Abbey,
where a magnificent monument was erected to their memory.

Henry, the second Duke of Newcastle, who resided often at Bolsover,
died there in 1691, and was buried in the parish church : leaving no issue,
his estates devolved to his daughter and coheiress Margaret, married to
John Holies, Earl of Clare, who, in 1694, was created Duke of Newcastle,
Henrietta, their only daughter and heir, married Edward Harley, Earl of
Oxford. Lady Margaret Cavendish Harley, heiress of the Earl of Oxford,
brought the manor, or as it is called in some records, the barony of Bolsover,
to William Duke of Portland, grandfather of the present noble owner,
William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, Duke of Portland. The barony of
Bolsover and Woodthorpe was valued, in 1641, at 846I. 8s. iid. per
annum.

Bolsover castle, which is situated on the brow of a steep hill, and
commands a very extensive prospect, consists of two detached buildings ;
one of these, which indeed may properly be called the castle, is a square
castellated mansion, with turrets and a tower of larger dimensions at the
north-east corner. The foundation of this mansion was laid by Sir Charles
Cavendish in the year 161 3. Huntingdon Smithson was the architect.
Most of the rooms in this mansion are small. The dining-room, or, as it
is called, the pillar-parlour, about 21 feet square, is supported in the centre
by a circular pillar, round which is placed the table. Above stairs is a large
room called the star-chamber, about 45 feet by 30. This mansion hals not
for many years been inhabited by its noble owners. It is at present, by the
Duke of Portland's permission, in the occupation of the Reverend Mr.
Tinsley, vicar of Bolsover.

There have been various opinions concerning the date of the magnificent
range of buildings, which extends along the grand terrace, now unroofed
and in a dilapidated state. Mr. Bray was of opinion, that the apartments

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in these buildings were fitted up for the royal visits before mentioned.
Dr. Pegge, on the contrary, supposes this building to have been erected
some time after the restoration. Lord Orfbrd, who was of the same opinion
with respect to its having been constructed after the Restoration, suggests
that it might have been built from designs prepared before the civil war by
Smithson, who died in 1648. The date of Diepenbeck's view of Bolsover
(1652) decides the point, that the building in question was erected before
the Restoration ; it is equally certain that it must have been erected before
the civil wars, indeed before the royal visit before-mentioned ; it being im-
practicable, that the King and Queen, with their court, and " all the gentry
of the country," could have been entertained in the mansion already
described : indeed, from the slight manner in which the Duchess, in the Life
of her husband, speaks of the additions made by him to Bolsover castle, we
think it a more probable conjecture, that the great range of building, now
in ruins, was built, as well as the mansion which is now habitable, by his
father. The Duke's additions probably consisted of the spacious riding-
house, for the practice of his favourite amusement ; the smithy, &c. &c.

Dr.Pegge supposes that the great range of buildings was never completed.
There can be little doubt but that it was completed and occupied long before
the time of the civil war. During the sequestration of the estates of its noble
owner Bolsover castle suffered much, both as to its buildings and furniture ;
but these damages were repaired by the Duke after the Restoration. It is
certain that the state apartments were not dismantled till after the year 17 10,
at which time, Bassano "* speaks of them as furnished, and describes the
pictures then in the several rooms, which are said to have been removed to
Welbeck. The portraits of the Duke of Newcastle on horseback, described
by Bassano, are not now to be found there, probably they were in a state
of decay. In the saloon at Welbeck is a very fine whole length por-
trait of the Duke, by Vandyke ; but it is uncertain whether it was one of
those described by Bassano. Those which can be ascertained to have been
included in his catalogue are of little value, and are placed in stair-cases, &c.
There is a whole length of the Duchess of Newcastle in one of the passages
at Welbeck, in a fancy dress, by Diepenbeck. The gallery at Bolsover
was about 200 feet in length, by 22 in width ; the dining-room, 78 feet by
32 ; the two drawing-rooms, one 39 feet, the other 36 feet, by 2,3'

Bolsover park, which was inclosed in the year 1200, has long ago been
converted into tillage.

'' In his volume of Church Notes.

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In the parish church is a burial place belonging to the Cavendish family.
The monument of Sir Charles Cavendish, who died in 1617, has his efligy
in armour, recumbent on a mat, under an enriched arch supported by
Corinthian columns. Underneath is a recumbent figure of his second Lady,
the heiress of Cuthbert Lord Ogle. The costly monument of Henry Duke
of Newcastle, wlio died in 1691, has a marble sarcophagus, supported on
each side by Corinthian columns ; it commemorates also Frances Duchess of
Newcastle, who died in 1695; Margaret, their daughter, wife of John Holies,
Duke of Newcastle, who died in 17 16 ; Sir Charles Cavendish, brotiier of
the first Duke of Newcastle ; and Charles Viscount Mansfield, the Duke's
eldest son, who died in his life-time.

In the chancel is the tomb of Huntingdon Smithson, architect, who died
in i648.<«

Bassano's volume of Church Notes, taken in 1710, mentions a tomb of
William Woolhouse, Esq. 141 1, and the monument of Anthony Lowe, Esq.
1 643. There are now some memorials of the Woolhouse family of later date,
(1633 — 1667,) and others for the Barkers of Norton-Lees-hall, 1659,
&c. Lady Barker, relict of the late Sir Robert Barker, Bart., the last
of this family, and heiress of Brabazon Hallowes, Esq. was buried at
Bolsover in 1806.

The church of Bolsover, with its chapel, was given by William Peverell to
Darley Abbey, and confii-med by William de Ferrars, Earl of Derby.'' It
was afterwards appropriated to that monastery. The Duke of Portland is
now impropriator and patron of the vicarage. The Earl of Oxford gave
lol. per annum as an augmentation of the vicarage in 17 16: it was aug-
mented by Queen Anne's Bounty in 1728.

It appears that there was, at an early period, a chapel in Bolsover castle.
WilHam de Ferrars, Earl of Derby, settled an annual rent charge of a mark
of silver to the chaplain. '^

There had been for many years a Presbyterian meeting at Bolsover. The
meeting-house, after having been long shut up, was re-opened in 1813}
the congregation are now Independents.

'' The four first lines of the epitaph are : —

" Reader, beneath this piaine stone buried lie,
Smithson's remainders of mortality,
Wliose skill in architecture did deserve
A fairer tombe his memory to preserve."
* Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. iii.
' Register of Darley Abbey, in the British Museum, f. iji.

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The charity-school at Bolsover is endowed with 61. per annum, said to have
been given by the Countess of Oxford. The school-house was built in 1756.

Mrs. Isabella Smithson, who died in 1761, supposed to have been grand-
daughter " of Smithson the architect, bequeathed the sum of 2000I. to the
poor of Bolsover : her executors having refused to pay it, a suit was com-
menced, and the money was recovered, together with 956I. interest, in 1770.
The interest of this money, which has been laid out in bank annuities, is now
appropriated under the direction of the Court of Chancery, according to
the discretion of the minister, churchwardens, and four trustees : it has
hitherto been given (in sums not exceeding three guineas annually,) toper-
sons upwards of 55 years of age, not possessed of any property, and nevei"
having received parochial relief.

The manor of Glapwell was held with Bolsover at the time of the
Domesday Survey. During the whole, or the greater part, of the thirteenth
century, it was in the family of De Glapwell. It is probable that the
heiress brought it to the Woolhouses. William Woolhouse, Esq. died seised
of it in 141 1. The heiress of Woolhouse, about the middle of the seven-
teenth century, married the ancestor of Thomas Hallowes, Esq. the present
proprietor, who resides at Glapwell-hall.

There was formerly a chapel at Glapwell. In the register of Darley
Abbey ' is an agreement, about the year 1260, between the abbot and his
parishioners of the vill of Glapwell, about roofing the chapel. They agreed
to give five acres of land for the purpose of repairing, or, if necessary, of
rebuilding the chapel.

There was many years a Presbyterian congregation at Glapwell. William
Woolhouse, Esq. who died in 1667, gave a rent charge of 20I. per annum to
the minister.

Oxcroft, which had before belonged to the Peverells, was in the reign of
Henry III. in the family of Heriz. It was, at a later period, in the family of
Rodes, of whom it was purchased in or about the year 1599, by the Countess
of Shrewsbury. It has passed, with Hardwicke and other estates, to the
Duke of Devonshire.

BoNSALL, in the wapentake of Wirksworth and deanery of Ashborne, lies
about three miles north of Wirksworth. The village of Slaley is in this
parish. The manor of Bonsall (Bunteshalle) is described in the Survey of

*' More likely the grand-daughter of John Smithson, Esq., son of the architect, who died in
1716, aged 78.
' In the British Museum, fol ir6.

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Domesday, as a hamlet of the manor of Mestesforde, (then in the crown,)
the site of which is not known. Edmund Earl of Lancaster, who died in
1296, was seised of the manor of Upper-Bonsall, formerly belonging to the
crown, and Nether-Bonsall, which had been parcel of the honor of Tutbury.
These manors became united, and continued annexed to the Earldom and
Duchy of Lancaster till the year 1630, when King Charles granted the manor
of Bonsall to Charles Harbord, Esq. and others, who in 1632 sold it to
Henry Earl of Dover. It was purchased of the latter the following year
by the copyholders, for whom it has ever since been held on trust. The
present trustees are Bache Thornhill, Esq., of Stanton ; Samuel Frith, Esq.,
ofBankhall; and Philip Gell, Esq., of Wirksworth. The family of Hopkin-
son had a considerable freehold and copyhold estate in this parish, as early
as the reign of Henry V. They became extinct the latter end of the
seventeenth century. About that time, Henry Feme, Esq. of Snitterton,
Receiver-general of the Customs, became possessed of considerable property
in this parish, and by far the largest share of the manor, which is now the
inheritance of Alexander Dury, Esq., of Hadley, in the county of Mid-
dlesex, son and heir of Major-General Alexander Dury (killed at the siege
of St. Cas in 1758,) and Isabel his wife, daughter of Edmund Turnor, Esq.,
of Stoke-Rochford in the county of Lincoln, by Elizabeth his wife, one
of the daughters and coheirs of Henry Feme above-mentioned ; for whom
there is a memorial in the parish church, put up by Diana, relict of B.
Langton, Esq., his grand daughter, and the Executrix of Mrs. Turnor, who
died in 1763. Mr. Feme died in 1723. There is a memorial also in the
parish church, for Henry Hopkinson of Lincoln's-Inn, 1634.

The Dean of Lincoln is patron of the rectory.

The earliest benefaction to the charity-school at Bonsall, was thai of
William Cragge and his wife Elizabeth, who, in 1704, gave a house and
some land at Bonsall, now let at 7I. 13s. 6d. per annum, for the purpose of
educating poor children. Mr. Robert Feme, of Bonsall, who died in 17 18,
built the school-house, v/ith a dwelling-house for the master. Mrs. Elizabeth
Turnor, his grand- daughter, in the year 1728, endowed the school with
certain lands, then valued at 40I. per annum, and now let at 75I. i is. There
are now 60 scholars in the school, 10 of whom are taught by the master
in consideration of Cragge's endowment. The master has a salary of 40I. out
of Mrs. Tumor's endowment. The sum of lol. is appropriated to the ap-
prenticing of two poor boys, and the remainder is expended in the purchase
of bibles, prayer-books, and the Whole Duty of Man, for the scholars, and
keeping the buildings in repair. The Right Honourable Sir Joseph Banks,

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58 D E R B Y S H I R E,

Bart. G.C.B. Edmund Turner, Esq. and the Reverend George Turnor, (the
two latter being descendants of Mr. Robert Feme,) are the present trustees.

BoYLSTONE, in the hundred of Appletree and Deanery, of Castillar, lies
about 13 miles from Derby, which is the post-office town, about seven from
Ashborne, and seven from Uttoxeter.

The village of Harehill is in this parish.

The manor of Boylstone (Boilestune) is described in the Domesday Survey
as one of the manors of Henry de Ferrars ; it had belonged in the reign of
Edward the Confessor, to Godric and Levenot. The coheiresses of Reginald,
who possessed this manor soon after the Conquest, (and held probably under
Ferrars,) married Ridware and Grendon : their posterity held the manor
in moieties, which afterwards became separate manors. The manor of
Boylstone, or as it was called at a later period. Cottons, was conveyed by
Ridware to John de Bassinges, whose heiress married Waldeshef : one of
the coheiresses of the latter brought it again to the Ridwares, and the heiress
of Ridware to the Cottons. The last-mentioned family possessed this manor
for several generations. The coheiresses, in the reign of Henry VH., mar-
ried Fitzherbert, Venables, and Grosvenor. Sir Humphrey Ferrers died
seised of this manor in 1609 : the Chaloners purcliased of Ferrers in 1664,
The Reverend Thomas Gilbert, who married the heiress of Chaloner, sold
this manor to John Gilbert Cooper, Esq. in 1743; Mr. Gilbert repurchased
in 1746, and in 1751 sold to Henry Tatam ; the latter devised it to the
Reverend Thomas Manlove, whose widow, Mrs. Susanna Manlove, is the
present proprietor.

The other manor continued for a considerable time in the Grendon
family. Roger de Saperton inherited it on the death of Margaret Seuche in
1362." In the early part of Queen Elizabeth's reign it Avas in the Agards,
who, in the reign of Charles IL, sold it to Mr. John Gisborne. It was
afterwards in the Bates, and is now the property of Charles Broadhurst, Esq.,
whose father purchased it of the late Brownlow Bate, Esq. in the year 1 784.

In the parish church are memorials of William Chaloner, Esq., 1675;
Thomas Chawner, Esq., of Lees hall, in Church-Broughton, 1773; and,
Herbert Croft, Esq., of the Six Clerks' office, 1785.

The Reverend Thomas Gell, the present incumbent, is patron of the
rectory.

There was formerly a chantry at Boylestone, founded by Walter Wal-
deshef in 1353 : the endowment was valued, in 1547, at 81. per annum.'

" Esch. 36 Edw. III. ' Chantry-roll.

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Bkadbourv or Bkadborne, in the wapentake of Wiiksworth and deanerjf
of Ashborne, lies about five miles north from Ashborne. The joarish com-
prises the hamlets of Aldwark, Nether-Bradborne, and Lea-hall ; and tlie
parochial chapelries of Atlow, Balidon, Brassington, and Tissington.
Atlow is in tlie hundred of Appletree.

The manor of Bradborne was one of those belonging to Henry de Ferrars
at the time of the Domesday Survey. It was held under the Ferrars family,
at an early period, by that of Cawz, or de Cancels. In the reign of King
John, Sir Geoflfrey de Cancels conveyed it to Godard de Bradborne. Henry
de Bradborne, eldest son of Sir Roger, was executed at Pomfiet in 1322,
for his adherence to Thomas Earl of Lancaster." The manor of Bradborne
continued in the posterity of his younger brother, John, till the latter end of
Queen Elizabeth's reign, when it was sold to Sir Humphrey Ferrers. The
late George Marquis Townshend, who inherited from the Ferrers family,
sold this manor, in 1809, to Philip Gell, Esq. M.P., of Hopton-hall, who is
the present proprietor.

In the parish church are memorials of the family of Buckston or Buxton,

(1643—1793-)

The church of Bradborne was given by Sir Geoffrey de Cauceis, in 1205,

to the priory of Dunstaple; which gift was confirmed by William de Ferrars,
Earl of Derby, as chief lord of the fee. It was appropriated to the priory in
1278, and a vicarage was endowed in 1330.' The rectory of Bradborne was
granted, in 1608, to Rogers and Fetherston, of whom most of the tithes
were purchased by the several land owners. The rectory-house and glebe-
lands were purchased, in 1609, of Wright and Stapleton by Mr. George
Buxton, ancestor and name-sake of the present jjroprietor and vicar of
Bradborne, whose father first wrote the family name Buckston. The
Rectory-house is in the occupation of John Goodwin Johnson, Esq. The
Duke of Devonshire is patron of the vicarage.

'' See Holinshed, where he is erroneously called a Baron.

' When the church was given to the prior}', it had a rector and two vicars. In 12 14, the
prior had a suit in the court at Rome with the rectors and vicars, with a view, as it is supposed,
of displacing thera. It was alleged, that Robert, the rector, was son of Godfrey, a former rector ;
that Henry, one of the vicars, was son of John, his predecessor, in one mediety of the vicarage ;
and that William, the other vicar, kept a concubine publicly, and went a hunting, forsaking
his tonsure and clerical duties. (Chron. sive Annal Dunst. ) When the church became vacant,
the convent sent one of their canons, who resided at Bradborne, under the name of a custos
or warden, accounted with the priory for the profits, and provided for the cure of the church
and its chapels ; many years before the rectory was actually appropriated to the priory. The
prior kept a great flock of sheep in this parish : it is stated in the Annals of Dunstaple, that 800
died in the year 1243.

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Among the ancient fees due to the vicar, as specified in one of tiie
parish-registers, is the following, " For a christening, either the chrisom,
or 5d."

The manor of Aldv.'ark was given to the monks of Darley by Sewall, son of
Fulcher, ancestor of the Shirley family. Queen Elizabeth granted it to
James Hardwick, Esq., and his heiress brought it to Sir William Cavendish,
ancestor of the Duke of Devonshire, who is the present proprietor.

Aldwark-grange, which had belonged also to the monks of Darley, was
granted by King Edward VI., in 1548, to Sir Thomas Heneage and Lord
Willoughby, who sold it the next year to Robert Goz or Goch : by succes-
sive conveyances it passed to the families of Curzon and Manners. John
Manners, Esq., procured a fresh grant of it in 1603 ; and it is now the pro-
perty of his descendant, the Duke of Rutland.

Robert, Earl Ferrars, founded an oratory at Aldwark, with a cemetery ™,
of which there are scarcely any traces.

The great tithes of Aldwark belong to the Duke of Devonshire.

Bret-GrifFe otherwise Griffe Grange, lies principally in this parish :
having belonged to the abbot and convent of Dale, it was granted, in 1 546,
to Ralph Gell, Esq., ancestor of Philip Gell, Esq. M. P., of Hopton hall,
the present proprietor.

Hough or How-grange, in this parish, is the property of Robert Dale,
Esq., of Ashborne, whose great-grandflither, Mr. Thurston Dale, purchased
it of the Eyres of Hassop in 1761.

Lea-hall was the property and seat of the Bradbornes. William Bradborne
sold it with his other estates to Sir Humphrey Ferrers. In or before 1679,
Mr. Samuel Swann of Hurdlow purchased it of John Ferrers, Esq. It is now
the property of John Sanders, Esq. of Basford in Nottinghamshire, in right
of his wife, sister and heiress of the late Mr. Samuel Swann, of that place.

Moldridge or Moldrich-grange, in this parish, is supposed to have been
given by the Herthills to the abbey of Gerendon in Leicestersiiire, between
which monastery and the priory of Dunstaple, there was a law-suit concerning
this estate. The monks at Dunstaple at length purchased it of the abbot
and convent of Gerendon, about the year 1 250. This estate was granted by
King Henry VIII., in 1544, to Rowland Babington, Esq. It passed by
sale, in 1557, to Henry Sacheverell. In 1582, Jane Sacheverell, widow,
left it to WilHam Ireton, Esq., son of her first husband German Ireton, Esq.:
in 1577, it was conveyed by William Ireton to Sir Humjjhrey Bradborne.
Some time afterwards it passed to the Milwards of Snitterton, and on the

" Diigdale's Monasticon, vol. ii. p. 231.

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death of Colonel Milward of that place, in 1669, Mary his daughter and
coheiress brought it to the Jennens family. It is now, under the will of the
late Charles Jennens, Esq., of Gopsall, the property " of the Honourable
Charles Finch, second son of Heneage, the late Earl of Aylesford.

Revestanes or Riston-grange, in this parish, called in some records,
Ravendon-grange, was given to the abbey of Gerendon by Adam de Hert-
hill, in the year laig. King Henry VIJI. granted it with Moldridge to
Rowland Babington, it afterwards belonged to the Cokaines ", and is now
the property of William Webster, Esq., of Ashborne. This gentleman took
the name of Webster, pursuant to the will of the late owner, John Taylor, of
Ashborne, L.L.D., (the friend of Dr. Johnson,) who had inherited it from
the family of Webster.

The parochial chapel of Allow lies about three miles east from Ashborne.
The manor of Atlow, the Etelawe of Domesday, was one of the numerous
manors belonging to Henry de Ferrars. It was held under him or his im-
mediate heirs by the ancestor of the ancient family of Okeover, of Oke-
over, in Staffordshire ; and is now the property of Rowland Farmer
Okeover, Esq.

The chapel was augmented, in 17 16, by Richard Okeover, Esq., with the
tithes of hay and corn ; and it was the first benefice in Derbyshire that
was augmented by Queen Anne's bounty. Mr. Okeover presents the
minister.

Ball/do?7, a parochial chapelry, lies about six miles from Ashborne, and
five from Wirksworth.

The manor of Ballidon (Belidene), was at the time of taking the Domes-
day survey, the property of Ralph Fitzhubert. At a later period, it was
for some generations in the family of Hertiiill, or Harthill, whose heiress
brought it to the Cokaines about the beginning of the fifteenth century. A
younger branch of the last-mentioned family was for some time settled at
Ballidon. Sir Edward Cokaine, about the latter end of Queen Elizabeth's
reign, sold this manor to Sir Anthony Ashley, who soon afterwards con-
veyed it to Baptist Trott and John Milward. Trott's moiety was sold, in
1610, to Nicliolas Hurt, antl was, eventually, divided into severalties.
Milward's moiety was subdiviiled also amongst the coheiresses of his son. A
part of it came to the Boothby liimily, and having passed by marriage and
gift to Matthew Vernon, of London, silk-mercer, was by him bequeathed,
from motives of political attachment, to William Murray, Earl of Mansfield.

" Together with Candlehay-grange, in this neighbourhood.

« Thomas Cokaine, 30 Ehz. left it to his daughters Elizabeth and Frances,

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The vicar of Bradborne appoints the minister of tlie chapel.

Brassington, which has a parochial cliapel, lies about six miles from
Ashborne, and four from Wirksworth. There are two manors in Brass-
ington, one of these, which at the time of the Domesday Survey belonged
to Henry de Ferrars, was given in fri^nk marriage by one of the first Earls
of Derby to an ancestor of the Furnivals", from whom it passed by female
heirs to the Nevills and Talbots. On the death of Gilbert Earl of Shrews-
bury, in 1628, it passed to his daughters and coheiresses, married to William
Earl of Pembroke, Henry Earl of Kent, and Thomas Earl of Arundel,
The Earl and Countess of Kent, in 1639, conveyed one-third of this manor;
and in 1640, Philip Earl of Pembroke, being possessed of his mother's and
the Earl of Arundel's share, conveyed the remaining two-thirds to J\Ir. Wil-
liam Savile, whose grandson, John Gilbert Cooper, Esq. sold it, in 1749, to
Henry Coape, Esq., of Duffield : on the death of Mr. Coape's grandson, it
devolved to his cousin Henry Sherbrooke, Esq., of Oxton in Nottingham-
shire : William Sherbrooke, Esq., now of Oxton, being possessed of this
estate by the bequest of his aunt, the late Mrs. Sherbrooke, sold it, in 1804,
to Robert Lowe, Esq., who is the present lord of this manor, but has sold
the landed property in parcels.

The other manor, called the King's or the Duchy manor, having been
parcel of the Duchy of Lancaster, was granted by King Charles I., in
1630, to Charles Harbord, Esq., and others, who, in 1632, conveyed it to
Edward and George Pegge and George Lees. A moiety of this manor
having been purchased partly, in 1649, of Henry Buxton, and partly, in
1652, of Edward Pegge and others, passed with Furnival's manor to
Mr. Lowe, and has been since sold to Thomas Hayne, Esq., who is the
present proprietor. The other moiety belonged sometime to the Newtons
of Ashborne-green : it is now the joint property of the infant daughter of the
late John Hayne, Esq., whose mother was one of the coheiresses of Newton,
and WiUiam Locker, Esq., who married the other coheiress.

In the chapel at Brassington is the monument of Michael Adams, S. T. B.,
rector of Trejton in Yorkshire, " quern forte hinc itinerant, dum rigor foris
saeviebat hiemalis, saevior arripuit intus febris calor inextinguibilis et igneo
(ad instar Elijae) vehiculo ad sedes D'ni evexit. Ob. 1680."

The impropriate rectory of Brassington belonged, in the year 1612, to
Mr. Robert Gale, citizen and vintner of London, who, by his will of that
date, charged this estate, and his estate at Claypole in Lincolnshire, with
the payment of 20I. per annum to Christ's Hospital j 2oi. to Corpus Christi

" Thoroton's Nottinghamshire, p. 457.

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College in Oxford"; 22I. to Chippenham in Wiltsliire ; and 20I. to the
Vintners' Company. — The rectory of Brassington belonged some time to
the Bainbrigge family ; from whom it passed, by bequest, to the Rev. Philip
Story, now of Lockington-hall, in Leicestershire. Mr. Gale's immediate heir,
on whose estate the payments were originally charged, was George Lacock.''

An act for inclosing lands in this chapelry passed in the year 1803, when
an allotment was made in lieu of tithes to Mr. Story, the impropriator, who
is also patron of the chapel. Brassington chapel was augmented, in 1812,
by Queen Anne's Bounty, and in 18 14, had a parliamentary grant of 1200I.

Mr. Thurston Dale, in 1742, gave the long close, now let for about 81. per
annum, to a school-master, lor instructing twelve poor childien of this
chapelry. The children are nominated by the heirs of the founders, who
apponit a master or mistress.

The parochial chapel of Tissington lies about three miles and a half from
Ashborne. The manor of Tissington (Tizinctun) belonged, when the
survey of Domesday was taken, to Henry de Ferrars. In the reign of
Henry I. it was given by one of the Ferrars family to the Savages. The
co-heiresses of Savage married Meynell and Edensor"", whose heiress seems
to have married Audley. The manor was in moieties between Meynell and
Audley, from 1275 till I33o^ if not longer. Meynell's moiety passed, by
marriage, to Francis, whose heiress brought it to Nicholas, a younger son of
John Fitzherbert, Esq., of Somersall. The other moiety came to the
Herthulls, and passed by marriage to the Cokaines ; it was sold by the latter
to Francis Fitzherbert, Esq. about the end of Queen Elizabeth's reign.
Wm. Fitzherbert, Esq., of Tissington, barrister-at-law, author of a tract, called
*« Maxims," and a Dialogue on the Revenue Laws, was created a baronet in
1783. Tissington is now the property, and Tissington-hall the seat, of his
younger son, Sir Henry Fitzherbert, Bart, who succeeded his elder brother
Sir Anthony, in title and estate, in 1799. Alieyne Fitzherbert, younger
brother of Sir William, was in 1801 created Baron St. Helens.

Tissington-hall was garrisoned for the King by its owner. Colonel Fitz-
herbert, in the month of December, 1 643. On the event of the unsuccessful
action near Ashborne, in the month of February following, it was evacuated."

" For six poor scholars, to be chosen by Mr. Lacock, his heirs or assigns.
■■ Stow's Survey of London, where the wholepayment is made to be 104I. including 22I. to the
city of Lincoln.

' Esch. 43 Hen. lU. ■■ Quo Warranto Roll.

^ Sir John Gall's Narrative, MS.

64 D E R B Y S H I R E.

In the chapel are several monuments of the Fitzherbert family', and a
memorial for Elizabeth, widow of Ricliard Breton, Esq. of Elmsthorp, in
Leicestershire, 1659.

Sir Henry Fitzherbert is impropriator of the tithes which belonged to the
priory of Dunstaple, and patron of the donative curacy. Tissington is now
generally esteemed a separate parish.

The Reverend Richard Graves, author of the Spiritual Quixote, and other
works, resided three years in Mr. Fitzherbert's family ; and has laid some
of the scenes of that amusing romance in the neighbourhood of Tissington.
The manor of the Lea belongs to Sir Henry Fitzherbert.

Mrs. Frances Fitzherbert, in 1735, gave four pounds per annum for the
instructing nine poor children" ; and Mrs. Catherine Port, the same year,
5I. per annum, for instructing ten children.

Bradley, in the hundred of Appleby, and deanery of Ashborne, lies
about three miles east of Ashborne. At the time of the Domesday Survey,
the manor of Bradley belonged to Henry de Ferrars : at a very early
period it became the property and seat of the ancient family of Kniveton. —
Upon the extinction of the elder branch, Bradley passed to Sir Gilbert
Kniveton, Bart, of Mercaston, whose father had been created a baronet in
161 1, and whose ancestors had been settled at Mercaston for several gene-
rations. On succeeding to the Bradley estate, Sir Gilbert removed his re-
sidence thither. His successor. Sir Andrew, who had suffered much in his
fortune by the civil war, sold Bradley, in 1655, to Francis Meynell, alderman
of London, ancestor of Godfrey Meynell, Esq. the present proprietor. The
old hall at Bradley, which had been the seat of the Knivetons, was pulled
down many years ago, and stables and offices built for an intended new

' Robert Fitzherbert, Esq , 1595 ; Elizabeth his first wife, daughter of George Cotes, Esq., of
Woodcote, 1545; Jane his second wife, daugliter of Thomas Bassett, Esq., of Hinge, 1574;
Francis Fitzherbert, Esq. 1619; Sir John Fitzherbert, Kt. 1642; William Fitzherbert, Esq.
1697 ; Mary his first wife, "filia herois et heroinse Comitis et Coniitissae de Ardglass," 1677 ;
Anne his second wife ; Mrs. Martha Fitzherbert, 1699 ; William Fitzherbert, Esq., Barrister-at-
Law, Recorder of Derby, 1739, "by his industry, he in a great measure restored the family
estate; he was eldest son of Anthony, a younger son of Sir John, and became heir to that
family ;'' William Fitzherbert, Esq., M. P. for Derby, and one of the Lords of Trade and Plant-
ations, 1772 — he married Mary, daughter of L. P. Mej^nell, Esq. of Bradley ; his son, Sir Wm.
Fitzherbert, Bart. 1791. Bassano's volume of Church Notes, mentions the monument of Sir
John Fitzherbert, 1694.

» She left also 61. per annum to apprentice a boy, 5I. for clothes for the poor, 5I. for physic,
or other useful things to recover health, for the poor ; and 2I. 10s. to buy them bibles and
prayer-books.

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mansion. The late Hugo Meynel), Esq. fitted up the stables as a dwelling-
house, and it is now the residence of his son, Godfrey Meynell, Esq.

In the parish church are memorials of the families of MeynelP ami
Byrom^ of Byrom-hall, in Lancashire.

Brailsford, in the hundred of Appletree and deanery of Castillar, lies
about six miles north-east from Ashborne, and seven from Derby. The parish
contains the hamlets of Over-Burrows or Burroughs, Culland, and Ednaston,
and the parochial chapelry of Osmaston. The manor of Brailsford, which, in
the reign of the Confessor had belonged to Earl Wallef, was one of those
given by William the Conqueror to Henry de Ferrars, under whom it was
held by Elsin, or Alsin, ancestor of the ancient family of Brailsford. Henry
de Brailsford was fined in the reign of Edward I. for refusing to be made a
knight. The heiress of Sir Henry de Brailsford, who was living in 1380,
brought tliis estate to Sir John Bassett, of Cheadle, in Staffordshire. Sir
Ralph Shirley, who died about the year 1443, married the heiress of Bassett,
of Cheadle and Brailsford ; Sir Ralph Shirley his son, who died in 1466,
was buried at Brailsford, where the remains of his moninnent with a mu-
tilated inscription are still to be seen. The late Earl Ferrers sold the manor
of Brailsford, with several farms, to Mr. John Webster, a banker in Derby :
on his becoming a bankrupt, this estate was sold to W. Drury Lowe, Esq. of
Locko, of whom it was purchased by the late Charles Upton, Esq. of Derby;
the widow of the latter is the present owner.

The manor of Over-Burrows with, the adjoining hamlet of Nether-Bur-
rows, in Langley, belonged from an early period to the Bradbornes, by
whom they were sold to the Ferrers family, about the year 1 600. Over-Bur-
rows-hall and estate is the property and residence of Mr. William Osborne,
in whose family it has been for nearly two centuries. The manor continued
in the Ferrers family till sold by the late Earl Ferrers to Mr. Cox, of
Culland.

Culland belonged, in the reign of Henry VII., to the family of Shaw ;
Thomas Shaw died seised of it in 1498. Immediately after this, it appears
to have passed to the Drapers ; the last of whom, Richard Draper, Esq.,
died in the year 1683, leaving three daughters. A division of the estate
took place, in 1709, when two-thirds were allotted to Mr. George Newell,
who married a grand-daughter.' He afterwards became possessed of the

» Godfrey Meynell, Esq. 1708.

' Wm.Byrom, Gent. 1674; Thos. Byrom, his son, 1714.

» The daughter of Roe, or Rowe. See MS. History of Derbyshire, by Mr. William Wollcy.
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66 DERBYSHIRE.

remaining third ; and sold the whole to John Port, Esq., of Ham, of whose
descendant it was purchased, in 1794, by William Cox, Esq., and is now
his property and residence. The manerial rights were sold by the late
Earl Ferrers to Charles Upton, Esq., of whom they were purchased by
Mr. Cox.

The manor of Ednaston, which had been given to the priory of Tutbury
by Robert Earl Ferrars the elder*, was granted by Henry VIII., in 1540, to
Sir John GifFard. In 1542, it was conveyed to Francis Shirley, Esq.,
ancestor of the Honourable Washington Shirley, the present proprietor,
whose son resides at Ednaston-hall.

In tlie parish church is the monument of William Leaper Smith, Esq.,
1803. Earl Ferrers is patron of the Rectory.

The parochial chapel of Osmaston lies about four miles from Brailsford,
The manor of Osmaston (Osmundestune) was held with Brailsfbrd under
Henry de Ferrars, at the time of the Domesday survey. Alsin de Brails-
ford gave it to the priory of Tutbury, and it was confirmed by Robert Earl
Ferrars, the younger. After this Odinel de Ford, as appears by a deed in
the register of Tutbury prior% had a dispute with the prior and convent
concerning this manor, and in the event, it was agreed, that the right should
be in the prior and convent, and that Odinel and his heirs should hold it of
them, paying an annual rent of 30s. By another deed, which, as well as
the former, is without date, Robert de RuhuU gave them the manor (^terram)
of Osmaston, which came to him by his wife Emona, sister of Henry de
Ruhull, which Henry is mentioned in the first-mentioned deed. Matthew
Kniveton died seised of the manor of Osmaston in 1562. It appears to have
since passed with the Bradley estate, and is now the property of Godfrey
Meynell, Esq.

The chapel, at which the rites of baptism and burial are performed is
served by the curate of Brailsford as a chapel of ease. It was determined,
in the year 1406, that the rector of Brailsford was bound to provide a
minister for this chapel.

Breadsall, in the hundred of Appletree and deanery of Derby, lies
about three miles north-east from Derby.

At this place was a priory of friers-hermits, founded in the reign of
Henry III., and afterwards converted into a priory of Austin monks. The
revenues of this small monastery, in which, at the time of its dissolution,

" Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. i. p. 354.
■^ Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. i. p. 354.

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there was not a single monk, except the prior, were valued at onlyiol. 17s.
9d. clear yearly income.

The site of Breadsall priory with the adjoining lands, called in some
records, the manor of Breadsall park, was granted by Edward VI., in 1552,
to Henry Duke of Suffolk, who conveyed it the same year to Thomas
Babington, The latter gave it, in 1557, to Thomas Hutchinson; and in
1573, we find it the property of John Leake. Sir John Bentley died seised
of Breadsall priory in 1622 ; his daughter, and eventually sole heiress,
Elizabeth, married Sir Gervase Cutler; Mary, daughter of the latter,
brought Breadsall to Sir Edward Mosely, Bart. ; after the death of Sir
Edward Mosely, the son, it passed to Sir Edward Mosely, of Hulme, Knight.
The daughter of the last-mentioned Sir Edward, brought it to Sir John
Bland, Bart., of Kippax-park, whose son. Sir John, sold it, in 1702, to
Thomas Leacroft, Esq.; Mr. Leacroft sold it, in 1703, to Mr. Aiidrew
Greensmith. In the year 1799 the late Erasmus Darwin, Esq, of Derby,
purchased it of Mr. Herbert Greensmith Beard and his brothers, to whom it
had been conveyed by the devisees in trust of Herbert Greensmith, Esq.,
who died in 1788. Mr. Darwin died soon after his purchase, having be-
queathed the priory to his father, the well known physician and poet, who,
after his son's death, removed to Breadsall, where he spent the last years of
his life and died April 18, 1802. Breadsall Priory is now the property and
residence of his widow.

The manor of Breadsall, (Braideshale) was given by Wulfric Spott to
Burton abbey, in the reign of King Ethelred.'' It appears to have reverted
to lay hands, and to have been possessed in the Confessor's reign, by Siward.
At the time of the Domesday Survey, it was held under Henry de Ferrars
by Robert. This Robert, Mr. Blore supposes to have been ancestor of
Robert de Dunne, who possessed the manor of Breadsall about the reign
of King John." The grand-daughter of this Robert brought a moiety of
the manor to Henry de Curzon ; the heiress of Thomas de Curzon, about the
latter end of the fourteenth century, married William Dethick. About
the year 1 600, the heiress of Dethick brought this estate, called the manor
of Breadsall-Overhall, to John Harpur, Esq., (a younger son of Harpur of
Swarkston, who died in 1622): having passed to the elder branch of that
family, it is now the property of Sir Henry Crewe, Bart.

The other moiety of Breadsall was given at an early period by Robert de

^ Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. i. p. 268.

' See the History of Breadsall, in Topographical Miscellanies, 410. 1792-

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68 DERBYSHIRE.

Dunne to his younger son, Sampson ^ and formed the manor of Breadsall-
Netherhall, which was afterwards successively in the famihes of Ferrars and
the Lords Cromwell. In the year 1464, it was conveyed by Humphrey Bour-
chier, Lord Cromwell to Richard Illiugworth, Chief Baron of the Exchequer,
whose grandson left four daughters, coheiresses •, one of these having
married John Dethick, Esq., of Breadsall, brought this manor to her
liusband ; since which time, the manors of Breadsall-Overhall and Breadsall-
Netherhall have been united.

In the parish church are monuments of Erasmus Darwin, M. B., and of his
son, ErasmusDarwin, Esq., who died in 1799. On the former is the following
inscription, " Erasmus Darwin, M.B., F. R.S., born atElston near Newark,
12 December, 1731, died at the priory near Derby, i8 April, 1802. Of
the rare union of talents which so eminently distinguished him as a Physician,
a Poet, and a Philosopher, his writings remain a public and unfading
testimony. His widow has erected this monument, in memory of the
zealous benevolence of his disposition, the active humanity of his conduct,
and the many private virtues which adorned his character."

The rectory of Breadsall is in the patronage of Sir Henry Crewe, Bart.
An act of parliament for inclosing lands in this parish passed in 181 5, when
allotments were given in lieu of tithes.

John Hieron, a puritan divine of some note, born at Stapenhill, where his
father was vicar, was presented to this rectory by Sir John Gell, in 1 644,
and continued to possess it till he was ejected for nonconformity in 1662.
After a short residence in some other places, he removed, in 1668, to Loscoe,
where he died in 1682, and was buried at Heanor. Mr. Hieron was esteemed
an able biblical critic, and abridged Pole's Synopsis, but publislied only a
volume of sermons and a theological work, the title of whicli is not men-
tioned in his life. He appears to have meditated a Parochial History of
Derbyshire, for which he made considerable collections from records, now
in the possession of Godfrey Meynell, Esq. of Langley-park.

There is a charity school at Breadsall for 16 children, endowed by the
Reverend John Clayton, sometime rector, with the interest of 200I. The
school-house was built by Sir Henry Harpur, Bart., in 1788.

Church-Broughton, in the hundred of Appletree and deanery of Castillar,
lies about ten miles west from Derby. The hamlet or village of Saperton
or Sapperton is in this parish.

*■ See the History of Breadsall, in Topographical Miscellanies, 4to. 1792.

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The manor of Broughton, which had been given by Robert de Ferrars,
the elder, to the priory of Tutbury ^ was granted by King Edward VI.,
in 1552, to Sir William Cavendish, and is now the property of his descendant,
the Duke of Devonshire.

The manor of Sapperton (Sapertime) was held by Roger, under Henry
de Ferrars, at the time of tlie Domesday Survey. In the reign of Edward III.
it appears to have been in the family of Makeley ; afterwards successively
in the Blounts", (Lords Mountjoy,) and the Agards. In the year 1675, John
Agard, Esq. sold this manor to Richard Bate, Esq., of whose descendant,
Brownlow Bate, Esq., it was purchased, in 1784, by John Broadhurst, Esq.
father of Charles Broadhurst, Esq., the present proprietor. The demesnes
of the manor of Sapperton with the ancient hall were sold by the Agards to
the family of Wolley. About the year 1670, the daughter of Adam Wolley
brought it to Thomas Yates, Esq. ancestor of Henry Yates, Esq., who
now resides at the hall ; but the estate was sold some years ago, and
is now, by a recent purchase, the property of Edmund Evans, Esq., of
Derby.

The rectory of Church-Broughton was formerly appropriated to the
priory of Tutbury. The benefice is now a vicarage, endowed with the
gi"eat tithes. The patronage is claimed by Charles Broadhurst, Esq.

A charity school at this place was founded, about the year 1745, by
a subscription of the freeholders, with which lands were purchased, now let
for about 30I. per annum. The Duke of Devonshire was the principal
benefactor.

Burton on Trent. A part of this parish lies on the north side of the
Trent, in the county of Derby, intermixed with the parish of StapenhLU.
The township and manor of Winshull or Winshill, in this part of the parish,
belonged to the monastery of Burton, and having been granted, after the
dissolution, to the first Lord Paget, is now the property of his descendant,
the Marquis of Anglesea.

In this parish also, on the Derbyshire side of the Trent, is the manor or
farm of Brislingcote or Brisingcote, which belonged to the Hortons in the
reign of Henry VI. At this place, now the property of the Earl of Chester-
field, is a house of singular construction, built about the year 1700, by
the then Earl, and sometime inhabited by his son. Lord Stanhope. It is
now a farm-house.

« Dugdale's Monasticoii, vol. i. p. 354. n Dodsworth's Collections.

Calke,

70 DERBYSHIRE.

Calke, in the hundred of Repton and Gresley, and in the deanery of
Repington, lies about nine miles south from Derby, (on the south side of
the Trent.)

A convent of Austin-friers, was founded at this place, before the year u6i,
The countess of Chester was a principal benefactor to this house, on con-
dition that it should be subject to the priory of Repton. The monks of
Calke removed first to Depedale, (the site of Dale abbey,) and afterwards
to Repton. The site of the priory, at Calke, was granted by King Ed-
ward VI., in 1547, to John Earl of Warwick. In 1577, Calke priory was
the property and seat of Roger Wendesley, (or Wensley,) Esq. In 1582,
the Calke estate was sold by Richard Wensley Esq. to Robert Bainbrigge,
Esq. In 1 62 1, Mr. Bainbrigge conveyed it to Henry Harpur, Esq., of
Normanton, who, in 1626, being then described of Calke, was created a
baronet. His son, the second baronet, inlierited the estates of the elder
branch, which became extinct in 1677. Sir Henry, the seventh and present
baronet, in the year 1808, took the name of Crewe, it being that of his
great-grandmother, one of the daughters and coheiresses of Thomas Lord
Crewe, of Stene.

In the parish church is a handsome marble monument, in memory of Sir
John Harpur, Bart., who died in 1741, he married Catherine, youngest
daughter of Lord Crewe above-mentioned. In the chancel is the portrait
of Sir John Harpur, the second baronet, who died in 1669, aged 53.

The church of Calke was given to the canons of that house by Harold de
Leke before their removal ; it was confirmed to the canons of Repton, in
1324. Sir Henry Crewe is impropriator of the tithes, and patron of the
perpetual curacy.

Carsington, in the wapentake of Wirksworth and in the deanery of
Ashborne, lies about three miles from Wirksworth and seven north-east
from Ashborne. Carsington (Ghersintune) is described in the Domesday
Survey, as a hamlet of Wirksworth. Anthony Gell, Esq., who died in
1578 or 1579, was seised of a manor in Carsington, now the property of his
representative, Philip Gell, Esq. of Hopton-haU, M. P.

The small church at Carsington was rebuilt in 1648. The Dean of Lin-
coln is patron of the rectory. John Oldfield, an eminent puritan divine,
who wrote on the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, was ejected from
this benefice in 1662, and died in 1682. His son, Dr. Joshua Oldfield, an
eminent presbyterian divine and tutor, was born at Carsington in 1656 ; he
exercised his ministry successively at Tooting in Surrey, at Oxford, and in

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Maid-lane, London. His principal works were, Treatises on the Improve-
ment of Human Reason, and on the Trinity. Mr. Ellis Farneworth, trans-
lator of the Life of Pope Sixtus V., Davila's History of France, and Ma-
chiavel's works, was presented to this rectory in 1762, the year before his
death.

Mrs. Temperance Gell, in 1726, founded a school at Carsington for 20
children of that parish, and the adjoining township or hamlet of Hopton.
Samuel Bendall, cook at Hopton, gave in the year 1727, the sum of 50I. for
clothing the children. This sum having been added to Mrs. Gell's bene-
faction, was laid out in the purchase of lands at*Ockbrook, now producing
a rent of 60I. per annum, which suffices for the clothing and educating of
the number of children fixed on by the foundress.

Castleton, in the hundred and deanery of the High-Peak, lies about
five miles north from Tideswell.

There was anciently a market at this place, held on Wednesdays, which
existed before the year 1222." There is now neither market nor fair.

The manor of Castleton is described, in the Domesday Survey, as " Terra
Castelli W". Peverel, in Peche fers." This estate belonged, in the reign of
Edward the Confessor, to Gundeberne and Hundine. The expression in
the Survey seems to import, that the castle, which gives name to the parish,
was built by William Peverel, to whom William the Conqueror had given
the manor, amongst other estates. The castle afterwards acquired the name
of the Castle of Pec, or Peke, or Peak Castle. It was forfeited, witli the
manor, by William Peverel, the younger. King Henry II. gave them to
his son John, afterwards King. During the absence of King Richard, this
castle, pursuant to the agreement between Longchamp, Bishop of Ely, and
John, then Earl of Morteyne, was placed in the hands of Hugh Nonant,
Bishop of Coventry.' Hugh Neville was appointed governor of this castle
in 1204. In 1 21 5, Peak Castle was in the hands of the rebellious barons.
William Earl of Derby took it by assault, and was made governor by the
King." In the note below', will be found a list of the subsequent governors, or

castellans,

" Ch. Rot. 7 Hen. III. See also CI. Rot. 30 Hen. III. grant to Simon Pecche.
' Pegge's History of Bolsover and Peak Castles. ^ Ibid.

' 17 John — Ranulph de Blundeville, Earl of Chester.
13 Hen HI. — Brian de Lisle delivered it up to William Earl of Derby.

16 Hen. HI. — Brian de Lisle again.

17 Hen. III. — William Earl of Derby, a second time.
33 Hen. Ill William de Horsden. Pat. Rot.

35 Hen.

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castellans, before the year 1374, when it was granted, with the honor and
forest of Peak, by Edward III. to John of Gaunt, and became parcel of the
Duchy of Lancaster. Sir Ralph Shirley, who died in 1466, was constable
of Peak Castle. In the reign of Henry VII., the castle was held, under
the Duchy, by Robert Eyre, Esq., of Padley ; in that of Henry VIII., suc-
cessively by Robert Thornhill and William Gallins ; in the reign of Ed-
\' ward VI., by Godfrey Somersall ; and in that of Elizabeth, successively

by John Eyre, Esq. and\,Godfrey Foljambe, Esq.

Peak Castle, which was a small structure, but, from its situation, a
place of great strength, hafebeen long in ruins. The Duke of Devonshire
has the nominal appointment of Constable of the Castle, and is lessee of the
honor, or manor, and forest of the Peak, of which Castleton was till of late
years esteemed a member. Courts are now held for Castleton as a distinct
manor, extending over many of the townships of the Peak.

The church of Castleton (then called the church of Peak Castle) was, in
1269, given by Prince Edward (afterwards Edward I.) to the Abbot and
Convent of Vale-Royal, in Cheshire. After the dissolution. King Henry
VIII. gave the great tithes, and the advowson of the vicarage, to the
Bishop of Chester, and his successors. There is a meeting-house of the
Wesleyan methodists at Castleton, and another at Edale.

There was formerly an hospital near Castleton, called the Hospital of the
Castle of Peke, of royal foundation, for certain paupers, and a chaplain,
endowed with lands, valued, in 1377, at 3I. per annum, and four bushels
of oatmeal. It was situated about half-way between Castleton and
Hope.

Mr. Richard Bagshaw, in 1750, gave by will a school-house and garden,
for the use of a schoolmaster, and lands in Edale, then of the yearly value of
61., for teaching twelve poor children to read and write. These lands have
lately been let at 20I. per annum ; and the endowment of the school, in-
cluding some subsequent benefactions, is about 30I. per annum.

35 Hen. III. — Prince Edward.

49 Hen. HI. — Simon de Montfort. Chan. Rot. 49 Hen. HI.
18 Edw. I. — William Earl Warren.
I Edw. H. — Piers Gaveston.

4 Edw. H. — John Earl Warren, who had a grant of the castle, honor, and forest of
the Peke, for life.
Most of the above are taken from Pcgge's History of Bolsover and Peak Castles, chiefly on
the authority of Dugdale,

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The chapelry of Edale lies about two miles from Castleton. In the
Domesday Survey, Edale is described as a hamlet of Hope : it is now con-
sidered as parcel of the manor of High-Peak. The landed property is di-
vided into five large farms, called booths or vaccaries. The minister of the
chapel is appointed by the Duke of Devonshire, and other trustees.

There was formerly a dissenting meeting at Edale, established by Wil-
liam Bagshaw, who was called the Apostle of the Peak.

Chapel-en le-Frith is a small market-town in the hundred and deanery
of the High- Peak. It is situated on one of the roads fi-om London to
Manchester; 39 miles from Derby, 23 from Chesterfield, nearly 20 from
Manchester, and 165 from London. The market, which is held on Thurs-
day, for butchers' meat, &c., is by prescription : the market-house was
built in 1700, by John Shalcross, Esq.

There are several fairs : Thursday before Old Candlemas Day; March 3";
March 29 " ; the Thursday before Easter ; April 30 ° ; Holy Thursday,
and three weeks after ; July 7 ; Thursday after Old Michaelmas- Day ; and
the Thursday before Old Martinmas-Day. These fairs are all for cattle,
&c. The July fair was formerly noted for the sale of wool.'' There was
a fair (now discontinued) the Thursday before St. Bartholomew's Day, for
sheep and cheese.

The parish of Chapel-en-le-Frith contains the townships of Bowden-
edge, Bradshaw-edge, and Comb's-edge ; the principal villages are, Milton,
Ford, Malcalf, Slack-hall, Pichard-green, Tunstead-mill town, Sitting-low,
White-hough, &c. The whole parish is within the great duchy-manor of
High-Peak on lease to the Duke of Devonshire. The subordinate, or no-
minal manor of Blackbrook, in this parish, belonged for several generations
to the family of Leigh. We have not been able to ascertain who is the
present proprietor.

Bradshaw-hall, formerly the property and residence of the ancient family
of Bradshaw, is now a farm-house, the property of their descendant, Hum-
phrey Bowles, Esq. Bowden-hall, long the seat of the family of Bowden,
has been taken down : the site is occupied by a farm-house, the property
and residence of Mr. Robert Hibberson. Bank-hall, in this parish, is the

■^ If the 3d should happen on a Sunday, it is holden on tlie zd.

" If the 29th should happen on a Sunday, it is holden on the 30th. This fair was formerly
holden on the 17 th.

° If the 30th should happen on a Sunday, it is holden on the 29th.
P It is still called the wool-fair, though no wool is now sold.

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74 DERBYSHIRE.

seat of Samuel Frith, Esq., who was sheriff of the county in 1781. Ford-
hall, a seat of the ancient family of Bagshaw, is occupied by the widow
of Samuel Bagshaw, Esq., who died in 1804, and to whom there is a mo-
nument in the church-yard. The Ridge, formerly the seat of another
branch of the Bagshaws, passed in marriage, with the daughter of the last
heir-male, to Fitzherbert, and by sale to the father of the Rev. Thomas Gis-
borne, of Yoxall, who is the present proprietor. The hall is occupied as a
farm-house.

A chapel at this place was originally built by the inhabitants, and conse-
crated by Bishop Savensby, between the years 1224 and 1238. It appears,
by a record of the year 1317", that it was then deemed a parish church.
In the year 17 19, Thomas Bagshaw, Esq. gave lands (then let at 20I. per
annum, now at 62I. per annum) to the minister of Chapel-en-le-Frith ; for
whom a house was built, by subscription, in 1721. The minister is ap-
pointed by the freeholders and inhabitants. In the parish register, is an
entry, which records the preservation of a girl of 13 years of age, after
having been exposed, without food, to the severity of the weather for six
days."

There was formerly a presbyte^ian meeting at Chapel-en-le-Frith, of which
James Clegg, who published the life of the Rev. .John Ashe, was minister.
There is now a meeting-house of tlie Wesleyan methodists at Chapel-Town-
end.

William Bagshaw, an eminent non-conformist divine, known by the name
of the Apostle of the Peak, was of Ford, in this parish. He published a
work, called *' De Spiritualibus Pecci ;" being " Notes, or Notices, con-
cerning the Work of God, and some of those who have been workers toge-
ther with God, in the hundred of the High- Peak, in Derbyshire," 1702.
The Rev. John Ashe, a dissenting divine, of some note in his day, nephew

1 Inq. atl q. d. 1 1 Edw. II.

^ " On March 13, 1716-17, one Phoenix, a girl about 13 years of age, a parish apprentice
with William Ward, of Peak-Forest, went from George Bowden's house, of Lane-side, about
five of the clock in the morning, towards her master's house ; sat down upon George Bowden's
part, on Peaslow, between two rutts, and staid that day, and the next, and the Friday, Saturday,
and Sunday following, two of which days, viz. the 15th and i6th, were the most severe for
snowing and driving that hath been seen in the memory of man, and was found alive on the
Monday, about one of the clock, by William Jackson, of Sparrow-Pitt, and William Longden,
of Peak-Forest, and after a slender refreshment, of a little hot milk, was carried to her master's
house; and is now (March 25, 1717) very well, only a little stiffness in her limbs. This was
the Lord's doing, and will be marvellous in future generations. She eat no meat during the
six days, nor was hungry, but very thirsty, and, slept much."

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of William Bagshaw, and born at Malcalf, in this parish, published an
account of his uncle, with his funeral sermon, 1 704. A life and character
of John Ashe was published by John Clegg, as before mentioned, in 1736.
On the extinction of the elder branch, the descendants of AV'illiam Bagshaw,
above-mentioned, became representatives of the Bagshaws of Abney.

Chellaston, in the hundred of Repton and Gresley, and in the deanery
of Repington, lies about five miles soutli from Derby.

There seem to have been two manors in Chellaston (Celardestune, or
Celerdestune) at the time of taking the Domesday survey ; one of which
was in the crown, the other held by Amalric, under Henry de Ferrars.
The manor of Chellaston was granted, in the year 1200, to William Fitz-
Geffrey'-, in 1307, to Robert de Holland, and his heirs.' William i^shby,
Esq. died seised of the manor of Chellaston, in 1499. It is now the pro-
perty of the Marquis of Hastings, by inheritance from the Earls of Hun-
tingdon.

In the parish church is an alabaster monument, for Ralph Bancroft, and
Alice his wife, without date. There were formerly other monuments for
this family, which were nearly illegible when Bassano's Church Notes were
taken, in 17 10, and memorials for the family of Whinyats (1664 — 1702).

There is still an alabaster tomb for Bawredon, minister of the church,

who died in 1523.

Chellaston was parcel of the rectory of Melbourne, which belonged to
the Bishops of Cailisle, and had been a considerable time on lease to the
family of Coke, when it was enfranchised, under an act of parliament
passed in 1704. Lord Melbourne, representative of the Coke family, has
sold the tithes to the several land-owners. The Bishop of Carlisle is patron
of the perpetual curacy.

This parish has been inclosed, pursuant to an act of parliament (passed
in 1802), by which allotments of land were given to the curate in lieu of
tithes.

Chesterfield, is the chief town of the hundred of Scarsdale, and of the
deanery to which it gives name. Its distance from Derby is 24 miles ; from
London, 150. The name seems to import that it had been the site of an

* Chart. Rot. 2 John, pt. i. A carucate of land at Chellaston was given by King John to
Hugh de Beauchamp, as parcel of the manor of Melbourne, which carucate the said Hugh
gave to William Fitz-GeofFrey in marriage with his daughter. (.Hundred Rolls.)

' Chart. Rot. i Edw. II.

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ancient castle, and probably a Roman station. It does not appear to have
existed, as a town, before the Norman conquest. In the Survey of Domes-
day, Cestrefeld is described as a hamlet of Newbold, which was ancient
demesne of the crown. Soon after the compilation of that Survey, the
manor of Chesterfield was given to William Peverell. King Henry II.
seized this, and other estates of William Peverell, the younger, after he had
fled the kingdom, on account of the murder of the Earl of Chester. King
John, in 1204, granted the manor of Chesterfield, with Brimington and
Whittington, and the whole wapentake of Scarsdale, to William Briwere.
Isabel, one of the coheiresses of William Briwere, the younger, brought this
manor to Baldwin Wake"; from whose family it passed, by an heir female,
to Edmund of Woodstock, Earl of Kent. In the year 1442,, Richard Ne-
vill, Earl of Salisbury, became possessed of the manor of Chesterfield, in
right of Alice his wife, one of the co-heiresses of Earl Edmund." In the
year 1472, an act of pai'liament passed, by which tlie castle of Scarborough,
with lands in Yorkshire, were given to Anne, Duchess of Gloucester, one of
the coheiresses of Richard, the succeeding Earl of Salisbury, in exchange
for the manor of Chesterfield.' It appears, nevertheless, that it was after-
Avards possessed by Margaret, Countess of Salisbury, daughter and heiress
of Isabel, Duchess of Clarence, the Duchess of Gloucester's sister ; and
that she gave it to George, Earl of Shrewsbury, in exchange for other
estates.^ William, Earl of Newcastle, purchased this manor of the Shrews-
bury family. Having descended, in the same manner as Bolsover, to the
late Duke of Portland, the manor of Chesterfield and the hundred of Scars-
dale, were exchanged by him, in 1792, with the late Duke of Devonshiie,
for some estates in Nottinghamshire ; and they are now vested in the pre-
sent Duke.

King John, by his charter of 1204', granted a weekly market at Chester-
field, on Saturday, and a fair for eight days, at the festival of the Holy-
Rood. The market at Chesterfield, which is still held on Saturday, is for
corn, (particularly wheat and oats,) and all kinds of provisions. The Quo
Warranto Roll of 1330 mentions the Holy-Rood fair, and another on the
eve of Palm-Sunday. The charter of 1631 grants four fairs: Feb. 28;
May 4, for two days; July 4 ; and September 14, for eight days. The
present fairs are, Jan. 27 ; Feb. 28 ; the first Saturday in April; May 4;

" Dugdale's Baronage. ' Ibid.

>■ Cotton. MSS. Brit. Mus. Julius, B. XII. '■ Chantry Roll, Augmentation Office.

= Chart. Rot. 6 John.

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July 4; Sept. 25 ; and Nov. 25. All these are for cattle, &c. The last-
mentioned is the statute-fair, for hiring servants ; the February fair is for
horses, chiefly of the draught kind ; the Michaelmas fair has a great supply
of cheese, apples, onions, &c. The fairs in January, April, and November,
were first established in the year 1750.

King John's charter, already mentioned, made Chesterfield a free bo-
rough, and granted to the burgesses the same privileges which were enjoyed
by those of Nottingham. Queen Elizabeth, in 1594, granted them a new
charter of incorporation ; under which the corporate body consists of a
mayor, six aldermen, six brethren, and twelve common-council, or capital
burgesses, with a town-clerk, and other officers.

The assizes were held at Chesterfield, in the month of March, 1638, (pro-
bably on account of the plague). The Michaelmas sessions were held at
Chesterfield, from the year 1 6 1 8 to the year 1797: since that time, the
Midsummer sessions have been held at Chesterfield, and the Michaelmas
sessions at Derby. The present town-hall was erected about the year 1790,
from the designs of Mr. Carr, of York.

It appears, by the Chantry Roll, that there were, in the parish of Clies-
terfield, in 1547, about 2000 persons of 16 years of age.'' In the month of
December, 1788, the town of Chesterfield was found, by an actual enu-
meration, to contain 801 houses, and 3626 inhabitants. In i8oi, there
were 895 houses, and 4267 inhabitants; in 181 1, 951 houses, and 4476
inhabitants ; according to the returns made to parliament at those
periods.

The principal manufactures of the town are, cotton hose, woollen gloves,
hats, and brown earthenware. There is a large iron-foundry, adjoining
the town, whence cast iron is sent to every part oi' the kingdom.
During the war, the proprietors had extensive contracts with government
for cannon-balls, shells, &c. Salt-works were established at Chesterfield in
171 5; the rock salt was brought from Northwich : but it was, ere long,
abandoned as an unprofitable concern.''

We find few historical events relating to this town. Robert de Ferrars,
Earl of Derby, being in rebellion against King Henry III., in the year
1266, was defeated near Chesterfield, by Henry, son of the King of Almain.
The Earl fiew for shelter to the church, where he concealed himself, but

*> Howselyng people ; of an age to receive tlie communion, to which they were admitted
at 1 6 years of age.
' Pcgge's Collections.

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was discovered througli the treachery of a woman, and taken prisoner.*
During the civil war of the seventeenth century, the Earl of Newcastle
came to Chesterfield with his forces in the month of March, 1643, ^""^^ again
in the month of November of the same year. It was probably at one of
these periods that the action happened, in which he is said to have defeated
a body of the parliamentary army near Chesterfield.'

Chesterfield gives the title of Earl to the Stanhope family. The creation
took place in 1628.

The parish church of Chesterfield is a spacious edifice, built in the form
of a cross, with a singularly twisted wooden spire, 230 feet in height, co-
vered with lead.

In the chancel and its south aisle, are several monuments of the ancient
family of Foljambe, of Walton, in this parish. On a slab within the altar-rails,
are the figures of Sir Godfrey Foljambe, who died in 1541, and his mfe
Katharine, daughter of John Leake, Esq., of Sutton, who died in 1529.*^
At the east end of the Foljambe aisle is an altar tomb for Henry Foljambe,
Esq., who died in 1519^ (father of Sir Godfrey above-mentioned); there
are the monuments also of Sir James Foljambe (son of Sir Godfrey) who
died in 1558; and Sir Godfrey, (son of Sir James, by his first wife ", a
coheiress of Fitzwilliam, of Aldwark in Yorkshire) who died in 1585. The
inscriptions on the two last have been lately restored. Sir Godfrey Foljambe,
son of the last-mentioned, was buried at Chesterfield in 1 595 ; there is a
handsome monument of the Foljambe family, besides those already men-
tioned, with no inscription, and the date of" 1592.' In the chancel also, are
the tomb of John Pypys, chaplain of the chantry of the Holy Cross,
(ob M . . . XI) ; the monument of Mary, wife of the Honourable Morgan
Vane, of Beilby in Nottinghamshire, 1771 ; and memorials of the families of

■• Walter Hemingford. ' See Pilkington.

f This appears from a MS. note of Dr. Pegge's which states also, that the figures were re-
moved from an altar tomb, and gives a copy of the inscription. Sir Godfrey Foljambe is
described as one of the King's council. The arms of Leake are on the Lady's surcoat.

8 Part of the inscription, which ascertained the person, remained when Bassano's church
notes were taken.

■^ The second wife of Sir James Foljambe, Constance, daughter of Sir Edward Littleton, was
living at a great age in 1587, when she was apprehended as a recusant by Sir Godfrey Foljambe,
her husband's grandson. After having been detained in custody two years, she was set at liberty.
See Lodge's Illustrations of British History, vol.ii. 372. 375.

' This monument is on the south wall of the aisle. Underneath it is an altar tomb, with the
effigies of a man in armour and his lady, on a mattress. All the Foljambe monuments are
within an inclosure, at the east end of the south aisle of the chancel.

M lines

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Milnes of Dunston " and Aldercar, Webster ', Heathcote "", and Burton " •
llie monument of Thomas Smith, Esq., of Dunston, 1811 ; and Dorothy,
wife of Anthony Lax Maynard Esq., (daughter of the Reverend Ralph'
Heathcote, 181 1. In the south transept is the tomb of Dr. John Verdon,
chaplain of the chantry of St. Michael, who died in 1500. There are
memorials also for Robert Hallifax (1769), father of Dr. Samuel Hallifax,
Bishop of St. Asaph ; and some of the Calton family." In the nave is the
monument of Adam Slater, M. D. 1758.

In Bassano's volume of Church notes there are described, among others,
the tombs of Mr. Richard Milnes, 1628; Richard Taylor, alderman of Chester-
field, 1637 ; George Taylor, Esq., of Durant-hall, 1668 ; William Champer-
nown, Gent., 1688 ; Francis Stevenson, of Unston, Gent., 1690; and Mr.
Richard Flintham, 1705.''

The
^ George Milnes, 1736 ; George Milnes, Esq., 1755 ; Richard Milnes, 1755 ; George Milnes,
Esq., 1787 ; William Milnes, Esq., 1797. William Milnes had three daughters and coheiresses,
Jane married to the Rev. John Smith ; Mary to Jonathan Lee, and afterwards to Peter Pegee
Burnell, Esq.; and, Dorothy to the late Philip Gell, Esq., aad afterwards to Thomas
Blore, Esq.

* Paul Webster, 1715 ; Godfrey Webster, 1735 ; Paul Webster, 1757.
" Gilbert Heathcote, 1690.

» 1768—1 790. The following lines from the epitaph of Edward Burton, attorney at law, who
<lied in 1 782 .^appear worthy of recording :

" Learn'd in the laws, he ne'er usurped their sense.
To shelter vice or injure innocence ;
But firm to truth, by no mean interest mov'd,
To all dispens'd that justice which he loved.
Virtue oppress'd, he taught her rights to know,
And guilt detected, fear'd the coming blow.
Thus humbly useful, and without offence,
He fill'd the circle mark'd by Providence.
In age completing what his youth began,
The noblest work of God, an honest man.

* Richard Calton, 1758 ; Thomas Calton, 1784, Richard Calton, 1795.

* Inscription. " A loyal faithful servant of King Charles II., and to his loving brother King
James II., was to them both, gentleman of the wine cellar for many years, and continued to the
abdication (as it was called ) of King James, who, when he was Duke of York, did attend him at
sea, beingwith him in his flag ship, in that sea-fight when he gave that total defeat to the Dutch; so
also did attend him into Scotland, both times that King Charles constituted his brother Lord
High Commissioner into Scotland, for settling episcopal church government, with ease and much
satisfaction and content to that kingdom. He also was one of his Royal Highness' attendants
that time, when the phanatic humour made the king so uneasy, that he was constrained to send
him for some time thither. He was a faithful man to his friend, and departed this life {in

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80 DERBYSHIRE.

The church of Chesterfield, with its chapels, was given by William Rufiis
to the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln; and about the year iioo, it was ap-
propriated to the Dean and his successors. Ever since that time, the Deans
of Lincoln have been Lords of the rectorial manor, appropriators of the
great tithes, and patrons of the vicarage. .John Billingsley, who wrote
against the Quakers, was ejected from this vicarage in 1662. Godfrey
Foljambe, of Walton, who died in 1595, bequeathed a rent-charge of 40I.
per annum, as the endowment of a lectureship, at Chesterfield, the patron-
age of which he vested in the Archbishop of York.

There were formerly three chantries in the church of Chesterfield ; the
chantry of St. Michael, founded in the year 1357 by Roger de Chesterfield,
the revenues of which were valued, in 1547, at i il. 7s. 3d. per annum ; that
of the Holy Cross, founded by Hugh Draper, valued at lol, 6s. 8d. ; and
the gild of the Alderman, Brethren, and Sisters of the Virgin Mary and the
Holy Cross, endowed, in 1392, by Thomas Dur and others '^, and valued, in
1547, at 15I. I OS. per annum.

There was formerly a chapel dedicated to St. Thomas, in Halliwell-street,
the remains of which form part of a barn and stable ; another dedicated to
St. Helen, which, after the reformation, was appropriated to the use of the
school ; and a third, dedicated to St. James, at the Lord's-mill bridge. Of
the last-mentioned there are no traces.

There was a meeting-house at Chesterfield about the middle of the seven-
teenth century, which, in process of time, was endowed with sundry
benefactions. In the year 1703, an agreement was made between the
congregations of Presbyterians and Independents, by which they M'ere to
have the joint use of the meeting-house, each minister having his alternate
turn in the service. John Billingsley, son of Mr. Billingsley before-men-
tioned, was sometime minister of the Presbyterian congregation ; he
publislied a discourse on Schism, an Exposition of the Epistle of St. Jude,
Sermons against Popery, &c. The congregation of this meeting-house are
now Unitarians ; there are meeting-houses also for the Independents,
Quakers, Wesleyan Methodists, and Kilhamites.

The grammar-school at Chesterfield was founded soon after the Reform-
ation, when the chapel of St. Helen's was converted into a school-house.

carcere) the 25 of October, 1705, which confinement he had undergone from near the beginning
of King William's reign, his wines and plate being all seis'd on (which was very considerable)
for the King, and utterly ruined by the Revolution."
S See Pat. Rot. i6Ric.II.

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Godfrey Foljambe,Esq.,who died in 1595, gave an endowment of 13I. 6s. 8d.
pel" annum to the master. Mr. Alderman Large, who died in 1664, gave
an addition of 5I. per annum ; Cornelius Clarke, Esq., in or about the year
1664, gave 15I. per annum to the master, and the same sum for an usher.
Mr. James Linguard, fellow of Brazen-nose College, gave 81. per annum.
The upper master's income is now 60I. per annum, besides a house and
garden, valued at 20I. per annum. There has been no addition to Mr.
Clarke's benefaction to the usher. The school and the master's house were
rebuilt in 17 10.

Mr. Clarke founded by his will a preparatory-school, called the Petty-
school, to which he gave 5I. per annum. The present salary of the master
is I ol. The corporation apj)oint the masters of both schools. Natives of
Chesterfield have a preference (after founder's kin,) for the scholarships and
fellowships of Beresford's foundation, at St. John's college, in Cambridge.

There was an ancient hospital of lepers at Chesterfield, dedicated to
St. Leonard, which existed before the year 1 195, when a rent-charge of 61.
per annum, payable out of the manor, was assigned to the brethren in lieu
of their fair.' The patronage of this hospital was annexed to the manor.
King Henry VH. granted it tor life to John Blythe in 1507 ; but Mar-
garet Countess of Salisbury seized it as an appendage of the manor : Fran-
cis Earl of Shrewsbury claimed it on the same grounds in 1547.^ We
suppose the site of this hospital to have been at a place called Spital, near
the Rother, about half a mile south-east of the town, which belonged for-
merly to the Jenkinsons, and was sold by the coheiresses of Woodyear
to the late Sir Thomas Windsor Hunloke, Bart. The house was many
years occupied by the family of Bourne, and now by Mr. John Charge,
attorney at law, who married one of the daughters of the Reverend John
Bourne.

In the year 1678, Charles Scrimshire, Esq., of Norbury in Staffordshire,
(afterwards Sir Charles) built an alms-house for six poor women, pursuant to
the will of George Taylor, Esq., of Durant-hall, who died in 1668, having
bequeathed a sum of money for that purpose, and a rent-charge of 16I. per
annum for the endowment. The pensioners were to have ~^s. 4d. each
monthly, coals, and a gown once in two years. Mr. Francis Moore, in 17 15,
gave a small yearly benefaction to the poor in Taylor's hospital. The cor-
poration are trustees.

In the year 1703, an alms-house for three poor persons, was built pursuant

•■ Dodsworth's Collections from the Pipe-rolls. « Chantry-roll, Augmentation-office.

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to the intention of Mr. Thomas Large, alderman of Chesterfield, who died in
1664, having bequeathed 40I. per annum for the endowment} but no funds
having been appropriated for the building, it becamenecessary tolet the annual
income accumulate for that purpose. Mrs. Sarah Roll added two dwellings to
this alms-house. Under Mr. Large's will, the pensioners in his house were
to have 51. 3s. od. each per annum, and a gown every year. They have
now 5I. 4s., being 2s. a week each. Mrs. Roll gave the sum of 200I. for
the endowment of the additional pensioners, which having been laid out in
houses, produces 81. per annum. Mrs. Roll's pensioners receive is. 6d. a
week each and a gown every year.

Mrs. Hannah Hooper, by her will, bearing date 1755, gave the sum of
2000I. three per cents, for the maintenance of six poor women, (widows or
maids, being 50 years of age or upwards) who shall have lived in or been
parishioners of Chesterfield for seven years, and not have received alms.
This bequest took eifect in 1762.

The venerable Dr. Pegge, the well-known antiquary, author of the Lives
of Bishop Grossetette and his friend Roger de Weseham, the History of
Beauchief- Abbey, of Bolsover and Peak castles, several treatises on coins
and other antiquarian subjects, was born at Chesterfield in 1704. He died
rector of Whittington in 1796.'

The extensive parish of Chesterfield comprizes the townships of Calow,
Hasland, Newbold and Dunston, Tapton and Walton ; the villages of Cut-
thorp, Hady, &c. ; and the parochial chapelries of Brampton, Brimington,
Temple-Normanton, and Wingerworth.

The manor of Calow belonged successively to the families of Breton,
Loudham, and Foljambe : it is now the property of Earl Manvers, in whose
family it has been for a considerable time.

Hasland passed in marriage with one of the coheiresses of William Bri-
were, jun. to Ralph de Midleham." The Duke of Devonshire is now Lord of
the manor, it having been included in the exchange before-mentioned witli
the Duke of Portland. A younger branch of the Leakes were, for some
generations, of Hasland-hall, of which John Linacre died seised in 1488.
About the middle of the seventeenth century, Hasland-hall belonged to
Colonel Roger Molineux, who sold it to Captain John Lowe, of the
Alderwasley family " : it is now the property and residence of Thomas
Lucas, whose ancestor purchased it of the Lowes in 1727.

' See mention of his Collections for Derbyshire, p. i.

" Dugclale's Monasticon. vol. ii. p. 602. * Pcgge's Collections.

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The manor of Boythorpe, which, in the reign of Henry VI. was in seve-
ralties, belonging to Longford and others, is deemed parcel of the manor of
Hasland, before-mentioned.

The great manor of Newbold, described in the Domesday survey as having
six hcnvicks or hamlets, of which Chesterfield was one, was parcel of the
ancient demesne of the crown : it afterwards belonged to the abbot and
convent of AVelbeck, to whom Hugh Wake, in the reign of Henry III.,
released the quit-rent due to him (by inheritance from the Briweres). At
the time of the dissolution of monasteries, it was parcel of the possessions
of Beauchief-abbey, and appears to have been granted to Sir William West,
whose son, Edmund West, Esq., sold it in the year 1570 to Anthony and
Gervase Eyre. Thomas Eyre, of Newbold, a zealous royalist, was governor
of Welbeck, under the Earl of Newcastle. It is said, that being captain of
a troop, he was three times in one action personally engaged with Cromwell
and obliged him to retreat.' The manor of Newbold is now the property of
the Duke of Devonshire, having been included in the before-mentioned
exchange.

Highfield, in Newbold, came into the family of Eyre by marriage with
the heiress of Milnes of that place. It is now the property and residence
of Vincent Henry Eyre, Esq. He is proprietor also of a Roman Catholic
chapel at Newbold, which has been the burial place of the family.

The manor of Dunston and Holme, now esteemed parcel of the Duke of
Devonshire's manor of Newbold, was given by Matthew deHathersage, to the
prior and convent of Lenton in Nottinghamshire.^ King Henry VIII. granted
it to Francis Leake, Esq. A younger son of the Eyres of Padley, having
married the heiress of Whittington, settled at Holme-hall about the middle
of the fifteenth century, as lessee, probably, under the priory of Lenton.
Thomas Eyre, Esq., who died in 1595, sold Holme-hall to the Leakes,
already possessed of the manor under King Henry's grant.

Dunston-hall some time belonging to the family of Milnes, is now the
property and residence of Mrs. Smith, grand-daughter and heiress of the

late Richard Milnes, Esq.

The manor of Tapton passed by marriage with one of the coheiresses of
William Briwere, the younger, to Ralph de Midleham.^ Tapton was held
under the Briweres and their heirs by the family of Brimington, from whom
it passed, in the reign of Edward III., partly by marriage and partly by pur-
chase to the StufFyns of Sherbroke, in this county. It was afterwards, for some
generations, in the family of Durant. The heiress of Durant married Alsop.
y Family Papers. =1 Diigdale's Monasticon, vol. i. p. 64.8. • Ibid. vol. ii. p. 602.

M 2 In

84, DERBYSHIRE.

In the year 1637, Durant Alsop and Thomas Alsop sold the manor of Tapton
and Durant-hall to George Taylor, Esq. Sir Charles Scrimshire, the heh- of
Mr. Taylor, sold the estate to Thomas Gladwin, Esq., of Tiipton-hall, in
North-Winfield, one of whose coheiresses married Cox.*" In 1746, the manor
of Tapton and Durant-hali' were purchased of Dr. William Cox and Martha
his wife, by Mr. Adam Slater, of Chesterfield, (afterwards M. D.) who
rebuilt Durant-hall, now the property and residence of his son, Adam
Barker Slater, Esq. Tapton-hall is a farm-house.

Walton lies about a mile and a half west from Chesterfield. The manor
of Walton was the property, and Walton-hall for some generations the seat,
of the ancient family of Breton, whose heiress brouglit it to Sir John Loud-
ham. Sir John Loudham, the younger, having died without issue, in or
about the year 1392, his sisters and coheirs brought this estate, in moieties, to
Thomas Foljambe, Esq., and Sir John Beckering. The Foljambes eventually
became possessed of the whole, and Walton-hall was their chief seat, till
Sir Francis Foljambe, who had been created a Baronet in 1622, sold it, in
1633, to Sir Arthur Ingram the elder, and Sir Arthur Ingram the younger.
The Ingrams, in or about the year 1636, sold Walton to Mr. Paul Fletcher,
by whom it was bequeathed to his nephew, Richard Jenkinson. Paul
Jenkinson, son of Richard, was created a Baronet in 1685. The title
became extinct by the death of Sir Jonathan, the third Baronet, in 1741.
Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Paul, the second Baronet, being possessed of this
estate, gave it to her mother. Lady Jenkinson bestowed it on her second
husband, William Woodyear, Esq , of whose heir, John Woodyear, Esq.,
of Crookhill, near Doncaster, it was purchased, in 1813, by the late Sir
Thomas Windsor Hunloke, Bart., and is now the property of his son. The
remains of Walton-hall have been fitted up as a farm-house.

Park-hall, on the site of the old mansion of the Foljambes, is now a farm-
house.

There was formerly a chapel at Walton, the walls of which were standing
a few years ago. It appears to have been a domestic chapel. Sir Roger
Breton is said to have had a licence for a chantry in his chapel, at Walton,
in the reign of Henry III.''

'' The other daughter married Dr. Bourne, of Spitai.

' Durant-hall was the seat of Thomas Gladwin, Esq. in 1710. Bassano's Church Notes.

^ Pegge's Collections. We do not find a reference to this in any of the calendars at the
Tower : perhaps it was an ecclesiastical licence for an oratory. Sir Roger Breton was at that
time the owner of Walton.

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An estate at Walton, on which is now a house, the property and residence
of Joshua Jebb, Esq., was sold by the Jenkinsons to the family of Soresby,
with whose heiress it passed to Milnes, of Cromford : it was purchased of
the heirs of Milnes, in 1768, by Samuel Jebb, Esq., father of the present
proprietor.

The parochial chapelry of Brampton lies about two miles north-west from
Chesterfield. It comprises the hamlets, or villages, of Ashgate, Hallcliffi
Holy- Moor-side, and Watshelf, or Watchell.

The Survey of Domesday describes three manors in Brampton (Bran-
tune) ; two of which belonged to Ascoit Musard, the third to Walter Dein-
court. The two former appear to have been united at an early period.
This manor of Brampton was given by King Henry II. to Peter de Bramp-
ton, whom we suppose to have been the second son of Matilda de Cauz, or
Caus, heiress of the barony of Cans, by her second husband, Adam de
Birkin. The grandson of this Peter assumed the name of De Caus. This
family became extinct, in the male line, about the year 1460: two of the
coheiresses married Ash and Baguley, or Balguy. The whole of the manor
of Brampton, otherwise Caus-hall, became eventually, by purchase, the pro-
perty of the Earls of Shrewsbury ' : jt was purchased of the Siirewsbury
family by the Earl of Newcastle ; and was, in 164.1, valued at 142I. 4s. 8d.
per annum. Having passed with other estates to the late Duke of Portland,
it was included in an exchange with the late Duke of Devonshire, and now
belongs to the present Duke.

Birley- grange, which belonged formerly to the monastery of Lowth ; Lin-
acre, formerly esteemed a subordinate manor, the property and residence
of the ancient family of Linacre ^ ; and Wadescel, now Watchell, or Watshelf)
which took its name fi'om Wade, the Saxon owner in tiie reign of Edward
the Confessor, and had been given by the Musards to Beauchief Abbey, are
all now parcel of tlie manor of Brampton. The Abbot and Convent of
Rufford had lands in Brampton, which were granted by Henry VIII. to the
Earl of Shrewsbury, and have passed with the manor.

The manor which belonged to the Deincourts, passed with Sutton to the

Leakes ; was conveyed witii that to the Clarkes ; and the estate, which has

not of late possessed any manerial rights, is now vested in the Marchioness

of Ormond as representative of the last-mentioned family,
if

<= In Queen Elizabeth's reign, George Earl of Shrewsbury, had four-fifths : the family of
Ash then retained one-fifth.

f Robert Linacre, who died in 1512, was seised of Linacre-hall, and "a manor in Brampton,
held under the Earl of Shrewsbury.

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The Clarkes of Chilcote had formerly a seat at Somersall, or Sum-
mershall, and another family of the same name at Ashgate, in this
chapelry. Somersall is now a farm-house, belonging to the Marchioness of
Ormond ; Ashgate is the property and residence of Mr. John Gorrall
Barnes. Wigley, in this chapelry, was the original residence of the ancient
family of Wigley, of Wigwell.

In the church, are several monuments for the family of Clarke, of So-
mersall ' and Chilcote, and a mutilated alabaster slab for Philip ^, who

died in 15 17. The ancient monument of Matilda de Cauz has already been
described.'' Bassano's volume of Church Notes, taken about the year 1710,
describes an ancient tomb of " Hiskanda, Domina de Brampton" (without
date), and some memorials of the family of Jackson', who inherited from
the Bullocks, and were succeeded by the Beresfords in the possession of
an ancient mansion in Brampton, now a farm-house the property of Mr.
Dixon. There was formerly a chantry in this chapel, founded by Hugh
Ingram."

Brampton is now esteemed a separate parish ; and, indeed, is said to have
been long so deemed at the time of making the Chantry Roll, in 1547.
The tithes are appropriated to the Dean of Lincoln, who appoints the per-
petual curate. In the year 1723, Godfrey Watkinson, Esq. gave lool., and
Dr. Godolphin, Dean of St. Paul's lool. for procuring Queen Anne's
bounty for this benefice.

An act of parliament, for inclosing lands in the chapelry of Brampton,
passed in 18 15.

In the year 1682, Cornelius Clarke, of Norton, gave lol. per annum, for

f Nicholas Clarke, of Somersall, Gent., 1589; Godfrey Clarke, his son, 1634; Jane, wife of
Godfrey, and daughter of Michael Grundy, of Thurgarton, 1604; Gilbert Clarke, son of God-
frey, 1650; Helen, wife of Gilbert, daughter and heir of John Clarke, of Codnor, 1643; Grace,
his second wife, daughter of I'eter Columbell, of Darley, 1656; Godfrey Clarke, son of Gilbert,
1670; Elizabeth, first wife of Godfre)', daughter of Sir Thomas Milward, 1645; Elizabeth, his
second wife, was one of the coheiresses of Nicholas Freville, and relict of Robert Byerley, Esq.;
Sir Gilbert Clarke, of Somersall, who put up the monument, married, i. Jane, heiress of Robert
Byerley, Esq., above-mentioned, 2. Barbara, daughter of George Gierke, Esq. of Northampton-
shire ; Godfrey Clarke, Esq. of Chilcote, M.l'. for the county, 1734.

B Probably a son of Ash, who married one of the coheiresses of Cauz.

* See the account of Ancient Sepulchral Monuments.

' Cornelius Jackson, 1675 ; John Jackson, 1681. Cornelius Jackson, married the heiress ofl
James Bullock ; tlie heiress of Jackson married Henry Beresford, Esq., who was buried atf
Brampton before 17 10, but there was no memorial for him. Bassano's Church Notes.

^ It is probable that Ingram married one of the coheiresses of Cauz.

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the purpose of teaching 12 boys of this chapehy. Sundry other bene-
factions ', to the amount of above 81. per annum, were given to this school ;
but much of the endowment must hiive been lost, the whole of the present
income being stated at between 9I. and lol. per annum.

Brimingt07i lies about two miles north-east from Chesteifield. Ihe manor,
which had been an appendage of Newbold, was successively in the families
of Breton, Loudham, and Foljambe. It was purchased about the yeari 800,
of Mr. Foljambe, deputy clerk of the peace for the West Riding of York,
and is now the property of John Button, Esq. The hall is divided into
small tenements, occupied by labourers.

Tapton-grove, near Chesterfield, in this chapelry, was buiLt by the late
Avery Jebb, Esq., and is now the property and residence of his son, Richard
Jebb, Esq. i«^>' ^

The chapel was re-built in 1808 ; the tower had been built at the expence " ' '

of Joshua Jebb, Esq., in 1796. This chapel was twice augmented by lot, iu
1^2,7 ^""^ "753 > ^"t^ ^ third time by subscription, in 1762, when the sum
of 500I., including Queen Anne's bounty, was laid out in the purchase
of an estate in Ashover. The minister is appointed by the vicar of Ches-
terfield.

Tetinile-Normanton lies three miles from Chesterfield, on the road to Mans-
field. The manor, which belonged to the Knights Templars, and after-
wards to the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, was granted, in 1563, to
George Earl of Shrewsbury. It is probable that the Leakes purchased it of
the Shrewsbury family : it is now the property of the Marchioness of Or-
mond, whose ancestor, Godfrey Clarke, purchased the manor of Normanton,
with Sutton, &c., of the trustees of the last Earl of Scarsdale, in 1742.

The chapel at this place is understood to have been originally a domestic
chapel, belonging to the lords of the manor of Tupton, in the adjoining
parish of North-Winfield. It is now considered as a chapel of ease to Ches-
terfield. In consequence of a benefaction given by Mrs. Jane Lord, widow
of the late William Allwood Lord, Esq., the patronage of the chapel, with
consent of the vicar of Chesterfield, and with the approbation of the Bishop
of the diocese, was vested in Mr. Lord's family, to whom it now belongs.

Wmger'worth, another chapelry of Chesterfield, lies about three miles south
from that town. The manor, was in the family of Brailsford as early as the
reign of Henry II. At a later period, it belonged to the Curzons, of whom

' Peter Calton gave los. per annum; John Watkinson, 40s. per annum ; Sir Gilbert Clarke,
40s. per annum ; Mr. Jo. Arkrode, 20s. per annum ; Henry Glossop, in 1747, 20s. per annum ;
Dorothy Heath, in 1793, the sum of 40I. 4 per cents.

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it was purchased, in the reign of Henry VIIL", by Nicholas Himloke. His
grandson, Henry Hunloke, Esq., being then at a very advanced age, died sud-
denly at Ilkeston, in this county, in the presence of King James I., to whom as
sheriff of the county, he went to pay his respects, and attended thus far on his
progress, in the year 1624. His son Henry, who, according to the account in
the Baronetages, could have been only four years of age, at the time of his
father's death, distinguished himself as a zealous royalist, raised a troop of
horse at his own expence for Colonel Frecheville's regiment, of which he
was Lieutenant-Colonel, and distinguished himself at the battle of Edge-
hill, where he was knighted on the field, and soon after (in the same yeai',
1642) created a Baronet. The late Sir Thomas Windsor Hunloke, of Win-
gerworth-hall, the fifth Baronet, died in 18 16, and was succeeded, in title
and estate, by his son Henry, born in 1812.

Wingerworth-hall was taken possession of for the Parliament, and garri-
soned, in the year 1643.° ^^ is said that the estate, although sequestered,
was preserved from injury by Colonel Michel, a parliamentary officer, who
married the widow of the loyal Sir Henry Hunloke, who died in 1648.
The hall was rebuilt, between the years 1726 and 1729, by Sir Thomas
Windsor Hunloke, the third Baronet. It is at present unoccupied.

Stubbings, in this chapelry, is the property and residence of Charles Da-
keyne Gladwin, Esq., Lieutenant-Colonel of the Derbyshire militia.

In the chapel are several monuments of the Hunloke family." The
Dean of Lincoln appoints the minister. The chapelry was inclosed by act
of parliament in the year 1757.

Among Dr. Pegge's notes relating to this chapelry there is mention of
Anne Ash, who died at Wingerworth, in 1789, aged 104.

Chilcote, in this county, is a chapel of ease to Clifton Camville in Stafford-
shire. It lies near the banks of the Trent, at nearly an equal distance from
Tamworth, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and Burton-on-Trent.'' Tamworth is the
post-office town. The manor of Cildecote is described in the Domesday
Survey as a hamlet of Repton. It belonged, as early as the reign of Ri-
chard I., to the Berkeley family, who held it under the Earls of Chester.
The heiress of Sir Thomas Berkeley brought it, early in the 15th century,

■" Or probably only a moiety. Sir Ralph Longford is said to have died seised of a moiety of
this manor, 5 Hen. VIII. See Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire, p. 344.

» Sir John Cell's MS. Narrative.

0 Nicholas Hunloke, 1546; Thomas Hunloke, 1552; Henry Hunloke, Esq. 1624; Sir
Henry Hunloke, Bart., 1647-8; Sir Henry Hunloke, Bart., 1715; Sir Henry Hunloke, Bart.,
1804; and Captain Henry Edward Hunloke, 1799.

P The nearest is not less than six, and the furthest not more than seven miles distant.

6 to

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to Sir Thomas Brydges. Sir Giles Brydges died seised of it in 1511. After
this, the manor of Chilcote was many years in the family of Milward ;
from the Milwards it passed in marriage to the Clarkes, and is now the pro-
perty of their representative, the Marchioness of Orniond, who is possessed
of nearly 1400 acres of land in this chapelry. Chilcote-hall, which was
a seat oi" the Milwards, and afterwards of the Clarkes, has been pulled
down.

Chilcote chapel is annexed to the rectory of Clifton-Camville, which is
in the deanery of Tamworth and Tutbury, and in the patronage of Henry
Stokes, Esq.

CtowN, in the hundred of Scarsdale, and deanery of Chesterfield, lies
about nine miles from Chesterfield. The manor of Clown was given by
Wulfric Spott to Burton Abbey.'' It is not now known as a separate manor;
being partly situated in the Duke of Portland's manor of Bolsover, and
partly in that of Barlborough, belonging to Mr. Rodes.

Romely-hall in this parish, belonged, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth,
to the family of Wood, afterwards to that of Routh, of whom it was pur-
chased by Mr. Wright, of Sheffield. The nephew of the latter bequeathed
it, in 1788, to Daniel Thomas Hill, Esq. It is now the property and re-
sidence of the Reverend Thomas Hill. The estate belonging to this hall
is partly in Clown, and partly in Barlborough and Bolsover. Romely-
hall was some time in the occupation of the late Dr. Thomas Gisborne,
physician in ordinary to His Majesty, and president of the college of phy-
sicians, who died there in 1806.

Bassano's volume of Church Notes desci'ibes the tomb of William Inskip,
at Clown, who died in 1582 having been rector there 54 years. The King
is patron of the rectory. In the year 1727, Mr. John Slater gave 40s. per
annum to a schoolmaster, whenever a school should be founded at Clown.
Mr. Charles Basseldine, who died in 1734, gave a house and land, now let
at 26I. per annum, for that purpose.

Crich lies about five miles east from Wirksworth, which is the post-
town, and twelve from Derby. The parish is chiefly in the hundred of
Morleston and Litchurch, but extends into that of Scarsdale, and into the
wapentake of Wirksworth. The parish comprises the township of Crich,
and the villages of Dark-lane, Frithley, and Wheatcroft, with part of Upper

'^ Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. i. p. 268.

Vol. V. N and

90 Derbyshire:

and Nether-Holloway, in the hundred of Morleston and Litchurch ; the
township of Wessington, in the hundred of Scarsdale ; and the township of
Tansley, in the \vapentake of Wirksworth.

There was formerly a market at Crich, . which, although we have not
been able to find any record of its grant, appears to have been of consider-
able antiquity. It M'as attempted to be revived about the middle of the last
century, at which period it had been long discontinued. In 1810, it was
again opened, and continues to be held for corn, provisions, &c. on
Thursdays. There are two fairs, April 6, and Oct. 11, for horses, cows,
sheep, pigs, woollen clothes, cotton goods, and pedlars' wares.

The manor or barony of Crich belonged, when the survey of Domesday
was taken, to Ralph Fitz-Hubert. The heiress of his descendant, Hubert
Fitz-Ralph, brought it to Anker de Frecheville, whose son Ralph was pos-
sessed of it in 1218. Roger Belers, who purchased this manor of Ralph
de Frecheville (a descendant of the former), died seised of it in 1325. Sir
Roger Belers, who died in 1380, left two daughters, who possessed this
manor in moieties ; but the whole devolved eventually to the descendants
of Sir Robert de Swillington, who married the elder. From the Swillingtons,
the manor of Crich passed, by inheritance, to Ralph Lord Cromwell, who
in the reign of Henry VI. sold the reversion to John Talbot, the second
Earl oi" Shrewsbury. Upon the death of Gilbert, Earl of Shrewsbury, in
1616, it was divided between his daughters and coheiresses, the Countesses
of Pembroke, Kent, and Arundel. The Countess of Pembroke's share
passed through the Savilles, to an ancestor of the Earl of Thanet, who is
the present proprietor; The Countess of Kent conveyed her share to her
uncle, Edward Earl of Shrewsbury. The Duke of Shrewsbury, in 1710,
sold the lands, which were soon afterwards divided into parcels ; and in
1711, conveyed his third of the manor or barony to Willianj Sudbury, and
lour other persons. The remaining third was sold, in 1660, for 3270I., by
the Honourable Henry Howard, to Anthony Bennet and Ralph Smith, by
■whom it was disposed of in severalties.

In the parish church, which is in the deanery of Derby, are some monu-
ments of the family of Clay ', with quaint epitaphs, in which there is a per-
petual play upon the name. There are the tombs also of Godfrey Beresford,
Esq. ( 1 5 1 3)1 son and heir of Adam Beresford, of Bentley, and servant of

' John Clay, Esq. died in 1632; Mary, his first wife, daughter of William Calton, Esq.,
chief cock-matcher and servant of the hawks to King Henry VIII., ob. 1583 ; his second wife
was widow of German Pole, Esq. and daughtrr of Edward Ferrars, of Tnmworth.

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Oeoige Earl of Shrewsbury ; " Robert Marshall, Esq., and Margaret, his
wyfe, who in this town lyved quietly above fyfty yeres, without debate or
stryfe" (no date) ; and a tablet for John Kirkeland, yeoman (1652), whose
family are said (in his epitaph) to have lived above 500 years in Wheatcroft.
Bassano's volume of Church Notes describes an aneient monument, supposed
to be that of Sir William de Wakebridge, who died in the reign of Ed-
ward III., and that of German Pole, Esq. of Wakebridge, who died in 1588.

The church of Crich was given to the abbot and convent of Darley, by
Robert de Ferrars, Earl of Derby, in the reign of King Stephen. Sir Ro-
bert Wilmot, Bart., of Chaddesden, is the present impropriator ; Sir Wolston
Willoughby Dixie, Bart., patron of the vicarage.

There was a chantry in the church of Crich, " for God's service, and
maintaining of poor folk," founded in 1350, by Sir William de Wakebridge,
in honour of St. Nicholas and St. Catherine ; and another, founded in 1361,
by Sir William de Wakebridge, Ric. de Chesterfield, and Ri. de Tissington,
in honour of the Virgin Mary. The income of the ibrmer was valued, in
1547, at 12I. 4s. 44^d. per annum ; the other at 61. 3s. 4d.*

The manor of Tansley, which belonged to the Knights-Templars, and
afterwards to the Hospitallers, is supposed to have been granted to George
or Francis, Earl of Shrewsbury. William Earl of Pembroke, who married
one of the coheiresses of Gilbert Earl of Shrewsbuiy, sold it to William
Earl of Newcastle, from whom it has passed, with Bolsover and other estates,
to his Grace the Duke of Portland, who is the present proprietor.

The manor of Wakebridge belonged, at an early period, to a family
whose ancestor took his name from the place. Peter, son of Ralph
de Wakebrugge, married a daughter of Hubert Fitz-Ralph, Lord of
Crich, in the reign of King John. Sir William de Wakebridge, who
distinguished himself in the wars with France, and is spoken of by Wyr-
lej ', as a valiant knight, though he bore colour upon colour in his arms,
died without issue, in the reign of Edward III. : his sister brought this
estate to the Poles, of Staffordshire, and afterwards of Radborne in this
county ; a younger branch of which family became possessed of this manor,
and settled at Wakebridge. On the death of John Pole, Esq. of Wake-
bridge, in 1724, it passed to his great nephew, Garalt Morphy, whose bro-
ther and heir, Edward, sold it, in 1771, to Peter Nightingale, Esq., of Lea.
By his bequest, the manor of Wakebridge passed to his great nephew,
William Edward Shore, Esq., who has taken the name of Nightingale, and

' Chantry Roll, A ugmentation Office. ' In his Use of Arms,

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is the present proprietor. The old mansion was taken down about the year
1 77 1, but there are still some remains of a chapel.

The manor of Wistanton, now called Wessington, or Wassington, was
held, at the time of the Domesday Survey, by Levinc, under Ralph Fitz-
hubert. It appears to have been given to the monks of Darley, by Ralph
Fitz-Odo, and Geffrey de Constantin/ The monks held it under John de
Heriz, in the reign of Edward I. King Henry VIII. granted it, in 1544,
to Thomas Babington, Esq., whose son, Henry, died seised of it in 1570.
Gilbert, Earl of Shrewsbury, was lord of this manor in 161 1. In 1657, it
was sold by the Earl of Arundel, grandson of one of his coheiresses, to Ri-
chard Taylor and William Hill, yeomen, whose grandsons were possessed of
it in 1760. It is now the joint property of Sir Robert Wilmot, Bart, of
Chaddesden (who purchased of John Hill, about the year 1800), and Mr.
Daniel Hopkinson, of South- Winfield.

Croxall, in the hundred of Repton and Gresley, and in the deanery of
Repington, lies at the southern extremity of the county, about seven miles
from Burton on Trent and about the same distance from Tamworth and
Lichfield. The last-mentioned is the post-town. The parish contains
the townships of Croxall and Catton, and part of Edingale.

The manor of Croxall (Crocheshalle) was held vmder Henry de Ferrars
at the time of taking the Domesday Survey, by one Roger, ancestor
probably of the Curzons. It was one of the knight's-fees held by Richard
de Curcun, in the reign of Heniy I. Croxall continued to be the
property and seat of this ancient family till the reign of Charles L,
when Mary, only daughter and heiress of Sir George Curzon ', brought
it to Sir Edward Sackville, K. B., afterwards the fourth Earl of Dorset.
This Lady, who had been appointed by the King, governess to some
of his children, conducted herself in that situation with so much pru-
dence, notwithstanding the Earl was a zealous royalist, that a public funeral
was voted for her by both houses of parliament ; and she was buried with
great pomp in Westminster. Abbey, on the 3d of September, 1645." The
Dorset family resided occasionally at Croxall ; and tradition speaks of
Dryden's having been a visitor there. The manor was purchased of John
Frederick Duke of Dorset, by Thomas Prinsep, Esq. well known as an agri-
culturalist, particularly for his fine breed of cattle. After the death of his
son, the late Thomas Prinsep, Esq., it devolved under his will to his nephew,

. * Dugdale's Monasticon.

• Sir George Guraon died in 1622, and was buried In St. Bride's church, in London. See
Stowe's Survey. " Whitelock.

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Thomas Pnnsep, the son of Theophilus Levett, Esq., of Whichnor, in
Staffordshire, who is a minor.

In the parish church are monuments of several persons of the families of
Curzon "^ and Horton." Tiie church of Croxall was given, in 1241, by
Robert de Curzon to the priory of Repton % to which the great tithes
were appropriated. The impropriation is now held with the manor : the
vicarage is in the gift of the crown.

A school-house has lately been erected in this parish ; and a school is
supported on the Madras system, but it has no endowment.

The manor of Catton (Chetun) was held, at the time of taking the
Domesday Survey, by Roger, under Henry de Ferrars. The paramount
Lordship passed in marriage with Amicia, daughter of Henry de Ferrars,
to Nigel de Albini ; and it continued in that family in the reign of Henry III.
Aylmer, Baron St. Amand, descended from one of the coheiresses, died
seised of it in 1403. We are not certain whether Roger Horton, Esq., Lord
of the manor of Catton, who died in 1421, first settled here in consequence
of a purchase from the representatives of Lord St. Amand, or whether
his ancestors had previously held the estate under this baronial family, as
paramount Lords. Catton is now the property, and the hall the seat,
of Eusebius Horton, Esq., lineal descendant of Roger Horton above-
anentioned.

Part of Edingale or EctinghaU is in the parish of Croxall, the county of
Derby and the hundred of Repton and Gresley. The Survey of Domesday
describes two manors in Edingale (Ednunghalle) as in tlie county of Derby,
one as belonging to the King's Thanes, the other to Henry de Ferrars.
The Ridwares were sometime Lords of Edingale, and afterwards the
Vernons : of late years it has been esteemed parcel of the manor of
Alrewas, belonging to the Anson family.^ The benefice is a perpetual curacy,
in the gift of the prebendary of Alrewas, to whom the titiies were appro-
priated. Lands were given in heu of tithes, by the inclosure act of 1791.

" John Curzon and his wife, of the 14th century ; Thomas Curzon and iVIargaret his wife,
of the 15th century; George Curzon, (great-grandson of Thomas) living 1569; Katharine,
his vvife, ob. 1605 ; Mary, wife of Sir George Curzon, and heiress of Leveson, motlier of
the Countess of Dorset; and Henry Curzon, the last heir male of this branch, 1639.

' Roger Horton, Esq., 1421, and Alice his wife; daughter of John Curzon ; Christopher
Horton, Esq., 1659 ; Walter Horton, 1701 ; Christopher Horton, Esq., (son of Walter) 1707;
Walter Horton, Esq., (son of Christopher,) 1716 ; Christopher Horton, Esq. (who married the
heiress of Sir Eusebius Buswell, Bart.) 1764.

2 Hundred Rolls, 2 Edw. I. " Shaw's Staffordshire.

CUBLEY,

9i. DERBYSHIRE.

CuBLEY, in the hundred of Appletree and deanery of Castillar, lies about
seven miles from Ashborne and thirteen from Derby. This place had
formerly a market on Mondays, granted, in 1251, to William Montgomery,
together with a fair for three days at the festival of St. Andrew.''

The fair is still held, on the 30th of November : it was, some years ago,
much noted for the sale of fat hogs ; but is on the decline.

The manor of Cubley (Cobelei) was held at the time of taking the Domes-
day Survey, under Henry de Ferrars, by Ralph, most probably an ancestor
of the Montgomery family, who are known to have possessed it as early as
the year 11 60. John Montgomery, Esq., the last heir male, died in 1513,
leaving three daughters coheirs, one of whom brought Cubley and other
estates to Sir Thomas Giffard, with whose heiress they passed to Sir John
Port, of Etwall. Sir John had three daughters, coheiresses, the younger of
whom brought Cubley to the Stanhopes. The Earl of Chesterfield is Lord
of the manor and patron of the rectory. Cubley was the chief seat of the
Montgomery family, who had a park there ; and it was for a time one of
the seats of the Stanhopes ; but the mansion has long ago been pulled down.

On the tower of the parish church are the arms of the Montgomery
family and its alliances ; and there are some ancient monuments belonging
to them in the church, but the inscriptions have been destroyed.

Marston-Montgomeri/, a chapel of ease to Cubley, from which it is about
two miles distant, was so called, to distinguish it from Marston-on-Dove.
The manor was part of the ancient property, and here was a seat of the
Montgomery family : the manor, we are informed, is now vested in the free-
holders. Parochial rites are performed at this chapel.

Dalbury, in the hundred of Appletree and deanery of Castillar, lies
about six miles West from Derby. Dalbury is described in the Survey of
Domesday, as a hamlet of Mickle-Over, belonging to the abbot of Burton.
Robert de Dun was Lord of Dalbury in the reign of Henry IL' The manor of
Dalbury and Dalbury-Lees were, in the reign of Edward IL, the property of
Sir Robert Holand or Holland." After the death of the Duchess of Exeter,
(relict of Henry Holland,) they appear to have escheated to the crown. Sir
Samuel Sleigh, who died in 1 679, was possessed of these manors, which
passed with his daughter and coheiress to Saiiuiel Chetham, Esq., and on his
death, without issue, to Rowland Cotton, Esq., of Bellaport in Shuopshirej

» Chart. Rot. 36 Hen. III. ' Sf e Ptigdale's Monasticon, vol. i. 35^.

" Dugdale's Baronage.

who

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■wbo married the other coheiress, and was grandfather of William Cotton,
Esq., the present proprietor. Mr. Cotton is patron of the rectory.

Dale-Abbey, an extra-parochial township in the hundred of Morleston
and Litchurch, lies about six miles and a half nearly east from Derby. At
this place was an abbeyof Premonstratension canons. The site of Dale-abbey
is said to have been originally occupied by a hermitage, constructed by a
baker of Derby, who, according to the legend, had a supernatural call from
the Virgin Mary to spend the remainder of his life in solitude and religious
exercises at this place, then called Depedale. The history of Dale-abbey
relates, that Ralph FitzGermund, Lord of Ockbrook, in whose woods
this hermitage was built, discovered it accidentally whilst hunting, and being
moved with compassion at the hermit's appearance, gave him the site of
the hermitage, and the tilhe of his mill at Burgh (Burrowash) for his
support. Serlo de Grendon, who married Fitz-Germund's daughter, gave
Depedale to his godmother: he afterwards, with her consent, invited
canons from Calke and gave them Depedale. These canons having been
removed for their misconduct, some white canons of the Premonstratension
order repaired thither, and to them the park of Stanley was given, when the
monasteiy acquired the name of " De Parco Stanley," by which it was, at
that early period, generally known. There is a legend, that the King
gave the canons as much land as they could encircle in a day, with a plough
drawn by deer, and this story is represented on the windows in Morley
church, which are supposed to have been removed from Dale-abbey. These
canons, nevertheless, not having sufficient means for their support, returned
to Tupholm, whence they came. William de Grendon, Lord of Ockbrook,
supplied their place with canons from Welbeck, but they also soon deserted
the new monastery for want of sufficient sustenance. Geoffrey de Salicosa
Mare, or Saucemere, and his wife Maud, grand-daughter of William de
Germund, with the assistance of his nephew, William de Grendon^ having
procured an establishment of nine canons from Newhouse in Lincoln-
shire, they were admitted into the Premonstratension order, and settled
at the new monastery in Stanley-park, and being more fortunate than their
predecessors, met with liberal benefactors, who bestowed on them lands
of considerable value, and the advowsons of Heanor, Ilkeston, and Kirk-
Hallam. This last foundation of Dale-abbey took place about the year
1204. The abbey was surrendered to the crown in 1539, when their
revenues were estimated at 144I. 4s. per annum. Willis says, that it was
surrendered by John Staunton, the last abbot, and sixteen monks ; but it

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appears by the commissioners accounts ' of that date, that John Bede, the
last abbot, had a pension of 26L 13s. 4d., and fifteen monks various smaller
pensions. Francis Pole, Esq., who tlien took possession of the site and
demesnes, as lessee, probably, under the crown, purchased the altar, crucifix,
organ, grave-stones, &c. and all the live and dead stock. In 1544, he had
a grant of the abbey estate in fee, and the same year conveyed it to Sir
John Port, one of the justices of the King's-Bench. Dorothy, one of his
son's coheiresses, brought it to her husband Sir George Hastings. Sir
Henry Willoughby, of Risley, purchased this estate early in the seven-
teenth century, [of the Representative of Sir George Hastings, who was
aflerwards Earl of Huntingdon, and died in 1605. Sir Henry Willoughby,
having left three daughters coheiresses, one of whom left no issue, the
manor of Dale and the abbey demesnes were held in moieties by the noble
family of Grey and that of Dewes, into which the other coheiresses mar-
ried. One moiety of this estate was purchased, in 1716, by the trustees
of Philip, then late Earl of Chesterfield, of Sir Symmonds Dewes, for his
son Alexander, father of the first Earl Stanhope. The other moiety was
purchased, in 1778, of the Earl of Stamford, and the whole is now the
property of the present Earl Stanhope. There are scarcely any remains
of the conventual buildings.

There is a small chapel here for the use of the district, and what is very
remarkable, under the same roof and having a comminiication with a public
house. In the chapel-yard, is the tomb of Ralph Taylor, who died in 1790,
aged 84, and Elizabeth his wife, aged 96. Earl Stanhope appoints the
minister of the chapel.

Darley, in the hundred and deanery of High- Peak, lies five miles south
from Bakewell. The parish contains the township of Darley, and the hamlets
or villages of Farley, Hackney-Lane, Over-Hackney, Little-Rowsley ^ Toadr
hole, &c. in the hundred of High-Peak ; the townships of Wensley and
Snitterton, and the hamlets of Oaker-side and Oaker-end, in the wapen-
take of Wirksworth, and the village of Bridgetown on the Derwent, partly
in both.

There are two annual fairs held on the moors, at a placed called Darley-

' There is a copy of these in a MS. volume, formerly in the collection of Thomas Astle,
■ Esq., now in the possession of Sir Joseph Banks.

f An act of parliament for inclosing lands in this hamlet passed in 18 15.

12 Flash,

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Flash, in this parish, on the 13th of May and the 27th of October, fbr cattle
and sheep.

The manor of Darley (the Derelei of Domesday) was parcel of the
ancient demesne of the crown. In the reign of Edward I., it was in
moieties between the families of Kendall and Derby, who held under the
crown. William Kendall, who died in 1309, left a daughter and heir
married to Laurence Cotterell.^ It is probable that Cotterell died without
issue, and that his widow married Herberjour; for it appears, that in
the year 1392, William Roper conveyed to Nicholas Attewelle, Rector of
Darley, (probably a trustee) a moiety of the manor of Dai-ley, which had
been the inheritance of Margaret his mother, daughter and coheir of
^p" J;."'""' T^' Herberjour, of Chaddesden, by Alice, daughter and heir
of Wilham Kendall.- After this, it was in the Foljambes ; Sir Thomas
Foljambe, father of Sir Godfrey, who died in 1379, is described in the
pedigree of the family, as having been of Darley ; but it is certain that they
were not possessed of any interest in the manor at so early a period, nor
can we learn how or when they acquired it.' The heiress of another Sir
Godfrey Foljambe brought a moiety of the manor of Darley, which moiety
was then called the manor of Oldhall, to Sir Robert Plumpton, of Plumpton
in Yorkshire. The coheiresses of William Plumpton, his grandson, mar-
ried Sotehzll and RoclifF: SotehiU's moiety of this manor descended to two
grand-daughters, married to Sir John Constable and Sir William Drury. It
is supposed that the latter purchased Constable's share of this moiety ;
in 1547, he sold the whole of the moiety to William Needham, Gent. :
It soon afterwards passed by sale to Senior of Bridgetown. This moiety
is now vested in the Duke of Rutland^ and Sir Henry Hunloke, a
minor. On this moiety of the estate, stood the ancient manor-house' of
Oldhall, a little to the north of Darley-church, which upon the inclosure of
Darley commons, was allotted to the then Duke of Rutland. Some consider,
able remains of the old mansion were taken down in the year 1771.

RoclifF's moiety of the Oldhall manor passed with the great grand-
daughter of that marriage to Sir Ingram Clifford, who having no isstie, it
became vested, pursuant to a settlement, in Sir Ingram and his heirs, and

s Esch. 3 Edw. II. This moiety was held under the crown, by tlie render of 13s. 4.d. per
annum towards the keeping of Peak castle.

" Roper's pedigree in Vincent's Derbyshire, in the Heralds' College.

■ It is remarkable, that the families of Cotterell and Foljambe bore the same arms, varyine
only m colour. "

" The Duke's ancestor purchased three parts of this moiety of the Oldfields, in 163 1.

^«^' ^- O was

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was sold, in or about 1587, to Roger Columbell, Esq., of Netherhall : it is
now vested in the devisees of the late Herbert Greensmith, Esq.'

Upon the death of Ralph de Darley, in 1370, the other moiety of
Darley manor, called the manor of Netherhall or AVhitwell-hall passed to his
sister Agnes, the wife of Thomas Cokimbell, Esq., of Sandiacre. This place,
in consequence, became the chief seat of the Columbell family, till the death
of John Columbell, Esq., in 1673. His sister and sole heiress married Wil-
liam Marbury, Esq., of Marbuiy in Cheshire, who dying without issue, in
1697, bequeathed her estates in Darley to Gilbert Thacker, Esq., who had
married her late husband's sister. In 1701, Mr. Thacker sold this manor to
Messrs. Andrew and Robert Greensmith, of Wirksworth. Herbert Green-
smith, Esq., grandson of Robert, died seised of this manor in 1789, and be-
queathed it to Mr. Herbert Greensmith Beard, of Lincoln, and his brothers
and sisters, by whom the whole of their landed property has been sold off
in parcels ; but they retain the manerial rights. Tiie site of the old man-
sion, called Nether-hall or Whitwell-hall, with an adjoining farm, was pur-
chased in or about the year 1790, by Richard Arkwright, Esq. M.P., the pre-
sent owner. In the year 1 796, Mr. Arkwright took down the old mansion, of
late years called Darley-hall, which by an agreement (still existing"") between
John de Derlegh and his mason, appears to have been erected about
the year 1321, and built a new house for his own residence at a short
distance.

Stancliff-hall, which appears to have belonged to a younger branch of the
Columbell family, and to have been held under the manor of Old-hall,
passed by successive female heirs to the families of Newsam and Pott. It
afterwards belonged to Sir John Digby of Mansfield Woodhouse, who, in
1655, sold it to Robert Steere of Bridgetown, Gent. Sir Paul Jenkinson, of
Walton, being possessed of this estate in 171 5, gave it to his daughter
Lettice, by whom the hall and estates were sold, in 17 18, to Robert Green-
smith, Esq., for the sum of 1750I. ; in the year 1799, the devisees of Herbert
Greensmith, Esq., sold the Stancliff-hall estate for 10,5001. to William
Heathcote, Esq., of Batavia in the colony of Demarara. It is now the
property, and the hall is the residence, of his brother and devisee, Mr. John
Heathcote.

The manor of Little-Rowsley belonged to the ancient family of Rollesley
or Rowsley, who took their name from this place as early as the reign of

• Sec the account of Nether-hall.

'" In the collection of Mr. Adam Wolley, at Matlock.

Richard

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Richard I. The heiress of RoUesley brouglit this manor to Sir WilHam
Kniveton, of Mercaston, who was created a baronet in i6i i. His son, Sir
Gilbert, sold it to Sir John Manners, ancestor of his Grace the Duke of
Rutland, who is the present proprietor.

In the parish church of Darley, are monuments of the families of ° Mil-
ward, of Snitterton ; of the Greensmiths ■* ; and that of Thomas Garratt,
citizen of London, «' who having acquired an ample fortune, purchased
estates in his native county ; he patronised many from this neighbourhood,
gave the communion plate to Darley, 200I. to the poor of Darley, and 40I.
to the Sunday schools." Bassano's volume of Church Notes describes
two altar tombs for the family of Rollesley'' ; and others for the families of
Columbell ' and Wensley ' ; memorials also for the families of Senior ' and
Pott."

The rectory is in the patronage of the Dean of Lincoln, There were
formerly two medieties, which were united in 1744.

Mr. Anthony Taylor, about the year 1750, gave the sum of 60I., and
Mrs. Ann Finney, about the same time, 60I., towards the endowment of a
free-school at Darley ; some smaller benefactions have made it up 140I., the
interest of which, 7I, los. is given to a schoolmaster.

I'he manor of Snitterton, in this parish, and in the wapentake of Wirks-
worth, is described in the Domesday Survey as a hamlet of Mestesforde.
It belonged, at a very early period, to a younger branch of the ancient
family of Shirley, which took the name of Snitterton. The heiress of Snit-
terton brought it to the Sacheverells, who possessed it for several gene-
rations. This manor, or a moiety of it, was afterwards in the Milwards :
Felicia, the elder coheiress of John Milward, Esq., brought a moiety of
Snitterton, with the manor-house, to Charles Adderley, Esq. In 1695, Mr.
Adderley sold it to Henry Feme, Esq., Receiver-General of the Customs;
and it is now the property of Edmund Turnor, Esq., whose grandfather
married the daughter and eventually sole heir, of Mr. Feme. The

o Anne, wife of John Milward, Esq. (daughter of Whitehalgh ) 1658 ; John Milward, Esq.,
1669, married a daughter of Sacheverell of Morley, and ob. S. P.

•" Herbert Greensmith, Esq., 1750; Herbert Grcensmith, Esq., 1789.

"1 John Rollesley, Esq., 1500; John Rollesley, Esq., ij20, and Agnes his wife, 1551.

' Thomas Columbell, Esq., 1540, and Agnes his wife.

' Richard Wendesley, of Wendesley, (no date.)

' Anthony Senior, 1654.

" Percival Pott, 1652; Clement Pott, 1684.

Vol. V. * O 2 other

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other moiety of this manor was purchased by Mr. Isaac Smith, of the
Sacheverells ; or of the Shores, of Snittcrton, to whom it had been sold
by them. Mr. Smith died in 1638: his descendant, Thomas Smith, Esq.,
then of Farlington, in Hampshire, sold this estate, in 17 '3, to William
Hodgkinson, Esq. '', of Overton, maternal great-grandfather of Sir Joseph
Banks, G.C. B., who is the present proprietor. The old mansion, which
was a seat of the Saclieverells, and afterwards of the Milwards, is now oc-
cupied as a farm-house.

In the year 1397, Roger Wormhill had the Bishop's licence for cele-
brating divine service in his oratory at Snitterton.

The manor of Wendesley, or Wensley, is described in the Survey of
Domesday as a hamlet of the King's manor of Mestesforde. Before the
reign of King John, it was in the ancient family of De Wendesley, or
Wensley ; whose heiress, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, married Ralph
Blackwall, Esq. In the year 1591, Lettice Wensley, widow, and Ralpli
Blackwall, sold a moiety of this manor to John Harpur, Esq." This moiety
is now the property of his descendant, Sir Henry Crewe, Bart. ; but the
landed property has been sold off'. One-half of the other moiety, with the
old manor-house, was sold, in 1603, to Richard Senior, of Bridgetown : one
fourth of the said moiety to Sir John Manners, of Haddon ; and the re-
maining fourth to Roger Columbell, Esq., of Darley-hall.

The manor of Cowley (CoUei), in this parish, and in the wapentake of
Wirksworth, was held by Swan, under Henry de Ferrars, at the time of the
Domesday Survey. In tlie early part of Henry the Third's reign, it be-
longed to Gilbert de Collegh. In the reign of Queen Elizabeth, it was in
the family of Cadman, whose heiress brought it to Needham. In 161 3,
George Needham, and Henry his son, sold this estate to Richard Senior, of
Bridgetown. One of the coheiresses of Anthony, son of Richard, married
Lionel Fanshaw, whose son Henry, in 17 18, sold the manor of Cowley to
Thomas Bagshaw, Esq. : the heiress of Bagshaw married Fitzherbert. In
1749, William Fitzherbert, Esq., sold Cowley to George Wall ; and in 1791,
Mr. and Mrs. Busby, the latter of whom was widow and devisee of John
Wall (brother of George), sold it to Richard Arkwright, Esq., M.P., the
present proprietor.

" Mr. Hodgkinson married a sister of Henry Feme, Esq., above-mentioned.

^ The Harpurs appear to have had property here at an earlier period. Kicliard Harpur,
Esq., one of the Justices of tlie Comraon-l'leas, who died in 1576, was then seised of a manor
of Wendesley, held under the manor of Wirksworth.

Derby,

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Derby, the county-town, lies on the great road from London to Man-
chester, being 126 miles from the former, and 60 from the latter place.
We are informed by Ethelwerd, a noble Saxon of the blood royal, In his
Chronicle, that the Saxon name of this town was Northworthige, and that
the Danes gave it the name of Deoraby.^ The Saxon Chronicle speaks of
it by the latter name only. In the time of Edward the Confessor, Derby
was a royal borough ; the number of its burgesses being then 243, exclu-
sively, as it appears, of 41 burgesses who occupied lands adjoining to the
town. At the time of the Norman survey, the number of burgesses was
reduced to 140; forty of whom are described as of inferior degree. At
this time, there were 103 dwellings waste and empty which had formerly
paid taxes. Two parts of all taxes, tolls, and customs, then belonged to
the King, and the remaining third part to the Earl. King Henry I., when
Duke of Normandy, granted the town of Derby to Ralph, Earl of Chester.
The burgesses held the town in fee-farm before the year 1204, when King
John granted them the same privileges, which the burgesses of Nottingham
enjoyed ; and confirmed their mercatorial gild, on condition of which they
were to pay the old rent, together with an increase of lol. per '"annum.
The borough was then governed by a Provost, whom the charter gives them

^ Scrip, post Bedani, f. 479. b.

= Chart. Rot. 6 John, 89. King Henry VIII. granted the fee-fi\rm rent of Derby to the
Dean and chapter of Burton. Having reverted to the crown, the sum of 16I. per annum, parcel
of these rents, was granted by King Edward VI. to Sir Richard Morrison. The grand-
daughter and heiress of this Sir Richard having married Arthur Lord Capcl, the foe-farm rent
is now payable to his descendant, George Earl of Essex. The following is a copy of the form
of the receipt for this rent to the burgesses of Derby :

" I, George Earl of Essex, son and heir of Anne Holies, late Earl of Essex, deceased,
who was son and heir of William Earl of Essex, deceased, who was son and heir of Algernon
Earl of Essex, deceased, who was son and heir of Arthur Earl of Essex, deceased, who was
son and heir of the Right Honourable Elizabeth Lady Dowager Capel, deceased, who was
sole heiress of Sir Charles Morrison, Knight and Baronet, deceased, who was son and heir of
Sir Richard Morrison, Knight, deceased ; do hereby acknowledge to have received on the day
of the date of these presents, of the men of the town of Derby, by the hands of Edward
Ward, Gentleman, the sum of sixteen pounds, due to me for one whole year, ending on the
Feast of St. Michael the archangel, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and fifteen.

" It being the sum of sixteen pounds per annum granted to the said Richard Morrison,
deceased, and his heirs, by King Edward the Sixth, by his Highness's letters-patent, ap-
pointed to be had and taken of the Men of the town of Derby, out of the rents of the said
town yearly. Witness my hand this 31st October, 18 15.

« ESSEX."

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102 DERBYSHIRE.

power to elect and to remove at pleasure. King Henry IH. granted as a
privilege to the burgesses, in 1261, that no Jew should reside in Derby.'' It
appears that among the privileges which the burgesses of Derby claimed
and were allowed in 1330, were four weekly markets, to be held on Sunday,
Monday, Wednesday, and from Thursday-eve to Friday-eve ; a fair on
Thursday and Friday in Whitsun-eve, and another for seventeen days,
commencing eight days before the festival of St. James." King Richard
III. granted the burgesses power to choose a bailiif, to have a gaol, &c.
Queen Mary, in 1553, granted them several houses, lands, and tithes,
which had belonged to the Abbey of Darley ; to the College of All-Saints ;
the Gild of the Holy Trinity ; the cliantry of St. Mary, in the college
above-mentioned; the free chapel of St. James, with all its lands j the
church of St. Michael, and the advowson of the church of Lowne, other-
wise Heath ; then valued altogether at 77I. 2s. yd. per annum ; the bailiffs
paying a rent to the crown of 41I. 15s. lod. per annum. Queen Elizabeth
first granted the burgesses the privilege of having two bailiffs. King-
James I., in 161 1, granted them a charter, by which their corporation was
made to consist of two bailiflf's and 24 burgesses, with a recorder, cham-
berlain, and other officers. Among the privileges granted by King
James's charter was, that no stranger should carry on trade in the town,
except at the markets and fairs. King Charles I., in 1629, granted the
burgesses a new charter, under which the body corporate consists of a
mayor, nine aldermen, 14 brethren, and 14 capital burgesses. The chief
officers are a high-steward, recorder, and town-clerk. Henry Mellor was
appointed the fii'st Mayor. The four senior aldermen are perpetual magis-
trates ; the Mayor is vested with the same powers during his mayoralty
and the year following. The present Guildhall at Derby was built about
the year 1731 ; the old hall was pulled down the preceding year.

Derby has sent members to parliament ever since the year 1294. The
right of election is in the freemen and sworn burgesses, the number of
which, in 17 12, was about 700; we have not been able to ascertain the
present number, but are informed that it has greatly increased. The
Mayor is the returning officer. The first Earl of Macclesfield, before he
was raised to the peerage, twice sat in parliament for tliis town. One of its
representatives has been of the Cavendish family for more than a century.

* Pat. Rot. 45 Hen. III., 12.

"^ Quo Warranto Roll, 4 Edw. III.

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Tlie county assizes have been held from time immemorial at Derby.
The buildings of the County-hall, which was erected in 1659, were much
improved a few years ago. The county gaol was erected in 1756; tlie
Duke of Devonshire gave 400I. towards the building. The Epiphany,
Easter, and Michaelmas quarter sessions are held at Derby ; the Mid-
summer sessions being held at Chesterfield.

Other public buildings in Derby are, a theatre, built in 1773, and an
assembly-room, completed in 1774.

An agricultural society was established at Derby about the year 1791 ;
there is also a philosophical society, instituted by the late Dr. Darwin, and
Robert French, Esq.

There is a great market at Derby, for corn and all sorts of provisions, on
Friday, and a smaller market, for butter, eggs, &c., oh Wednesday.'' The
fairs which were either granted or confirmed by King James's charter were,
Friday in Easter-week, May 4, Thursday before Midsummer, and Septem-
ber 26 ; each fair being for two days. King Charles's charter grants or
confirms seven fairs : Friday after the Epiphany ; Friday in Easter-week ;
Friday after St. Philip and St. James ; Friday in Whitsun-week ; Friday
before the Nativity of St. John the Baptist ; St. James's-day, and Friday
before Sept. 29. Most of these were for two days.

In the year 1732, the corporation had a grant of two new fairs; one
for three days, beginning September i6th ; the other for two days, begin-
ning on the festival of St. Paul. In the year 1734, the corporation ap-
pointed an annual meeting for the sale of the latter-making cheese, to
last three days, beginning on the 12th of March, altered, in 1738, to
the 2 1 St.

There are now nine fairs; the Monday after Jan. 6th ; Jan. 25th ;
March 21, for three days ; Friday in Easter week ; Friday after May i ;
Friday in Whitsun-week ; July 25 ; September 27, for three days ; and
Friday before Oct. i ith. Most of these fairs are for cattle, &c. ; those
of March and October are great cheese fairs.

In the year 1377, there were 1046 lay persons in Derby, upwards of 14
years of age, exclusive of paupers.^ In 1712, the number of inhabitants was
supposed to be about 4000.*^ In 1789, the number of houses in the town

0 Blome speaks of Derby as having smaller markets on Wednesday and Saturday, in 1673;
there were three also in 1723. See Macky's Tour.
« Subsidy Roll. See Archaelogia, vol. vii. ' Mr. Wolley's MS. History.

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and borough of Derby was found to be 1637 ; that of inhabitants, 8563 ^; in
1801, the houses were in number 2144, the inhabitants 10,832; in 1811,
the houses 2644, the inhabitants 13,043, according to the returns made to
parHament at the two periods last mentioned. In consequence, probably, of
this town being a great thoroughtare from London to the North ; it was,
at several times, a prey to the ravages of the plague, in 1586 ; in 1592 ; and
1593 " ; in 1625 ; in 1637, when it broke out at the Whitsuntide fair ; in
1645, when the assizes were held on that account in the Friers' close ; and
in 1665. At the last mentioned period, the markets were forsaken, and
the town is said to have been in danger of famine.

It appears, that in former times, this town was famous for dyeing cloth,
and that one of the privileges granted by King John's Charter to the bur-
gesses, was, that no one should dye cloth within ten leagues of Derby,
except at Nottingham. It is said also to have been a great mart for .wool.
Queen Mary's Charier to the burgesses of Derby, mentions three fulling
mills in Derby ; and it may be observed, that this was one of the towns to
which Sir Thomas White, founder of St. John's College in Oxford, be-
queathed the sum of lool., to be lent from time to time in sums of 25I., with
a preference to clothiers. The chief trade of Derby, about a century ago,
consisted in malting and brewing ale, which was in great request, and sent
in considerable quantities to London ; in com dealing also, and baking of
bread for the supply of the northern parts of the county.' Camden speaks
of the Derby ale as being very celebrated, a century earlier ; and Fuller,
alluding to it, says, " that never was the wine of Falernum better known to
the Romans, than the canary of Derby to the English thereabout." The

s Pilkington.

'' The following entries are copied from the register of All Saints, "October 1592. The
plague began in Derby in the house of William Sowter, bootcher, in the parish of All Saints,
in Derby, Robert Wood, ironmonger, and Robert Brookhouse, tanner, beinge the baylilfs, and
it continued in the town the space of twelve months at the leaste, as by the register may
appeare.'' — " October, 1593. About this tyme the plague of pestilence, by the great mercy
and goodness of Almighty God, steyed past all expectation of man, for it reasted upon a sodayne
at what tyme it was dispersed in every corner of this whole parishe ; ther was not two houses
together free from it, and yet the Lord bad the angell stey, as in Davide's tyme, his name be
l?lessed for ytt.''

" Edward Bennett, Minister.''

Two hundred and thirty-seven persons died of the plague in the year 1593, in the parish of
All Saints only.

"' Pilkington. Camden mentions the buying up corn at Derby, to supply the people in the
uplands.

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malting business is not carried on to so great an extent as formerly. There
are two public breweries for ale.

About the beginning of the eighteenth century, the first silk-mill that had
been established in England, was constructed at Derby by Mr. Cotchett :
it is spoken of as a singular curiosity in Mr. Wolley's manuscript account
of Derbyshire, written in 1 7 1 2. The machinery of this mill having been
found inadequate to its intended purposes, the projector soon failed, and
the works were abandoned. A few years afterwards, Mr. John Lombe,
an excellent mechanic and designer, went to Italy, and having, by bribery,
procured the assistance of two artists from the silk-mills there, made draw-
ings and models of the machinery, and having with difficulty made his
escape, returned to England with the two Italians^ about the year 17 17.
The next year he procured a patent, but before he could enjoy the fruit of
his labours, fell a sacrifice, as was suspected, to the revenge of the Italian
manufacturei-s, and died by poison.' After the death of a brothei-, the con-
cern fell into the hands of his cousin. Sir Thomas Lombe, who died in 1738.
These silk-mills, which are still worked, are the property of the corporation,
and have long been occupied by Messrs. Swift and Co.

" Gartrevalli, one of these Italians, assisted afterwards in setting up the silii-niills in
Macclesfield.

' Mutton's History of Derby, where it is said that his funeral was the most superb ever seen in
Derby; the procession extending from his house in Silk-mill-lane to the door of All-Saints'
church. (It appears by the parish register, that Mr. Lombe was buried in Nov. 1722.) Mr.
Hutton's account of ihe silk-mill, is one of the most interesting passages in his History. The
author, who was born in Derby of poor parents, was apprenticed, in 1730, at a very early age,
for seven years, to work in these mills. " My parents," says he, " through mere necessity put
me to labour before nature had made me able. Low as the engines were, I was too short to
reach them. To remedy this defect, a pair of high pattens were fabricated and lashed to my
feet, which I dragged after me till time lengthened my stature," p. 192, 193. Mr. Hutton,
speaking of the silk-mill, observes, p. 204., that all " the describers of this elaborate work, fol-
lowing the first author, tell us that it contains 26,000 wheels, 97,000 movements, which work
71,000 yards of silk-thread, while the water-wheel, which is 18 feet high, makes one evolution,
and that three are performed in a minute ; that one fire-engine conveys warmth to every indi-
vidual part of the machine," &c. Had the author made the number of his wheels 10,000 less,
he would have been nearer the mark ; or if he had paid an unremitting attendance for seven
years, he might have found their number 13,384. Perhaps his moveme7its, an indeterminate
word, will also bear a large discount. What number of yards are wound every circuit of the
wheel no man can tell, nor is the number open to calculation. Nor is the superb fire-engine,
which blazes in description, any more than a common stove, which warmed one cornjer of
that large building, and left the others to starve ; but the defect is now supplied by fire-
places.

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Messrs. Strutt have also a silk-mill and a cotton-mill, in which have been
introduced several excellent mechanical improvements, for facilitating and
expediting the several processes.

The manufacture of stockings was introduced into Derby about the same
time as the silk-mill. About the year 1756, Messrs. Strutt and WooUatt
introduced their ingenious invention of making ribbed stockings, for which
they had obtained a patent. Mr. Pilkington supposed, that in 1789, there
were about 170 stocking frames in the town, and that the hosiers of Derby
employed nearly six times as many in the neighbourhood. The stocking
manufacture has been considerably increased since that time.

The slitting mills at the Holmes, which prepare iron for various purposes,
were erected in the year 1 734, and three years afterwards, other works for
smelting, rolling, and preparing copper. ""

The porcelain manufacture was established at Derby, about the year 1750,
by Mr. Duesbury. The Derby porcelain has long been held in esteem, and
has of late years been much improved in its composition and ornaments.
The clay and granite used in this manufacture, are brought from Cornwall.
This manufactory now belongs to Mr. Bloore, who lately employed about
200 workmen.

Messrs. Brown and Mawe have a large manufactory for making vases
and various other ornamental articles of the^wor spar called blue-john.

Besides the manufactures already mentioned, there are at Derby,
a bleaching mill on Nun's-green, worked by steam ; a calicoe factory,
two worsted mills ; a mill for making tin plates ; a red lead mill ;
white lead works ; and a shot-mill, erected in 1809, by Messrs. Cox and
Co.-

The principal trade of Derby, at an early period, was that of wool.
Camden, writing in the reign of James I., tells us, that the wealth of the
town arose then entirely from buying up corn, and retailing it to the people
in the uplands, and that almost all the inhabitants were forestallers of that
sort. Blome speaks of its trade, in 1673, as being chiefly in barley, which
was made into malt, and sold northward ; he observes, that the trade of the
town would be much advanced if the river Derwent was made navigable,
which might easily be done. This was accomplished in the year 1719.°
After the making of the Derby canal, the act for which passed 33 Geo. IH.

■" Hutton's History of Derby.
" Hutton's History of" Derby.

See the account of manufactures.

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the Derwent Navigation was discontinued (in 1794). The town of Derby
is supplied by this canal with coals, building stone, gypsum, and various other
articles. Coals are also again exported, aa well as manufactured goods,
cheese, &c. There is a large wharf at Derby, and several of the manu-
factories already mentioned are on the sides of the canal.

The earliest event relating to the town of Derby, recorded in history, is
its capture by the Danes about the year gi8, and its recapture by Alfred's
daughter, Ethelfleda Countess of Mercia, who boldly attacked the castle and
took it by storm, after a severe struggle." After this it fell again into the hands
of the Danes, from whom King Edmund recovered it with four other towns
in 942.'' It is probable, that the castle at Derby was suffered to go to ruin
after the Norman conquest. Its site is denoted by the names of the Castle-
hill and the Castle-field in the parish of St. Peter, near the London road.
A house was built on or near the site about the year 171 1, by its owner,
Mr. John Borrow, which is now the property of his descendant, Thomas
Borrow, Esq., and in the occupation of Lady Grey de Ruthin.

After the conquest, we find no event of much note relating to this town
for several centuries. King Edward II. appears to have been at Derby with
his army just before the battle of Borough-bridge, and it was there that Sir
Robert de Holand surrendered himself to his mercy, and was sent prisoner
to Dover castle.' On the 13th of January, 1585, the unfortunate captive,
Mary Queen of Scots, was lodged one night in Derby, on her road from
Winfield Manor-house to Tutbury-castle. " This day," says Sir Ralph
Sadler, in whose custody she then was, " we remove this Queen to Derbie,
and tomorrowe to Tutbury, the wayes beinge so foule and depe, and she so
lame, though in good health of bodie, that we cannot go thoroughe in a
daye." Again, " I haye given strait order to the bailiffs and others of
Derby, to provyde that there be none assemblie of gasing people in the
stretes, and for all quietness as much as may be done. I have written
tetters to Sir John Zouch, Sir John Byron, Sir Thomas Cokayne, Mr. John
Manners, and Mr. Curzon, to be ready to attend this Quene to Derbie, with
but a small trayne." So jealous was Elizabeth of any opportunity being
afforded to her royal prisoner of gaining popularity, and so active were her
spies in reporting the most minute occurrences, which might be supposed to
have that tendency ; that we find, notwithstanding all his precautions, Sir
Ralph gave great offence, by granting his prisoner the accommodation of

P See p. vii. <i Ibid.

' Hen. Knighton.

P 3 sleeping

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sleeping at Derby ; and thus he defends himself" in a letter to the Lord Trea-
surer Burleigh. " Now, as touching the Queen's Majesties myslyking that
I lodgid this Queen in Darby tovvne, coming hitherwarde, I assure her
Majestic and your Lordship, that it was full sore against my will, if it might
have ben holpen. And to avoyd that towne, it' it might have ben, I sent
dyvers tymes of my servants of good judgment, and ones Mr. Somer,
ryding to Tutbury, to see if ther wer any way passable with coche
and caryage, and convenyent places to lodge her and the company in some
village or some gentleman's house, for the journey was to far in one day ;
and after they had hardly well sought, they reported that there was no other
passable way for coche but by the common way, and scant that at that tyme
of the yere, by reason of hills, rocks, and woods ; and I myself making a
tryal two or three myles, fynding it true, caused landes to be made through
closes to avoyde many evyl passages ; and as for gentlemen's houses in
that way or any other, in dyvers miles, there was but Mr. Kny veton's house
at Marrastou ', a small house for such a purpose, and very little meanes in
that village, and standyng in the worst way, which maketh me humbly to
beseech her majestie, to think that if ther had been any other meanes, I
wolde not have come by Derby, for I did fore consider of that, and there-
fore, I wrote long before what we must needs take. And tochinge
the information of a great personage, delyvered to him by some officious
officer, that this Queen offered to salute and to kysse a multitude of the
townes women, and of other speeches that (is sayde) she used to them.

I do lykewise assure, and thereto Mr. will be sworne, if need be,

I going next before her, and he next behynd her, yea, before all the gentle-
men, of purpose, savyng one that carryed up her gowne, that her interteyn-
ment to those women was this. In the litle hall was the good wife, being
an ancient widow, named Mrs. Beaumont, with four other women, her
neighbours. So soon as she knew who was her hostess, after she had made
a beck to the rest of the women, standing next to the dore, she went to her
and kissed her, and none other, sayinge that she was come thither to trouble
her, and that she was also a widow, and therefore trusted that they should
agree well enough together, having no husbands to trouble them, and so
went into the parlour upon the same loe floure, and no stranger with her,
but the good wife and her sister. And there Mr. Somer stayde untill the
Queen putt off her upper garment and toke other things about her. And
further, so sone as she was within her lodging, the gentleman porter stood

' Mercaston.

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still at the doore to suffer none to go into the house but her owne people
fiom their lodgings next adjoyning. And then I appointed the baihffk
to cause a good watche of honest householders to be at all the corners of
the towne, and in the market-place, and eight to walk all night yn that
strete' wlier she lodgid, as myself, lyeing over against that lodging, can
well testify, by the noise they made all night."

" This your Lordship may boldly affirme, if it please you, upon any occa-
sion, which I will confirme, when God shall sende me to answer it, if it
shall happen to come in question. So as he might have ben better ad-
vised, that gave the nobleman suche information as was reported to your
Lordship." '

The house where the Queen of Scots was lodged has been taken down :
it stood in Babington-lane, had belonged to the Babington family, and had
been purchased of them by Mrs. Beaumont's husband, Henry Beaumont,
Esq., a few years before. Mr. Beaumont died in 1584. This mansion was
afterwards the residence of Sir Simon Degge', author of the Parson's
Counsellor, and editor of Erdswick's Staffordshire.

In the year 1635, King Charles I. visited Derby, accompanied by the
Elector Palatine." In the month of August 1642, he marched through
Derby with his army, soon after he had erected his standard at " Nottingham.
In the same year. Sir John Gell came with his forces to Derby, and garri-
soned the town for the Parliament." Sir Thomas Fairfax was at Derby in
the Spring of 1643.* Sir John Gell continued to be the governor in Au-
gust, 1645^-, and it appears that not long afterwards the town was dis-
garrisoned, and the soldiers disbanded. " In 1659 there was an insurrec-
tion at Derby against the usurped powers." ^

On the 2ist of November, 1688, the Earl of Devonshire, who was one of
the most zealous promoters of the Revolution, came to Derby with a re-
tinue of 500 men, and read the declaration of the Prince of Orange.''

On the 4th of December, 1745, Charles Edward Stuart, commonly called

' The letters from which these extracts are taken have been printed in Shaw's Staffordshire.

' Hutton's History of Derby.

" Pilkington, from MS. Annals of Derby.

* Sir John Cell's Narrative.

» Ibid.

« Ibid.

' Perfect Diurnal, Aug. i8, 1645.

" Pilkington, from MS. Annals of Derby.

' Ibid.

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110 DERBYSHIRE.

the young Pretender, having in the prosecution of his rash enterprise, pene-
trated into the heart of the kingdom, entered Derby : his army, consisting
of about 7000 men, commanded by the Dukes of Athol and Perth, Lord
Bahnerino, and other officers, had preceded him, and previously to his ar-
rival, had obhged the common cryer to proclaim him Regent. He was
lodged at a house, then belonging to the Earl of Exeter, in Full-street, now
occupied by Mr. Edwards. The inhabitants were in great dismay at the
arrival of the rebel aimy, who plundered the town to a considerable amount,
and committed various outrages. They were soon relieved, however, from
their troublesome visitors : for on the second evening of their stay, a council
of the rebel chiefs was held, in which, after very warm debates, it was re-
solved to abandon their enterprize ; in consequence of this determination,
early on the morning of the 6th, they made a precipitate retreat by way
of Ashborne, and returned to Scotland.''

On the 3d of September, 1768, Christian VII., King of Denmark, ac-
companied by his Grand Chamberlain, Count Bernsdorff, passed through
Derby, and slept at the George Inn.

One of the entries among the annais from whence some of the preceding
historical facts are taken, shows that Scripture-plays, similar to those de-
scribed in our account of Chester, were performed at Derby also, in the
reign of Queen Elizabeth: " 1572 — In this year, Holofernes was played
by the townsmen."

We have no intimation of any person of great celebrity born at Derby.
It has been said, indeed, to have been the birth-place of Flamsteed, the
celebrated astronomer. We have been able to ascertain' that he was born in
1646, at Denby, in this county, whither his father and mother, who resided
at Derby, had retired on account of the plague. They returned to
Derby when he was very young, and he was placed at the free grammar-
school.

The only literary characters whom we find recorded by biographical
writers as natives of Derby, are. Dr. Thomas Linacre, (of the family of
Linacre in Brampton), physician to King Henry VII. and Henry VIII.,
founder of the College of Physicians, and author of some works on Latin

'' Pilkington, from MS. Annals of Derby.

' From the information of his great nephew, the Rev. Richard Flamsteed, minister of Chel-
laston. We had in vain endeavoured to ascertain it from the parish registers, which are im-,
perfect about the time of his birth.

Grammar,

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Grammai-, and a Translation of Galen '^; Benjamin Robinson, a Presbyterian
divine of some note, born in 1666, who wrote on the subject of liturgies,
and in defence of the Trinity ; and Thomas Bott, a clergyman of the
Church of England, born in 1688, who wrote against Wollaston and War-
burton, Remarks on Butler's Analogy, &c. Mr. Hutton, in his History of
Derby, mentions also Robert Bage, author of some well-received ^novels.
To these we may add, the veteran antiquary just mentioned, William Hut-
ton, F.A.S.S. ; who, at the age of 78, traversed the extent of the Roman
wall, taking a journey of 600 miles on foot for that purpose. He published
a History of the Wall, with its appearance in iSoi ; a History of Bir-
mingham, of Derby, his native place, and other works ; and left behind
him, in manuscript, some interesting and amusing memoirs of his own life,
published since his decease by his daughter."

Joseph Wright, an eminent artist, whose paintings, especially those which
represent the effects of moon-light, and fire, and candle-light, are much
esteemed, was born at Derby in the year 1734, and died at his native place
in the month of August, 1797.

Among persons of eminence who have made Derby their residence may
be mentioned Thomas Parker, the first Earl of Macclesfield. This noble-
man, who was Lord High Chancellor from 1718 to 1725, practised many
years as an attorney in this town, which as before-mentioned he represented
in parliament ; and after he was called to the bar continued to reside here
occasionally till he became Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench. John
Whitehurst, author of An Enquiry into the Original State and Formation
of the Earth, followed his occupation of a clock and watch-maker in Derby
for 40 years. Anthony Blackwell, author of " The Sacred Classics," was
master of the Grammar-school here. Dr. William Butler, author of a
Treatise on Puerperal Fevers, and the late Dr. Erasmus Darwin, the well
known author of " The Botanic Garden," and other works, both practised
as physicians at Derby for many years. Hutton, in his History of Derby,
mentions also, among eminent residents, Benjamin Parker, a stocking-
maker, author of Philosophical Meditations, a Treatise on the Longi-
tude, &c.'

f He died in 1524, and was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral.

« Mount Heneth, Barham-Downs, &c. &c.

'' Mr. Hutton died in the month of September, 1815, having nearly completed the gzd year
of his age.

' This person read Theological and Philosophical Lectures in London in 1744, and till his
death, which happened in the neighbourhood of Paddington, in 1747.

Derby

112 DERBYSHIRE.

Derby gave the title of Earl to the ancient family of T)e Ferrars ; after-
wards to the Plantagenets, of the royal blood. It has been enjoyed by the
Stanley family ever since the year 1485.

There were in ancient times four religious houses in Derby : the abbey
of St. Helen's, afterwards removed to Derley or Darley ; a priory of
Benedictine nuns ; a small priory of Cluniac monks, dedicated to St. James ;
and a convent of Dominican friers.

The abbey of St. Helen's was founded in the reign of King Stephen, by
Robert Earl Ferrars." In the succeeding reign, Hugh, Dean of Derby,
gave, with the consent of his son Henry, all his lands at Little-Derley', near
Derby, to the canons of St. Helen's, for the purpose of building thereon a
church and a monastery : he gave them moreover the church of St. Peter,
in Derby, with its appurtenances." In consequence of this grant, the monks
of St. Helen's removed to Derley, and an oratory was left at St. Helen's ;
where, before the year 1261, Nicholas, the official of Derby, founded an hos-
pital, consisting of certain poor brethren and sisters", governed by a master
or warden. We learn nothing farther of this hospital, which does not
appear to have continued till the reformation. William Berners died seised
of a messuage in Derby called St. Helen's, in 1544; Sir Godfrey Foljainbe
in 1585.° The site of St. Helen's was in the parish of St. Alkmund, and
is now the property of Mr. Brown, who carries on there his marble manu-
factory, already mentioned. After their removal, the canons of Derley
were enriched with many valuable benefactions of manors, churches'', &c.
The Abbot was by Walter Durdant, Bishop of Coventry, made Dean of
all the churches in Derbyshire belonging to his convent, particularly of
those in the town of Derby, with power to hold a cliapter of the secular
clergy.' At the time of its dissolution, the revenues of this abbey were

^ Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. ii. p. 231.

' Some records call it Little-Derby.

"" Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. ii. p. 230.

" By the style of this house, as it appears among Dr. Pegge's Collections, it seems to have
had at one time only brethren. " Domus Dei de Derby in fundo Sanctae Helenae, et fratres
ibidem Deo servientes."

" Hieron's Collections.

P Among its endowments were the manors of Ripley, Pentrich, Ulkerthorpe, Wistanton,
Aldwark, and Sewelledale; the churches of St. Peter, St. Michael, and St. Werburgh,
in Derby ; Crich, Pentrich, South-Winfield, Bolsover, and Scarcliff, in Derbyshire ; and
Uttoxeter, in Staffordshire.

'' Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. iii. p. 61.

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DERBYSHIRE. 113

estimated at 258I. 15s. 3d. clear yearly income. Thomas Rage, the last
Abbot, had a pension of 50I. per annum.

The priory of Benedictine nuns, at Derby was founded by the Abbot of
Derley, in the reign of Henry II. ; and it was placed under the Abbot's
superintendence by Walter Durdant, Bishop of Coventry.' This priory was
dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and was called Prioratus de Pratis de Derby, or
the Priory of King's-Mead.' Among the proceedings of the Court of Chan-
cery in the Record-Office at the Tower, is a bill filed against Isabella de Stan-
ley, Prioress of St. Mary in Derby, in the reign of Henry VI., by the Abbot
of Burton ; in which the Abbot complains that the Prioress had for 21 years
past refused to pay some rent due to him ; and that when his bailiff went to
distrain she said with great malice, " Wenes these churles to overlede me, or
sue the lawe agayne me, they shall not be so hardy but they shall avye upon
their bodies, and be nailed with arrows ; for I am a gentlewoman, comen of the
greatest of Lancashire and Cheshire, and that they shall know right well."
The revenues of this small priory were valued at the time of the dissolution
at 1 81. 6s. 8d. clear yearly income. The site, which was on the west side
of Nuns'-Green, in the parish of All-Saints, was granted, in 1541, to Francis
Earl of Shrewsbury, who the next year sold it to Thomas Sutton.' Alan
Cotton died seised of it in 1571." The site is now the property of Francis
Muudy, Esq., of Markeaton.

The small priory of St. James was originally a cell of Cluniac monks, be-
longing to Bermondsey Abbey, to which monastery the church of St.
James in Derby was given, before the year 1140, by Waltheof, son of.
Swein." The Cluniac monks, being all connected with the Abbey of
Clugny in France, this priory was returned as alien, in the reign of Ed-
ward I. ; it was then called Prioratus S'' Jacobi de Derby, de Aldenna.' It
continued nevertheless till the dissolution, when its revenues were estimated
at III. 15s. I id., per annum. Before the Reformation, the chamberlains of
Derby rendered annually to the monks of this house, two pounds of wa^i,
for the right of passage over St. James's bridge." This priory was
situated at the end of St. James's-lane. We do not know what became

' Dugdale's Monasticon, iii. p. 6i.
' See Dugdale, i. p. 505.

' The Suttons continued to have a raansion in King's-mead, which was their occasional rrsi-
ilence so late as 1614. (Bassano's notes from All-Saints church.)
" Hieron's Collections.
" Tanner.
> Ibid.
'■ Rental of the Priory, 1533.

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lit DERBYSHIRE.

of it after the Reformation, unless it were the same which was granted to
the corporation, by the name of the free chapel of St. James, with all the
lands, &c. thereto belonging.

The convent of Dominican or Black friers, was fomided in or before the
year ngi.^ In 131 6, they had a grant often acres of land, for enlarging the
site of their convent.'' The revenues of this house were estimated, at the
time of its suppression, at 18I. 6s. 2d. clear yearly income. The site, which
is in the parish of St. Werburgh, and which gave name to Frier-street, was
granted, in 1543, to John Hinde, and in the course of a few years, passed
in succession to the families of Sharpe, Statham, and Bainbrigge. William
Bainbrigge, Esq., was possessed of it in 1562. Speed's map represents
the site of the Friery, as detached from other buildings at the skirts of the
town, surrounded by an enclosure. Pilkington says, that about sixty years
before the time of his writing, which brings it nearly to the year 1730, the
site of this priory was purchased by the Crompton family. The Reverend
Mr. Cantrell, minister of St. Alkmund, writing in the month of August,
1760, says, " The Friery is lately taken down, and a new house and out-
ward houses are now erected by Mr. Ci-ompton, who purchased the situ-
ation." ' The Friery belonged afterwards to the family of Dalton, and is
now the property and residence of Mrs. Henley, widow of the late Mr.
Michael Henley.

The Survey of Domesday enumerates six parish churches in Dei-by ; two
of which belonged to the King ; one of them having seven, the other six
clerks ; the remaining four belonged to Godfrey Alselin, Ralph Fitzhubert,
Norman de Lincoln, and Edric, who had inherited from his father Cole.
There was formerly a church of St. Mary in Derby, which was granted by
William the Conqueror to Burton- Abbey, together with Heanor ", whicli
appears to have been a chapel of ease.^ In Pope Nicholas's Valor, the
church of St. Mary is not mentioned, and Heanor is described as a parish
church. There are the remains of a chapel of St. Mary, on St. Mary's-
bridge, in St. Alkmund's parish, now forming part of the dwelling-house
of Mr. Thomas Eaton.

There are now five parish churches in Derby, All-Saints, St. Alkmund's,
St. Michael's, St. Peter's, and St. Werburgh's.

' Inq. ad q. damn. 21 Edw. I., and see Pat. 15 Edw. III., pt. i.

•> Pat. Rot. 12 Edw. II., pt. I.

' Letter to Dr. Pegge, in his Collections.

"• Dugdale's Monasticon i. 271.

*■ Ibid.ii. 617.

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The parish of All-Saints is wholly within the borough. The present
fabric of All-Saints church was built after the designs of Gibbs, in the
years 1723, 1724, and 1725. The money required for the purpose, was
raised principally by subscription, through the exertions of Dr. Hutchinson,
the curate, who himself subscribed the sum of 40I. The fine old gothic
tower, which still remains, has been already spoken of "^ The chancel, which
is of the same height and width as the body of the church, is separated from
it by a lofty open screen of iron work : and it has, like the nave, two aisles ;
in its north aisle, the corporation meetings for the purpose of choosing the
mayor are held, as well as parish meetings for various purposes : the south
aisle is the burial place of the noble family of Cavendish, for whom there
are several monuments. Against the south wall, is that of Elizabeth Coun-
tess of Shrewsbury,^ with her effigies in a recumbent attitude. The epitaph

f See the account of Church Architecture.

^ Lodge, in his Illustrations of British History, gives the following character of this celebrated
Lady. " She was a woman of a masculine understanding and conduct, proud, furious, selfish, and
unfeeling. She was a builder, a buyer and seller of estates, a money lender, a farmer, and a mer-
chant of lead, coals, and timber. When disengaged from these employments, she intrigued alter-
nately with Elizabeth and Mary, always to the prejudice and terror of her husband. She lived to
a great old age, continually flattered, but seldom deceived, and died immensely rich, and without
a friend. The Earl was withdrawn by death from these complicated plagues, on the iSth of
November, 1590,'' vol. i. Introd. p. xvii. In the disputes between the Countess and her husband,
which had proceeded to ^n open rupture towards the latter part of his life, the Queen took the
Lady's part, enjoined the Earl the irksome task of submission, and allowed him a rent of 500I.
per annum out of his estate, leaving, as it appears the whole disposal of the remainder in the
Countess's hands. In a letter to the Earl of Leicester dated Apr. 30, 1585, he says, " Sith that
her Ma'''= bathe sett dowen this hard sentence agaynst me, to my perpetual infamy and dis-
honor, to be ruled and overanne by my wief, so bad and wicked a woman ; yet her Ma'"^ shall
see that I obey her confandemente, thoughe no curse or plage in the erthe cold be more grevous
to me. These offers of my wiefes inclosed in yo' U'', I thinke theim verey unfyt to be offered
to me. It is to muche to make me my wiefes pencyoner, and sett me downe the demeanes of
Chattesworth, w'l'out the house and other landes leased, w"^" is but a penc'on in money. I
thinke it standeth w'" reason that I shuld chose the vcl. by yeare ordered by her Ma'"
where I like best, accordinge to the rate W" Candishe delyvered to ray L. Chanselor."
(vol. ii. 310.) From this time they appear to have lived separate. The Bishop of Licli-
field and Coventry (Overton,) in a long letter, in which he labours to bring about a recon-
ciliation, appears to take the Lady's part, though he admits that she was reported to be a shrew.
" Some will say, (observes the Bishop) in y'' L. behalfe tho' the Countesse is asharpe and bitter
shrewe, and therfore lieke enough to shorten y'' liefe if shee should kepe yow company : In
deede my good Lo. I have heard some say so ; but if shrewdnesse or sharpenesse may be a just
cause of sep'a'con betweene a man and wiefe, I thincke fewe men in Englande would keepe
theire wives longe ; for it is a com'on jeste, yet trewe in some sence, that there is but one shrewe
in all the worlde, and ev"y man hathe her ; and so ev'y man might be ridd of his wiefe, that
wold be rydd of a shrewe. Lodge, vol iii. p. 5.

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after recording her birth and four marriages, with her issue by her second
husband, William Cavendish, as stated in all the peerages, adds, "haec incli-
tissima Elizabetha Salopiae comitissa, ^dium de Chatsworth, Hardwick
& Oldcotes, magnificentia clarissimarum fabricatrix, vitam banc transitoriam
XIII die mensis I'ebruarii, anno ab incarn. Domini 1607-8, ac circa annum
setatis suae 87, finivit." If Collins be correct in his statement, that she was
fourteen when married to Robert Barley, who died in 1533, her age must be
here somewhat under-rated, and she must have been in her ninetieth year,
even if her first marriage, had not been of twelve months continuance.
The monument of William, second Earl of Devonshire, who died in 1628,
and Christian his Countess, daughter of Edward Lord Bruce, stands nearly
in the middle of the aisle, towards the east end. It has an open canopy
twelve feet in height, under which are upright figures of the Earl and Coun-
tess in white marble. This Countess was much celebrated by the wits of her
day, to whom she was a great patroness " ; she was buried with great funei-al
solemnity on the 18th of February 1674-5 ; and at the same time were depo-
sited in the vault, pursuant to her express desire, the bones of her beloved son,
the brave Colonel Charles Cavendish, a most distinguished officer in the
royal army, who was slain at Gainsborough in the month of July, 1643 ; and
had been interred at Newark. On the south wall is a monument, by llysbrack,
for Caroline Countess of Besborough, (daughter of William Duke of Devon-
shire,) who died in 1760: and that of William Earl of Besborough, her
husband, who died in 1763, with a medallion, by Nollekins. All the Earls
and Dukes of Devonshire, of the Cavendish family, lie buried in the vault
at Derby, except the first Earl, (who was interred at Edensor,) with their
ladies, besides many of the younger branches of this noble family, among
whom it would be unpardonable to omit the mention of the great orna-
ment of his family, Henry Cavendish, grandson of the third Duke of
Devonshire, one of the most eminent chemists and natural philosophers
of the age, of whom it has been said', *« that since the death of Sir Isaac
Newton, England has sustained no scientific loss so great as that of
Cavendish." He was interred in the family vault, in the month of
March, 1810.

In this vault also lie the remains of the brave Earl of Northampton, who
was killed at the battle of Hopton-heath, near Stafford, the 1 9th of March,
1643. The young Earl requested that he might have the dead body of his

*' See her Life by Pomfret.

' Sir Humphrey Davy's Eulogiuni on Mr. Cavendish.

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father, but it was refused. Sir John Gell's account of the transaction is as
follows; "Within three days there came a trumpeter to Colonel " Gell,
from my young Lord of Northampton, for his father's dead body, where-
upon he answered, if he would send him the drakes wliich they had gotten
from their dragoons, and pay the chirurgeons for embalming him, he should
have it ; but he returned him an answer, that he would doe neither th'one
or th'other ; and soe Colonel Gell caused him to be carried in his company
to Derby, and buried him in the Earl of Devonshire's sepulchre, in All-
hallows church.' " It appears by the register, that he was not buried till the
4th of June, 1643 ; nearly three months after the battle.""

In the north aisle of the chancel is a cenotaph in memory of Richard
Croshawe,a native of DeHiy, master of the Goldsmiths'-company, who died
in 1631, " in the great plague (1625), neglecting his own safety, he abode
in the city, to provide for the relief of the sick poor j and left by will for
lectures and charitable uses, the sum of 4000I., to which his executors
added 900I." In this aisle also, is the monument of Thomas ° Chamber,
merchant, who died in 1726, by Roubiliac, with busts of the deceased and
his wife Margaret, daughter of John Bagnold of Derby, M. P.

In the north aisle of the nave, is the monument of Sir William Wheler,
Bart, with busts of himself and his lady°, " flying from London to avoid
the plague ;" he died of that dreadful disease, at Derby, in 1666. There are
monuments also for several of the Bateman family '' ; William Allestrey,
Esq.", recorder of Derby, 1655 ; and Sarah, daughter of Sir Thomas Gresley,
Bart, and wife of Paul Balidon, Esq., 1736. In the nave are memorials

■^ Colonel Thomas Gell, brother of Sir Joiin Gull.

' Sir John Gell's Narrative, MS.

" " 4 June, 1643. The body of Lord Eaile of Northampton, formerly slaine at Stafford, was
now buried in the vault belonging to the hon*"'' house of the L" Cavendish, Earle of Devon."

" His daughters and coheirs married William Bate, Esq., of Foston, and Brownlow Earl of
Exeter.

° She was daughter and heir of Michael Cole.

P Hugh Bateman of Grays'-Inn, (eldest son of Richard Bateman, Esq, of Hartington,
{1682;) Hugh Bateman, Esq., 1777, (he married first Elizabeth, daughter, and eventually
coheiress of John Osborne, Esq., secondly, Elizabeth daughter of Samuel Hacker, Esq.,
Richard, his eldest son, married Catharine, daughter of William Fitzlierbert, Esq, and had
two sons, Hugh and Richard ;) Richard Sacheverel Bateman, (only son of Sir Hugh Bate-
man,) 1794.

■' He married Sarah, daughter of Thomas Smith, by whom he had three sons and ffwir
daughters ; and afterwards Mary, daughter of William Agard, by whom he had also three sons
and four daughters.

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for the families of Turner ^ and Wyvil % and in the chancel for those of
Parker, Coke, and Bainbrigge.' In the south aisle is the monument of
Dr. Michael Hutchinson, curate of All Saints, who died in 1730, with
an inscription, commemorating his exertions, in procuring subscriptions
for rebuilding the church, which are stated to have amounted to the
sum of 3,249!. and upwards." On a pillar between the nave and the
north aisle are memorials of John Chambers, Gent., 1751, and William
Chambers, D. D., 1771 : on a pillar between the nave and south aisle, is a
tablet for the Reverend Charles Hope, who died in 1798. The tomb of
John Lawe, a canon of All-Saints, who died in 1400, was discovered when
the church was rebuilt, and is now placed in the north aisle.

Bassano's volume of Church Notes, taken in 1710, before the old church
was pulled down, describes the monuments of Edward Berkeley, Esq., son
and heir of Sir Henry Berkeley, of Yarlington in the county of Somerset,
1655 ; Barbara, daughter of Anthony Faunt, married first to Sir Henry
Beaumont, afterwards to Sir Henry Harpur, Bart., 1649 > Sir John Shore,
M.D.% 1680 ; Patience daughter of the " loyal Captain John Meynell," and
widow of John Grace, of Kilbourn, Derbyshire, Gent., 1701 ; Mary, sister
of Francis Arundel, Esq., of Stoke-park in Nortliamptonshire, 1676 ; several
of the Osborne family'', Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Abraham Crompton, 1690;
John Bagnold, Gent., M.P., 1698 ; John Walton Archdeacon of Derby,
1603, and his wife Jane, 1605, (both great benefactors to the poor ;) and a
monument (without inscription) for one of the Suttons of the Nunnery as
appeared by the Arms.

The church of All-Saints was formerly collegiate, having seven, and at
one time eight prebendaries. It is probable that Hugh, Dean of Derby,
who gave Derley to the canons of St. Helen's, was Dean of this church ;

' William Turner, Gent. 1712 ; Exuperius Turner, 1728, &c.

^ Darcy Wyvil, Esq., 1734.

' Henry Parker, Esq., 1748 ; Joseph Parker, 1752 ; Thomas Bainbrigge, who married their
sister, 1746; Thomas Coke, Esq., 1776.

" In the south aisle are the monuments also of Samuel Willes, prebendary of Lichfield, 1685 ;
John Osborne, Esq., 1730 ; William Osborne, Esq., (no date, he died in 1752 ;) Thomas Rivett,
Esq. sometime M. P. for Derby, 1763; Richard Whitby, Esq., 1783; Major Robert Gordon,
(son of Sir William Gordon, of Embo, Bart.,) 1797: and Captain Thomas Wheeler Gillam of
the ist Guards, 1801.

' He married Dorothy, daughter of John Harpur, Esq., of Breadsall, by whom he had no
issue, and afterwards Sarah, daughter of Thomas Chambers, Esq., by whom he had two sons
and two daughters.

" Edward Osborne, Gent., 1679; Edward Osborne, his son, 16B3 ; Mary, wife of John
Osborne, Esq., 1695.

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before the year 1268, it appears to have been annexed to the deanery of
Lincohi/ Although the name of All-Saints is not mentioned in the Survey
of Domesday, it is evident that it must have been the church there spoken
of as having seven clerks. The church described as having six clerks,
^vas probably that of St. Helen's, which then had its canons. The canons
of the free chapel of All-Saints ai'e spoken of in the record of 1268, before
quoted. King Edward I. calls it our free chapel *■ ; yet in the Chantry
Roll of 1547 it is stated, that it was made of royal foundation in 1432, which
Is explained as having had a special service then established for praying for
the souls of the King and his progenitors. There was also in this church
the chantry of Our Lady, and the gild of the Holy Trinity, the service of
which was at five in the morning. The revenues of the college were esti-
mated, in 1547, at 38I. 14s. clear yearly income; those of Our Lady's
chantry at 2I. 13s. 4d. It appears by Queen Mary's charter to the Bur-
gesses, that certain woods, &c. in Heath, belonged to this college, of
which it seems that Sir Thomas Smith was the last master.^ The college-
house, which had been the habitation of the canons, passed into lay hands
after the Reformation : it was some time in the possession of the Allestrey
family, who sold to the Goodwins. It is now, by descent from the latter,
the property of its present inhabitant, Daniel Parker Coke, Esq.

Queen Mary, in the first year of her reign, granted one of the prebends
of All-Saints, called " The Stone-house prebend," and the two small pre-
bends, with several lands, tithes, &c. which had belonged to the college,
and certain premises belonging to St. Mary's chantry and Trinity gild, to
the corporation ; directing at the same time, that the Bailiff and Burgesses
should pay 13I. 6s. 8d. to two priests, celebrating divine service, and having
the cure of souls of the parish church of All-Saints ; and that two vicar-
ages should be instituted in the said church, and endowed with an annuity
of 7I. 6s. 8d. each, in rents, tithes, &c., and a mansion-house for each.
There is now only one vicarage, in the gift of the corporation, who pay the
vicar a stipend of Sol. per annum. Archdeacon Walton, who died in 1603,
gave 61. per annum towards augmenting the vicar's stipend.

" See Pat. Rot. 53 Hen. III.

^ Pat. Rot. 7 Edw. I. m.i8. This charter asserts the freedom of the church against the claim
of the Archdeacon ; and states, that it was subject immediately to the Pope, having been given
by the King's predecessors to the Dean of Lincoln, and his successors.

^ The grant to the Burgesses expresses that these woods, &c. should be held by them in
the same manner as Sir Thomas Smith, or any other master of the college or chapel of All-
Saints, held them.

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Among other benefaetions to this town, Richard Croshawe before-
mentioned founded a Friday's lecture at All-Saints church, to be
supplied by two lecturers, to each of whom he gave lol. per annum.
The lecturers are the head-master and under-master of the grammar-
school.

Elizabeth Countess of Shrewsbury, in the year 1599, a few years before
her death, built an alms-house for eight poor men, and four poor ''women,
and endowed it with a rent- charge of lool. per annum, issuing out of the
manor of Little-Longsdon : the alms-people to receive il. 13s. 4d. each
quarterly, and 20s. per annum for a gown ; the warden to have 20s.
per annum over and above, for keeping clean the monument of the
foundress. This almshouse was rebuilt by the late Duke of Devonshire,
about the year 1777: before his death, he gave an additional endowment
of 50I. per annum. The additional payment took place at Lady-day 181 1.
The minister of All-Saints is visitor of the hospital.

A school for boys, on Joseph Lancaster's plan, was established in this
parish in the year 18 12. There are at present about 145 boys in this
school.

The parish of St. Alkmund extends some way into the country, com-
prising the townships of Darley and Little-Chester, and the parochial cha-
p&lries of Little-Eaton and Quarndon. The parish church of St. Alkmund
is supposed to have existed in the time of the Saxons. It is dedicated to
St. Alkmund, son of Alured, King of Northumberland, whose body, after
having been first interred at Littleshull, in Shropshire, is said to have been
removed to this church. Many miracles were reported to have been
wrought at his tomb to which there was a great resort of devotees. In this
church is the monument of John Bullock, Esq.% of Derley- Abbey, with his
effigies, in a gown, with ruff, &c. ; Rebecca, coheiress of Westbrook, mar-
ried first to William Wilson, Esq., afterwards to William Wolley, Esq.,

•" According to the rules of the hospital, they are to be unmarried, and free from any in-
fectious disease. Every third vacancy to be supplied by a poor person of Derby, a man or
woman, according as the vacancy shall happen. On these occasions, three persons are to be
selected by the Mayor, and the ministers of All-Saints, St. Peter's, and St. Michael's. Out
of these the patron selects one. It is enjoined by the rules of the hospital, that the alms-
people shall not frequent the company or houses of any suspected persons, either for evil life
or infectious disease; they are to behave themselves quietly and lovingly, both to those of the
hospital and others, without any scolding or brawling; to forfeit, izd. for striking, and to be
expelled for the third offence.

^ The inscription is now defaced; Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Pierson, died in 158?,

10 ob.

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ob. 1716; John Hope, M.D., 1710; Samuel Burton, Esq., 1751 ; and
some memorials of the family of Gisborne."

Bassano's volume of Church Notes describes some memorials of the fa-
milies of Goodwin' and Parker.'' The tower of St. Alkmund's church
M'as rebuilt in 1603.^

The cliurch of St. Alkmund belonged to the college of All-Saints : after
the reformation, it was given to the Bailiffs and Burgesses of Derby.
Queen Mary's grant to the corporation provides for the payment of 61. 13s.
per annum to a priest at the church of St. Alkmund, and directs that a
vicarage should be instituted in tiiat church, and endowed with an annuity
of 7I. 6s. 8d. arising out of tithes, rents, &c., granted by her to the cor-
poration. In or about the year 1712, Mr. Samuel Goodwin endowed it
with an estate at Plumley, in the parish of Eckington, then 40I. per annum,
now 210I., and a house in the parish of St. Werburgh, which now lets for
32I. per annum. The Mayor and Aldermen are patrons.

Henry Cantrell, who was presented to this benefice as the first vicar, in
171 2, published a Treatise to prove that King Charles I. was baptized
according to the rites of the church of England, with an account of the
solemnity from the Heralds' Office at Edinburgh. Mr. Cantrell, in 1760,
communicated to Dr. Pegge several particulars relating to his parish. His
letters are among the Doctor's Collections, at the Heralds' College.

In the parish register is an entry of the burial of Thomas Ball, aged 110,
Nov. 17, 1592.

In this parish, upon the bridge to which it gave name, stood an ancient
chapel, dedicated to St. Mary, of which there are still some remains, forming
part of a dwelling-house, now in the occupation of Mr. Thomas Eaton. In
the reign of Charles II. it was licensed as a place of worship for the Pres-
byterian dissenters. The Roman Catholics have a chapel in this parish ;
and there are meeting-houses for the Quakers, General Baptists, and Wes-
leyan Methodists. The Quakers' meeting was one of the earliest esta-
blishments of that sect. Indeed we find, from the Journal of George Fox,
their founder, who was imprisoned at Derby for nearly a year, that the
Quakers first obtained the appellation by which they are now generally

* Thomas Gisborne, Esq., 1760; John Gisborne, Esq., 1779, father of the Rev. Thomas
Gisborne, of Yoxall.

' Francis Goodwin, 1626; Thomas Goodwin, M.A. rector of Kirk-Langley, 1621 ; Samuel
Goodwin, 1624..

f Susanna, wife of Thomas Stanley, daughter of E. Parker, Esq., of Little-Eaton, 16^9;
Edward Parker, Esq. i688,

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122 DERBYSHIRE.

known, at Derby : " Justice Bennet, of Darby," says he, " was the first that
called us Quakers, because I bid him Tremble at the word of the Lord ; and
this was in the year 1 650." ■■ The present meeting-house was built in 1 808.
'i In Bridge-gate, within this parish, is the Black Alms-house ; so called
from the circumstance of black gowns being worn by the pensioners. It
was founded in 1638, by Robert Wilmot, Esq., of Chaddesden, for six poor
men and four poor women, and endowed with 40I. per annum, issuing out
of the tithes of Denby. The pensioners receive is. 6d. a week, each.
This alms-house was rebuilt in 18 14, at the expence of Sir Robert
Wilmot, Bart.

A school for boys and girls on Dr. Bell's system was established in this
parish in the year 18 12. There are now (November, 18 16) about 285
boys, and about 185 girls, in this school.'

Derley, called, and of late years generally written, Darley, lies about a
mile north of Derby; in some ancient records it is called Little-Derby.
The foundation and revenues of the abbey at this place have been already
spoken of. There are scarcely any remains of the monastic buildings,
which appear to have been sold piece-meal, for the purpose of demolition,
immediately after the surrender. Robert Sacheverell, Esq., who took pos-
session of the site as keeper of the abbey estate for the crown, purchased
the materials. The church with its aisles, the Lady's chapel, St. Sythe's
chapel, and the altars, candlesticks, organs, paving, timbers, grave-stones,
with the metal on them, the roofs, &c. were valued to him at 26]." The
site was granted, in 1541, to Sir William West, who altered some of the
conventual buildings, or built a new house thereon for his own residence :
Darley-abbey is mentioned as one of his seats in the Heralds' Visitation of
1569. His son sold it in 1574, to John Bullock, Esq. The Bullocks re-
built the abbey-house, and continued to possess the abbey estate about four-
score years. Thomas Goodbehere, who acquired it by two several pur-
chases, made in 1654 and 1656, left three daughters, coheiresses. The
Alestreys purchased the greater part of the manor and the hall in 1672
and 1675, and resided some time at Darley. William WoUey, Esq., of
Derby, purchased the hall in 1709, and afterwards the manor j he rebuilt
the hall in 1727. After being some time in the family of Wolley, this estate
became the property of Mr. Heath, a banker in Derby, on the sale of whose
estates it was purchased by the late Robert Holden, Esq., and is now under

* Journal, p. 37, 38.

' Seventy of the boys, and thirty-five of the girls, attend only on evenings.

* See note i", p. 112,

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his will the property of his relation of the same name, v/ho resides at Darley-
abbey.

At Darley, which is become a populous village, are a cotton-mill, paper-
mill and red-lead-mill, belonging to Messrs. Evans and Co. Darley-hall,
a modern mansion, is the residence of Walter Evans, Esq.

Little-Chester, supposed to have been a Roman station, lies about half
a mile from Derby. The manor is described in the Survey of Domesday
as parcel of the ancient demesne of the crown. In the reign of Edward I.
it belonged, as it now does, to the Dean of Lincoln. The family of Degge
for some time held a moiety of this manor under the Dean. The present
lessee of the manor of Little-Chester, cummembris, is the Duke of Devonshire.

Little-Eaton lies about three miles and a half nearly north frcru Derby :
the township is within the manor of Little-Chester. The chapel was rebuilt
about the year 1788 : the minister is appointed by the vicar of St. Alkmund,
to whom fees for burials, &c. at the chapel, are payable. Philip de
Wilughby inclosed a park at Little- Eaton in the reign of Richard I.'

Quanidon, commonly called Qitarn, lies about three miles nearly north
from Derby. It is one of the members of the manor of Little-Chester.
The Mundy family had a seat at Quarndon, which passed, by a female heir,
to Musters, of Nottinghamshire. This house and estate now belongs to
Lord Scarsdale, who has most of the landed property in the township. The
lands in this township have been inclosed by an act of parliament passed in
1808. Near Quarndon is a chalybeate water, which had considerable
celebrity more than a century ago ; and is still occasionally resorted to in
the summer season.

The parish of St. Michael contains nothing remarkable. The church of
St. Michael, which had belonged to the Abbey of Derley, was given by
Queen Mary to the Bailiff and burgesses, with the church-yard, &c. ; but
the vicarage is still in the gift of the crown.

The parochial chapel of Alvaston lies about three miles from Derby, on
the road to Ashby-de-la-Zouch. It was esteemed a chapel belonging to the
church of St. Michael in the twelfth century"; but it appears by the
Chantry Roll of 1 547, that it had then been long deemed a separate parish.
The manor of Alvaston, then called Alewoldestune was held by Tochi at
the time of the Domesday Survey, under Geoffry Alselin, or Azelin." It

' See the Quo Warranto Roll.

■" As appears by the charter of Walter Durdant, Bishop of Coventry.

" This, or a manor of the same name, has been given to Burton-abbey, by Wulfric Spott.
See Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. i. p. 269.

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belonged afterwards to Ralph Fitz-Germund, founder of DaTe-Abbey^
whose descendant, Matilda de Salicosa Mare, daughter of William Fitz-
Ralph, Seneschal of Normandy, gave Alwoldestone to that monastery." The
Grange of Alvaston, which had belonged to Dale- Abbey, was granted, in
1547, to Henry Needham." William Sacheverell, Esq. died seised of it in
1557 : it afterwards passed to a branch of the Alestrey family, who had a
seat here. The manor and hall passed by marriage to the Borrows, and
was sold in 18 12, by John Borrow, Esq., to John Elliot, Esq. The Earl of
Harrington purchased the manor of Mr. Elliot ; and Mr. Joseph Wheeldon,
the hall and some of the demesne lands.

The tithes of Alvaston formerly belonged to the Abbot and Convent of
Darley, as parcel of the rectory of St. Michael. In the reign of Henry
VII., after a long litigation concerning their respective rights between the
Abbot of Darley, the Vicar of St. Michael's, and the inhabitants of Al-
vaston, it was agreed that the Abbot and Convent should have the tithes of
hay and corn ; that the inhabitants should present a chaplain ; that they
should pay him 3I. per annum^ and that he should have the small tithes
and oblations. St. Michael appears to have been then acknowledged as the
mother-church, by their having agreed to attend divine service there one
Sunday in every year. The impropriation belonged formerly to the cor-
poration of Derby, under Queen Mary's grant ; but had been alienated to
the Alestreys, and passed, with the manor, &c., to the Borrows. An
allotment was given, in lieu of tithes, to John Borrow, Esq., at the time
of the inclosure in 1802. The inhabitants still nominate the perpetual
Curate.

The parish of St. Peter is extensive ; comprising a large part of the
borough of Derby, the township of Litchurch, and the chapelries of Bol-
ton, Normanton, and Osmaston.

There are no remarkable monuments in the church of St. Peter. Bas-
sano's volume of Church Notes mentions memorials of Percival Willoughby,
M.D., 1685''; act. 89, Richard Carter, Gent., 1693; ^^^ George Jackson,
M.D., 1699. The church of St. Peter was given to the monks of St.
Helen's, at the time of their removing to Derley, by Hugh, Dean of
Derby.' The impropriation has long been in the Dixie family. Sir Wil-
loughby Dixie, Bart, is the present impropriator and patron of the vicarage,
with the chapel of NormantOH.

0 Ibid, vol. iii. p. 73. p Pat. Rot. 38 Hen. VIII. pt. 2.

"> He was son of Sir Percival Willoughby, of WoUaton, and married Elizabeth, daugliter
of Francis Coke, Esq., of Trusley. ' Dugdale.

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There was a chantry- chapel in St. Peter's church, founded by Walter
Cruche, Priest, Robert Leversage, and others, the revenues of whicli, being
then valued at 4I. per annum, were granted by Queen Mary to the cor-
poration. There was another chantry, dedicated to St. Nicholas, founded
by Adam Shardelow, which was valued at 40s. per annum in 1547.'

In this parish is the Free-school, one of the most ancient endowments of
the kind in the kingdom. It is certain that it existed as early as the
twelfth century, and it seems to have been founded in the reign of
Henry II., soon after the removal of the canons of St. Helen's to Derley.
Walter Durdant, Bishop of Lichfield, in his charter, speaks of the school
at Derby as the gift of himself and William de Barba Aprilis.' Soon after
this, whilst Richard Peche, who succeeded Walter Durdant in 1162, was
Bishop of Lichfield, Walkelin de Derby and Goda his wife gave the man-
sion in which they dwelt, and which Walkelin had purchased of William
Alsin, to the canons of Derley, on condition that the hall should be for ever
used as a school-room, and the chambers for the dwelling of the master
and clerks." This ancient grammar-school was given to the corporation by
Queen Mary ; who were to pay to the master and under-master 13I. 6s. 8d.
by four quarterly payments. This school is free to the sons of burgesses
only. The masters are appointed by the corporation : the head-master has
now a salary of 40I. per annum, the under-master of 20I. per annum ; and
they are joint lecturers, on Croshaw's foundation, at All-Saints, for which
they receive lol. each.

Mrs. Jane Walton, relict of Archdeacon Walton, who died in 1603, gave
the sum of lool. to the master and fellows of St. John's college, Cambridge,
for the maintenance of such scholars as should come from Derby school,
and be admitted of that house, and the sum of 40I., for the better relief of
the master and usher.

Antliony Blackwall, author of the Sacred Classics, was master of this
school : here Flamsteed the astronomer received the early part of his
education.

Mr. Robert Liversage, before the Reformation, gave certain lands and
houses to this parish for charitable uses. This estate was valued at 50I.
per annum in 1710, in 1786 at 185I. is. 8d. per annum": the present rental
is about 550I. per annum.

' Chantry Roll. ' Dugdale, vol. ii. p. 231.

" Register of Derley-Abbey, in the British Museum, fol. 58. b.
* Return of charitable donations.

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In this parish, about a quarter of a mile from the town, adjoining to the
London road, is the Derbyshire General Infirmary, which was built by sub-
scription, and opened in the month of October 1 8 1 o. The structure, which
is of stone, was built after the designs of William Strutt, Esq., at the
expence of 30,0001. It is of a quadrangular form and three stories high.
This infirmary is constructed on an improved plan, contributing much to the
comfort of the patients, as well as to their speedy recovery. Among the
most striking advantages which it possesses, are two spacious day rooms
for convalescents, in which they eat their meals and pass the greater part of
the day ; a fever house under the same roof, but completely separated from
other parts of the building ; a subdivision into small wards, by means of
which the medical attendants are enabled to separate the diseased from
each other, and to give to those whose cases may require it, the benefit of
quiet and darkness ; and an excellent method of communicating warmth
when necessaiy, and of ventilating all parts of the building. The infirmary
is capable of accommodating 80 patients, besides those in the fever house.
The average number is about thirty. The medical board consists of
three physicians and four surgeons, besides a house apothecary.

In this parish also, not far from the Infirmary, is the Ordnance-Depot,
which was completed in the year 1805, from a design of the late Surveyor-
general of the Works, James Wyatt, Esq. The armoury on the ground floor,
75 feet by 25, is capable of containing 15,000 stand of arms. A room above of
the same dimensions, is for the reception of army accoutrements. On the north
and south sides of the armoury are two magazines, capable of containing
1200 barrels of gunpowder, and constructed so as to prevent accidents.
There are barracks for a detachment of artillery, and buildings for the resi-
dence of the civil officers. This establishment is under the superintendance
of a store-keeper, appointed by the Board of Ordnance.

Litchurch, (which with Morleston, gives name to the hundred) lies about
a mile from Derby, on the Ashby road. Henry Earl of Lancaster, had a
moiety of the manor in 1330.'' During the fifteenth century, this manor
was in the Babingtons, who held under the Earl of Warwick in *■ 1466.
Francis and George Babington conveyed this manor, in the reign of Queen
Elizabeth^ to Sir Francis Beaumont, one of the justices of the Common-
Pleas.^ From them it passed probably to George Earl of Shrewsbiuy, who
.was seised of it in 1590. It passed not long afterwards, by sale, to the

•■ Quo Warranto-ioll, 4 Edw.III. » See Esch. 6 Edw. IV,

* Chancery Proceedings, in the Tower.

Cavendish

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Cavendish family. The Earl of Newcastle continued to possess it in 1641.
This manor is now in the crown.

Bolton or Boidton lies about three miles, nearly south, from Derby. The
manor belonged, at the time of taking the Domesday Survey, to Ralph
Fitzhubert. It seems to have been in the Sacheverells at an early period,
and to have continued some time in that family. The Agards acquired
a moiety of this manor, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, by purchase from
Shelley. The manor now belongs to Sir Henry Crewe, Bart.

In the year 1271, an agreement was made between the Abbot of Derley
and Robert de Sacheverell, who claimed the patronage of Bolton as a
parish church. By this agreement, in consideration of 20 marks paid by
the Abbot, the said Robert gave up his claim, and admitted Bolton to be a
chapel of St. Peter in Derby, the Abbot agreeing to present a fit minister,
nominated by him ; and it was agreed, that the minister should have tliiee
bovates of land, nine sellions, and twelve shillings, rent, besides the small
tithes.* The minister is now appointed by the inhabitants.

Normanton is situated about two iniles nearly south of Derby, in the
hundred of Repton and Gresley. The manor, which was granted to the
monks of Derley, iu the year 1234'' , was granted by King Henry VIII., in
1 544, to Rowland Babington, Esq. It was purchased of the Babingtons, in
1582 or 1583, by Henry Beaumont, Esq., from whose family it passed to the
Dixies, and is now the property of Mrs. Pochin, sister of the late Sir
Wolstan Dixie, Bart. The Babingtons, and afterwards the Beaumonts and
Dixies, had a seat at Normanton. It was in ruins in 1712." In the chapel is
the monument of Charlotte Jane, wife of John Dalby, Esq., who died in 1812.

Osmaston is situated about three miles from Derby, near the road to
Ashby-de-la-Zouch. In the Domesday Survey, it is written Osmundestune,
and no doubt it took its name from Osmund, the Saxon possessor, in the
reign of Edward the Confessor. The manor was granted to Robert Holland,
in 1307 ", as an appendage of Melbourn, with which manor it has passed ever
since, and is now the property of the Marquis of Hastings. The principal
estate here, belongs to Sir Robert Wilmot, Bart., descended from a younger
branch of the Wilmots of Chaddesden. Sir Nicholas Wilmot of Osmaston,
Serjeant at law, in the reign of Charles II., was fourth son of Robert Wilmot,
Esq., of Chaddesden, by the heiress of Shrigley. The late Sir Robert
Wilmot, of Osmaston, was created a Baronet in 1772. Sir John Eardly
Wilmot, Lord Chief Justice of the Cohinion Pleas, who died in. 1792, was of

' Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. iii. p. 57. b chart. Hot. 19 Hen. Ill i.

' Mr. WoJley's MS. History. i Chart. Rot. i Edw. II;

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this brs^nch of the family, being a younger son of Sir Nicholas Wilmot,
Osmaston-liall, the seat of Sir Robert Wilmot, has been for a few years past
unoccupied, during the present baronet's residence at Bath and on the
continent.

In the chapel at Osmaston, is the monument of Sir Nicholas Wilmot,
Knt., who died in 1682, and that of Sir Robert Wilmot, the first baronet,
w^ho died in November 1772. Robert de Dun, Lord of Breadsall, in the
reign of Henry II., gave up all his right in the patronage of Osmaston
chapel to the Abbot of Derley.' Sir Robert Wilmot is the present
patron. Robert Foucher or Folger founded a chantry in this chapel,
in 1357, the endowment of which was, in 1547, v^alued at 60s. 8d. per
annum. "^

The parish of St. Werburgh does not extend beyond the town of Derby.
In the year 1602, the spire of St. Werburgh's church was blown down by a
storm, which destroyed also the chancel and part of the church. On the
north wall of the chancel is the monument of Gervase Sleigh, Esq., of Ash,
who married Ehzabeth, daughter of John Cholmley, and died in 1626 ; and
memorials for John Gisborne, Gent., 1704, and John Gisborne, Esq., 1762.
Bassano's volume of Chuich Notes describes also memorials for John Gisborne,
Gent., 1689; and for the families of Milward, Cheshire, and Brookhouse.*

The church of St. Werburgh belonged to Derley Abbey. The impropri-
ation is now vested in Lord Scarsdale. The vicarage is in the gift of the
crown. Mr. Francis Ashe, in 1652, gave lol. per annum, to the vicar of
St. Werburgh, payable by the Goldsmiths' Company. Mrs. Dorothy
Cundy, in 1697, gave nine acres of land, in the fields of Derby and Nor-
manton, to the Vicar of St. Werburgh, on condition of his preaching
Sermons on the 23d of November and the 13th of March. The Reverend
J. Walker, vicar of St. Werburgh, who died in 1 7 1 o, bequeathed a portion
of tithes, valued at 25I. per annum, in augmentation of this vicarage, but
no benefit is now I'eceived from the donation.

In this parish is a meeting-house for the particular Baptists. Near the
site of the friery, is the Unitarian meeting-house. It belonged formerly
to the old Presbyterian congregation, which had existed some time at
Derby, before they obtained a licence from King Charles II., to hold
their meetings in St. Mary's chapel. In the reign of James II., they

* Register of the abbey, in the British Museum, fol. 137. *■ Chantry-roll.

6 Jan. 20, 1601-2, Par. Reg. of St. Alkniund.

" Henry Mihvard, of Synfen, Gent., 1615-6 ; Mr. John Milward, 16S9 ; Samuel Cheshire,
Gent,, 1703 ; John Brookhouse, Gent., 1702 ; Thomas Brookhouse, Gent., 1705.

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removed to a large room in the market-placte. The meeting-house in
Friers-gate was erected in the reign of King WilHam. Ferdinando Shawe,
son of an ejected minister of tliat name, who published a work called
" Emmanuel," held in much esteem among the dissenters of his time,
was minister of the Presbyterian congregation forty-six years : he pub-
lished a brief memoir of the Life and character of his wife, who was of
the family of Gellof Hopton. James Pilkington, author of the History of
Derbyshire, in two volumes octavo, was minister of the Unitarian congrega-
tion from 1778 to 1797, when he removed to Ipswich, and continued there
till his death, which happened in 1804. In this parish also, near the Brook-
side, is a meeting-house of the Independents, established in 1785, by
seceders from the congregation in Friersgate.

Mrs. Rebecca Fowler, in 171 1, gave the sum of 11 61., with which land in
Alvaston and Boulton, (now let at lol. per annum,) was purchased, for tlie
purpose of buying books for poor children of this parish, and teaching them
to read distinctly the Holy Bible.

There is a vSunday-school, consisting of 150 boys and girls, who are
instructed by gratuitous teachers. Dr. Bell's system having been partially
adopted.

On Nun's-Green, in this parish, is an liospital founded, in 1716, by Ed-
ward Large, of Derby, Gent., for five widows of parsons or vicars ; not
restricted to any county or diocese, and endowed with lands which produce
an income of 26I. per annum to each widow. The Reverend Charles
Holden, of Aston-upon-Trent, is patron of this hospital.

DovERiDGE, more properly Dovebridge, lies on the river Dove on
the borders of Staftbrdsliire, about two miles from Uttoxeter in that
county, and seventeen from Derby. This parish, which is in the hundred
of Appletree and in the deanery of Castillar, is called in ancient records
Dubridge, or Dubbridge, and Dovebruge ; it comprises the hamlets of
Eaton-Dovedale, and West-Broughton.

A market on Thursdays at Dovebruge, was granted, in 1275, to the prior
of Tutbury.' It has been long ago discontinued.

The manor of Doveridge, which had belonged to Edwin Earl of Mercia,
was held by the prior of Tutbury under Henry de Ferrars, at the time of the
Domesday Survey. It appears that Bertha, wife of Henry de Ferrars, gave
it to the priory.' The monks, not long afterwards, became possessed of an

' Chart. Rot. 4. Edw. I. 22. k Dugdale's Monasticon, i. 354.

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130 DERBYSHIRE.

estate in this parish, called Holt-park, to which Sir William de Eyton and
Henry Deneston quitted claim.' In 1552, the manor of Doveridge and
Doveridge-holt, were granted to Sir William Cavendisli, then Treasurer of
tlie Chamber." Henry Cavendish, Esq., his eldest son, settled this estate,
in 1611, on Henry, his natural son. This Henry was the immediate an-
cestor of Henry Cavendish, Esq., who held successively some important
offices in tlie revenue department in Ireland, and was created a Baronet in
1755. In 1792, Sarah, the Lady of his son. Sir Henry Cavendish, was
created Baroness of Waterpark, of the kingdom of Ireland, which title, with
the baronetcy and the Doveridge estate, were inherited by her eldest son,
Richard, now Baron Waterpark. Doveridge-hall, the seat of Lord Water-
park, built about the year 1770, is pleasantly situated on a rising ground,
commanding an extensive view towards StaiFordshire, with the town of
Uttoxeter.

In the parish church are the monuments of Sir Thomas Milward", Chief
Justice of Chester, who died in 1658 ; William Davenport", Esq., of
Henbury, Cheshire, 1640 ; and several of the family of Cavendish.''

The church of Doveridge was appropriated to the priory of Tutbury.
The Duke of Devonshire is the present impropriator and patron of the
vicarage.

There was a chantry in this church, founded, in 1392, by Sir Robert
Kniveton, Vicar, in honour of the Virgin Mary, and for the sustenance of
poor people ; the revenues were valued, in 1547, at 61. per annum."

The manor of Eaton-Dovedale belonged, in tlie reign of Edward I., to
the family of St. Pierre, whose heiress, about the year 1356, brought it
to Sir Walter Cokesey. Sir Hugh Cokesey, grandson of Sir Walter, died
seised of it in 1445 : one of his sisters and coheirs married John Greville,
whose grandson. Sir Thomas Greville, alias Cokesey, died without issue in
or about the year 1499. This estate, in consequence, devolved to the
Ilussels, descended from the other sister and coheir of Sir Hugh Coke-

' Dugdale's Monasticon, ii. 876. and Register of Tutbury Priory.

■n Pat. Rot. 6 Ed. VI.

" He married the heiress of Beresford of Alsop.

° He married a daughter of Sir Thomas Milward.

P Francis Cavendish, Esq., ob. 1650 ; married i. Dorothy daughter of John Bullock, Esq.,
ofDarley ; 2. Dorothy daughter of Thomas Broughton, Esq., of Broughton ; Henry Cavendish,
Esq., 1698, married Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas Tyrrell of Shotover; John Cavendish, Esq.,
1725 ; Arabella Cavendish, 1739.

1 Chantry-roll, Augmentation Office.

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sey/ -Sir John Russel died seised of it in 1556 : a few years afterwards,
it appears to have passed by sale to the Milwards. Robert Milward, Esq.,
died seised of it in 1566. The heiress of Milward brought it to the Clarkes
of Somersall, and it is now the property of tlieir representative the Mar-
chioness of Ormond.

The old mansion, in which Sir Thomas Milward is said to have enter-
tained King Charles I.% was taken down some years ago.

The manor of West-Broughton, which, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth,
belonged to tlie family of Palmer, is now the property of Lord Vernon.
Farme-place, in West-Broughton, was granted in 1544, to William Parr,
Earl of Essex, afterwards, Marquis of Northampton. We cannot learn
who is the present proprietor of this estate, or, indeed, that any estate is now
called by the name.

DuoNFiELD, in the. hundred of Scarsdale and deanery of Chesterfield,
lies about six miles north of Chesterfield, on the road to Sheffield. The
parish contains the township of Unston, the hamlets or villages of Apper-
knowl. Coal- Aston, Cowley, Hundall, Stubley, and Suramerley, besides the
parochial chapelries of Dore and Holmesfield.

There was formerly a small market at Dronfield on Thursday, which has
been many years discontinued. There is still an annual fair on the 25th of
April, for cows, sheep, &c.'

The manor of Dronfield appears to have belonged to the crown till the
reign of King John, when it was granted to William Briewer." One of the
coheiresses of his son, was twice married, and this manor passed with Isabel,
the second daughter, and coheir of her second husband, Ralph Fitz-Ranulph,
to Robert de Tatshall ; from the Tatshall family it passed by marriao-e to
the Cromwells, and from the latter to William Lord Hastings, who died
seised of it in 1489. In 1541, William Selioke died seised of this manor,
then held of the heirs of Tatshall. In 1577, at the death of his grandson,
it was stated to have been held by him immediately of the Queen. Anthony
Blithe died seised of the manor of Dronfield in 160 1. From the Blithes it

' See Dugdale's Warwickshire, p. 49. Robert Russel and Robert Winter both descended
from Cecilia, sister of Sir Hugh Cokesey, were coheirs of Sir Thomas Cokesey. 15 Hen. VII.
' Piikington.

' We are assured that this is the only fair now held, although four are mentioned in the printed
lists of fairs.

» See the account of Chesterfield.

S 2 passed

132 DERBYSHIRE.

passed by sale to Anthony Morewood, Esq., of Hallowes, who soon after-
wards sold it to Francis Burton, Esq. ; Ralph Bvuton, son of Francis,
dying without issue, in 17 14, this manor passed to Clement Rossington, who
had married one of his sisters and coheirs. John Rotheram, Esq., who
was sheriff in 1749, purchased of Rossington ; Samuel Rotheram, Esq., his
sou, who was sheriffin 1773, died seised of it in 1795. His sister and heir
bequeathed the manor of Droniield to the late Mr. Joseph Cecil, and it is
now the property of his younger son.

The parish church of Dronfield, is a handsome Gothic structure, with
a spire. In the south aisle is an ancient monument for Sir Robert Barley
of Dronfield- Woodhouse.'' In the chancel are memorials of the families of
Fanshawe% Burton'', Barker" of Dore, Morewood '' of Hallowes, Rotheram%
&c. Bassano's volume of Church Notes mentions memorials of the families
of Bullock "^ of Unston, Wright " of Unthank, Eyre ' of Horsley-gate, and
Nevill ^ ofThorney, Notts.

The church of Dronfield was given to Beauchief-abbey by Sir Henry de
Brailsford, who lived in the reign of Edward I. It was appropriated to
that monastery in 1399, and a vicarage endowed in 1403." Dr. Pegge
supposed that the rectory of Dronfield was granted to the Fanshawes. It
had for some time past been held with the manor, the rectorial tithes
have lately been sold to the several land-owners. The vicarage, which,
in 1730, was augmented by Queen Anne's bounty, is in the gift of the
crown.

^ The inscription had been obliterated when Bassano took his Church Notes in 1710 ; but a
copy of it as communicated to him, states, that it was that of Sir Robert Barley, and that it had
been repaired by James Barley, Esq., in 1593. Dronfield-Woodhouse was, at a later period, the
residence of a younger branch of the Eyres : it is now a farm-house belonging to a descendant

of that family.

y John Fanshawe, of Fanshawe-gate, 1578; Henry Fanshawe, 1722; the estate at Fan-
shawe-gate is still in the Fanshawe fixmily, being now the property of General Fanshawe of
St. Petersburg!!.

2 Thomas Burton, Esq., High-Sheriff 1628, ob 1645; Michael Burton, High-SherifF, 1646,
ob. 1656.

• Edward Barker, Esq., 1646 ; John Barker, gent., 1654, &c.
" 1666, 1682, &c.

• John Rotheram, Esq., 1794; Samuel Rotheram, Esq., 1795.
"> John Bullock, Esq., 1653 ; George Bullock, Esq., 1665.

' Thomas Wright, 1673, &c.

f Gervas Eyre, 1619.

8 John Nevill, 1701.

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It appears that there was a chantry in Di-onfieid church, amply endowed
by Ralpli Barker and others, in the year 1392.'

The Chantry-roll of 1547, mentions the donative of Dronfield, founded
by William Aston, 35 Hen. VI.

There are meeting-houses at Dronfield for the Quakers, Independents,
and AVesleyan Methodists.

The grammar-school at Dronfield was founded, in 1579, by Thomas
Fanshawe, Esq., Remembrancer of the Court of Exchequer, in pursuance
of the will of Henry Fanshawe, Esq., his predecessor in that office, (to whom
he was executor,) and endowed with lands.'' By an order of Sir Thomas
Fanshawe, in 1638, the usher's salary was fixed at 15I. per annum, and the
head master was to have the remainder. By a subsequent order, made,
in 1786, by Mrs. Alathea Fanshawe, widow, then patroness of the school,
the salaries of tlie master and usher were to increase in proportion to what
they then received. The rent of the estate is now 200I. per aninnn. The
master's salary is 130I. per annum, with a dwelling-house, the usher's, 681.,
with a dwelling-house. General Fanshawe, an officer in the Russian service,
is patron of this school, as representative of the founder.

The manor of Unston, or Onston, was parcel of the ancient demesne of
the crown. In the reign of Edward I., it belonged to Sir Henry de Brails-
ford ' : it was afterwards, successively, in the families of Stretton and New-
bold. The coheiresses of the latter married Grey and Tetlow. Grey's moiety
was purchased by the Bullocks, wlio for some time were settled at Unston.
The coheii'esses of Tetlow married Chaderton, Belfield, and Birdhill. The
manor was afterwards in severalties ; and, in 1760, there was a law-suit
between George Mower, Esq., who inherited from the Bullocks, and
Moresby, who derived his title from the coheiresses of Tetlow. The late
Dr. Pegge had a moiety of this moiety, which he sold to Moresby. The
whole of the manor now belongs to George Mower, Esq., of Holt-House, in
Darley-dale, who possesses also the manor of Hallowes, which formerly
belonged to the Morewoods.

' Hieron's Collections.

'' A translated copy of the letters patent with the rules and orders of Sir Thomas Fanshawe,
Knt., and of Mrs. Alathea Fanshawe, was printed in 1798. The letters patent direct that this
school shall be called the school of Henry Fanshawe, in Dronfield ; that the vicar and church-
wardens shall be governors, and a body corporate ; the heir of Henry Fanshawe, patron.
During a vacancy of the vicarage, six of the inhabitants, nominated by the Fanshawe family,
to be governors, pro tempore.

' Sir Henry de Brailsford possessed also the manor of Birchett or Burchett, now a farm be-
longing to George 13. Greaves, Esq.

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131. DERBYSHIRE.

The parochial chapehy of Dore is situated about four miles from Dron-
field, and about nine from Chesterfield. i he village or hamlet of Totley is
in this chapelry. The manor belonged to Roger de Busli, at the time of
the Domesday Survey. It was afterwards held by the families of Hather-
sage and Longford, as an appendage to their manor of Kinwaldemarsh
or Killimarsh. The family of Kelke possessed it as early as the reign of
Henry VI. Christopher Kelke sold it, in 1551, to Robert Swift, Esq., of
Rotheram. Francis Wortley, Esq., and Mary his wife, the heiress of Swift,
sold it, in 1564, to Sir Francis Leake of Sutton, in whose family it continued
many years. It is now the property of the Duke of Devonshire, whose
ancestor purchased it, in 1 705, of the family of Pegge. The late Duke was
impropriator when an inclosure act was passed in 1809: an allotment was
then given in lieu of tithes. Earl Fitzwilliam is patron of the chapel, to
which a perpetual curate is appointed.

The manor of Totley, (Totingelei) is described in the Domesday Survey,
as belonging to the King's Thanes. In the reign of Edw. I., it appears to
have been in the Longford family, as an appendage of the manor of Killi-
marsh."' Sir Walter Blount was seised of it in the reign of Edward IV. : it
was afterwards successively in the families of Bradshaw, Leche, and Talbot
Earl of Shrewsbury. The manor of Totley now belongs to Henry Lord
Middleton, of Wollaton ; the whole of the landed property is divided
amongst the freeholders.

The parochial chapel of Holmsfield, is situated about a mile and a half
from Dronfield and about six and a half from Chesterfield. In this cha-
pelry are the hamlets or villages of Cartlidge, Horsley-gate, Lydgate, Mill-
thorp, and Unthank.

The manor belonged to the Deincourts, when the Survey of Domesday
was taken, and continued in that family, till the death of William Dein-
court, in the reign of Henry VI. ; one of his sisters and coheirs married Sir
William Lovell : on the attainder of his son, Francis Lord Lovell, in the
reign of Henry VII., this manor was granted to Sir John Savage. It is now
the property of the Duke of Rutland, whose ancestor purchasell it of the
Savage family in the year 1586. The Deincourt family had a park
at Holmesfield in 1330."

In the year 1717, Mr. Robert Mower gave a nouse and some closes
to the Minister of Holmsfield chapel; and, in 171 8, lands then valued at
lol. per annum, towards procuring Queen Anne's bounty. In 1808,
the income of this chapel was again augmented with tool, given by Mr.

" Esch, 12 Edw. I. 14, ° Quo Warranto Roll.

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Godfrey Watts, lool. by the trustees of Mrs. Pincombe's charity, and 200I.,
of Queen Anne's bounty, whicli was laid out in the purchase of lands. Mr.
William Rowland is the patron.

In the year 1719, Mr. Robert Mower gave the rent of two closes for the
purpose of teaching ten poor children of this chapelry English. In 1725,
Mrs. Prudence ]\Iower gave 60I. to the school, on condition, that the Lord-
ship sliould make up the income lol. per annum ; and that it should be a
grammar-school. The income is now 15I. per annum.

At Horsley gate was an estate, which was, for nearly four centuries, the
property and residence of a branch of the ancient family of Wolstenholme
of Lancashire. A branch of the Eyres of Hassop resided at Horsley-gate,
in the 17th century. Unthank, sometime the property and residence of the
Wrights, is now a farm house, the property of Mr. John Lowe.

DucKMANTON, in the hundred of Scarsdale and deanery of Chesterfield,
lies about four miles from Chesterfield. Tiie parish contains the villages of
Long-Duckmanton, in which was tiie church, Middle-Duckmanton, and
Far-Duckmanton.

Wulfric Spott gave the manor of Duckmanton to Burton-Abbey." At
the time of taking the Domesday Survey it was the projierty of Ralph
Fitzhubert. Gefirey Fitz-Peter purchased the manor of Sir Richard de
W^yverton, for Welbeck-xlbbcy.'' Sir Richard Basset gave the vill of Duck-
manton to the Abbey. It appears that both these parties held under
Leonia de Reynes, whose son Henry de Stuteville confirmed Duckmanton
to the Abbey.'' King Henry VIII. granted the manor, in or about 1538,
to Francis Leake, Esq. It has since passed with Sutton, and is now the
property of the Marchioness of Ormond. The impropriate rectoiy, and
the advowson of the vicarage, have passed with the manor.

There has been no church at Duckmanton within tlie memory of any
person living: it is probable that it was pulled down about the year 1558,
when this benefice was consolidated with the rectory of the adjoining parish
of Sutton.

There is a charity-school at Duckmanton, endowed with 20I. per annum,
for the education of2o children : it is not known by whom it was founded.

DuFFiELD, in the hundred of Appletree and deanery of Derby, lies about
four miles from Derby, on the road to Chesterfield. The parish contains

<• Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. i. p. 268. P Thoroton's Nottinghamshire.

"> Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. ii. p. 602.

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the townships of Hazlewood, Shottle, and Windley ; the villages of Chevtlrv-
end, Makeney, and Millford ; and the chapelries of Belper, Heage, Hol-
brook, and Turndich.

There are two cattle-fairs at Duffield ; the Thursday after New Year's
day, and the ist of March.

The manor of Duffield (Duuelle) was, at the time of taking the Domes-
day Survey, part of the demesne of Henry de Ferrars. His immediate
descendants, the Earls Ferrars, had a castle here, the site of which is still
known by the name of the Castle-field. Duffield-Castle is said to have
been garrisoned by Robert Earl Ferrars, Jun. when he took up arms on
behalf of Prince Henry, against his father King Henry II. It is probable
that it was one of those castles which were soon afterwards demolished by
the King's command." King Henry III., in 1266, gave this manor, with
other estates of the Ferrars family, to his son, Edmund Earl of Lancaster.
In the year 1330, among other claims, in answer to a quo "warraiito,
Henry Earl of Lancaster claimed seven parks in Duffield-frith ; namely,
Ravensdale, Schethull (Shottle), Postern, Bureper (Belper), Morley, and
Schymyndecliff'e. The manor of Duffield became parcel of the Duchy
of Lancaster, to which it continued annexed till the reign of Charles I.,
when it was granted to Ditchfield and others. It was afterwards in the
family of Leech, from whom it passed by purchase to the Jodrells, and is
now the property of Richard PaulJodrell, Esq., of Lewknor, in Oxfordshire.

The families of Wilmot and Newton had good estates and mansions
at Duffield. John Balguy, Esq., one of His Majesty's Justices for
South-Wales, possesses and inhabits the mansion which belonged to
the AVihnots, having purchased it, with the greater part of the estate, of
that family, about the year 1791. The estate which belonged to the
Newtons passed afterwards to the Coapes by purchase; on the death of Henry
Coape, Esq., in 1778, it devolved to Henry Porter, Esq., who took the name
of Sherbrooke ; and on his death, to the late Thomas Porter Bonell, Esq.,
whose daughter, the lady of Sir Charles Henry Colvile, is the present
proprietor.

The parish church of Duffield is a handsome Gothic structure, with a
spire. In the north transept is the monument of Anthony Bradshaw,
Esq., of the Inner-Temple, a younger son of William Bradshaw, of Brad-
shaw, put up by himself in 1600. The monument has half-length figures,
carved on stone, of the deceased and his two wives, Griselda, daughter and

■■ See J. Bromton.

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heir of Richard Blackwall, Esq., and Elizabeth, daughter of Richard
Hawo'hton : he had four children' by his first, and sixteen' by his second
wife. In the chancel are memorials for Samuel Bradshaw, of Holbrook,
thirty years receiver-general of the land-tax, 1 7 1 6 ; some of the family of
Lowe, 1732 — 1778"; and Thomas Porter Bonell, Esq., 1797. Bassano's
volume of Church Notes describes an alabaster monument of a Knight,
with his effigies in armour, with the date of 1536, and the arms of Minors,
which he supposes to have been that of Sir Roger Minors, of Windle-hill,
in the parish of Sutton-on-the-hill ; and some memorials of the Gregsons of
Turndich, then nearly obliterated ; one had the date of 168 1.

The church of Duffield was given by Henry, Earl of Lancaster, to
Newark College, in Leicester, to which it became appropriated." The
rectory manor, and impropriation, belonged for many years to the family
of Pindar, who resided in the rectory house : it is now the property of
their descendant. Earl Beauchamp. The Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry
is patron of the vicarage, which has been twice augmented by Queen
Anne's Bounty, and once by Parliamentary grant."

An ancient chantry in Duffield church was founded for the purpose of
saying mass for the keepers of Duffield-frith and the town of Duffield.

There was formerly a meeting-house of the Presbyterians at Duffield ;
the congregation of which are now Unitarians. The General Baptists have
a meeting-house here ; and the Wesleyan Methodists-
There is an old estabHshed charity-school at Duffield, the revenues of
which are about 70I. per annum. It appears by a renewed deed of trust,
bearing date 1586, that the school was then considered an old foundation.
Joseph Webster, of Stanton, in the parish of Youlgrave, by his will, bearing
date 1685, charged his estate at that place with the payment of 30I. per

» William, Francis, Exuperius, and John.

' Jacinth, Anthony, Michael, Elizabeth, Foellx, Quintin, Petionella, Athanasia, Isidwa,
Mildred, Brandona, Erasmus, Josepha, Milicent, Cassandra, and Vicesimus.

" Edward Lowe, Esq., who died in 1778, was 94 years of age.

* Some tithes had been given at an early period to the Priory of Tutbury. A moiety of
the tithes of the demesne lands was appropriated to that monastery about the year 1 183 ; and
William Ferrars the younger, Earl of Derby, gave the tithes of the forest, viz. of venison,
honey, pannage, and assart land. — Register of Tutbury Priory.

y It was augmented with aool.by lot in 1794 : in 1801, the Rev. Fletcher Dixon, the present
vicar, gave lool., which, with tool, from Mrs. Pyncombe's trustees, procured a further sura of
200I. In 1811, Mr. Dixon again gave lool., which, with lool. from the trustees of the late
Isaac Hawkins, Esq., procured from the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty 300I. out of the
Parliamentary grant.

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annHm to the parish of Duffield ; 20I. to the poor, and lol. to the ''school,
(included in the sum before-mentioned.) A Sunday-school has lately been
established, in which there are now about 1 20 scholars.

Mr. Anthony Bradshaw, who died in 1614, built an alms-house for four
poor persons (two old men, and two widows), to be appointed by his heirs.
An estate at Holbrook is charged with the payment of a shilling a week to
each pensioner ; 5s. yearly to each for fuel ; the men to have a coat, and
the women a gown, once in two years. Mr. William Potterell, in 1735, gave
the interest of lool. four per cent, to be divided among the pensioners.^

There was another alms-house in Duffield for four poor persons, founded
by Edward Potterell, of Derby, who died in 1667, and erected pursuant
to his will by John Potterell, of Oakham, his executor, in 1676, as appeared
by an inscription on the building.' The pensioners of this alms-house had
an allowance of one shilling a week each, a gown every other year, and
fuel at Christmas. What were the funds out of which this endowment
was paid is not now known. Nothing having been received for many years ;
and the house, which was used by the parish for the residence of paupers,
having become very ruinous, it was agreed by the inhabitants, at a vestry
about the year 1810, that, in consideration of the payment of a sum of
money, Mrs. Bonell should be permitted to take it down and inclose its
site within her grounds.

Hazlewood is parcel of the manor of Duffield. The Blount family had
for many years an estate there, called a manor in records of the reign of
Edward III. and that of Edward IV.

The manor of Shottle (the Sothille of Domesday) belonged to the Ferrars
family, and was afterwards annexed to the Duchy of Lancaster : it was one
of the seven parks within Duffield-frith. It was alienated by the crown in
the reign of Queen Elizabeth ; probably to the Earl of Shrewsbury. In
1630, it was sold by Philip, Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, to Chris-
tiana, Countess of Devonshire, who procured a confirmation of this manor
and Postern-park, from the crown in 1661. They are now the property of
his Grace the Duke of Devonshire.

» The present feoffees of the old school lands are R. P. Joddrell, Esq., Daniel Parker Coke,
Esq., William Brooke Johnson, M.D., John Radford, Esq., and Francis Bradshaw, Esq.:
under Mr. Webster's will, Mr. Bradshaw, the Rev. Joseph Bradshaw, John Balguy, Esq., and
Mr. Radford.

^ This benefaction is applied, as we understand, to Bradshaw's alms-houses ; but it seems
more likely that it should have been intended for Potterell's alms-houses.

* Copied in Bassano's volume of Church Notes.

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The manor of Wyndley belonged in the reign of Henry VII. to the
Knivetons. John Bradshaw, Esq., who died in 1523, was seised of a
moiety of this manor, and of the manor of Champeyne, inherited by
his family from the Fouchers, who had mai'ried the heiress of Cham-
peyne. The Pouchers had a park here in 1330." The manor of Wyndley
is now the property of Mr, Jodreil. The family of Minors, who were pos-
sessed of the manor of Windle-hill in Sutton, as before-mentioned, had
also lands in Wyndley in the reign of Henry VIII.

Makeney, a hamlet of this parish, (Machenie), is described in the Domes-
day Survey as one of the manors of Henry de Ferrars. It is now consi-
dered as parcel of the manor of Duffield.

About 700 hands are employed by Messrs. Strutt in the spinning and
bleaching of cotton, at Millford, a populous manufacturing village in this
parish.

There is an Unitarian chapel at Millford, supported by Mr. Strutt ; who
supports also a Lancasterian school, in which the numbers are about 300 :
a room to accommodate about 400 is now building at Millford. The girls
in this school, and that at Belper, are taught to sew, cut out, &c. as well as
to read and write. A chapel has lately been erected here for the Wesleyan
Methodists.

Whitmore, in this parish, a small liberty, some time since belonging to
Matthew Smith, Esq. is now a divided property.

Belper lies about three miles from Duffield, and eight from Derby. A
market has been many years established at Belper, in consequence of its
greatly increased population. It is held on Saturday, and is abundantly
supplied with Butchers' meat, and other provisions. There are three fairs,
Jan. 28, May 15, and Oct. 31, for horned cattle and sheep.

Belper appears to have been a considerable village in the reign of
Henry VIII.' Fifty-one persons died of the plague there in the year 1 609.
Its population began to increase most rapidly about the year 1776, in
which the first cotton-mill was erected by the late Jedidiah Strutt, Esq.
There are now four great mills*" belonging to this family at Belper; which
till lately employed about 1350 hands. The manufacture of nails has
been long carried on at Belper ; but is now very much on the decline.

" Quo Warranto Roll.

<^ About forty houses in Belper were destroyed, or much damaged, by a violent tempest, in
1545. See p. 161, note.

"* With several smaller buildings, attached to them for the various purposes of the
manufacture.

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140 DERBYSHIRE.

The number of inhabitants in 1801 was 4500; in 1811, s^35' i^ being, in
point of population, the second town in Derbyshire.

The manor of Belper, then called Beaurepaire, belonged to Edmund
Crouchback, Earl of Lancaster, who died in 1296. The inquisition taken
after his death describes a capital mansion then belonging to that Earl ;
and as this is the earliest record in wliich there is any mention of the
manor, it is not improbable that it originated in his inclosing of a park,
and building a hunting-seat, to which, from its beautiful situation, he gave
the name of Beau-repaire, afterwards corrupted to Belper. The manor
became annexed to the Duchy of Lancaster ; and having passed with
Duffield, is now tiie property of Mr. Jodrell.

The chapel of Belper has been at several times augmented by Queen
Anne's Bounty, to the amount of 2700I.'' The minister is appointed by
the vicar of Duffield.

There was an old established meeting-house of the Presbyterians at
Belper i the congregation of which are now Unitarians. The present
chapel was built in 1782. The Rev. D. P. Davies, author of a History of
Derbyshire, in one volume 8vo. (181 1), is minister. There are two meet-
ing-houses at Belper for the Wesleyan Methodists.

Sixty-four children are taught here in day-schools, and 650 in Sunday-
schools, on Mr. Lancaster's plan, at the expence of Messrs. Strutt^ who
are building a school-room capable of containing 500 children. Eight
hundred children attend the Sunday-schools supported by the Calvinists
and Wesleyan Methodists. There is no charity-school at Belper belonging
to the Church establishment.

An alms-house for two poor persons was founded at Belper by Mr. Mat-
thew Smith, of Derby, in 171 3, and endowed with land, then 81. per annum
in value.*^ Mr. John Sims built two cottages for the habitation of poor
persons, and in the year 17 19 endowed them with 12s. per annum.

Heage, alias High-edge, lies about five miles from Duffield, upon the
road from Chestei-field to Derby. The manor, which had been parcel of
the Earldom and Duchy of Lancaster, was granted, with Duffield, to
Ditchfield and others. In 1629 it was conveyed to the Stanhope family.

"^ The sum of 1200I. was given in 181 1, and 500I. in 1814.

' G. Strutt, Esq. and liis son G. H. Strutt, Esq., wlio are proprietors in the great cotton-
works at Belper and Millford, have capital mansions ; the former at Bridge-end near Belper,
the latter at Millford.

f The land given is in the occupation of the heirs ; who still pay only 81. per annum for it,
as rent, notwithstanding the increased value of land since 1713.

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Sir William Stanhope bequeathed it, in 1703, to Godfrey Wentworth, Esq.
his nephew, whose son of the same name sold it, in 1767, to Francis
Hurt, Esq., grandfather of Francis Hurt, Esq., of AlderwasJey, who is the
present proprietor.

Morley-park, in this chapelry, which in 1677 was found to contain about
560 acres, was granted by Queen Elizabeth, in or about the year 1573, to
John Stanhope, Esq. Since the purchase of Heage, it has passed with that
manor ; and is now the property of Mr. Hurt.

A branch of the Poles had formerly an estate and mansion at Heage :
the coheiresses of this branch married Frith and Chaworth : tiie estate
was sold in parcels. The Thackcrs had an estate also in this chapelry,
and an old stone mansion called Thacker-hall. The family still remains,
but in a reduced state : the estate was the property of the late Henry
Richardson, Esq., of Derby.

The chapel is annexed to the vicarage of Duffield, to which it is a
chapel of ease. This chapel was destroyed by the tempest of 1545^, and
rebuilt. It has been at several times augmented by Queen Anne's Bounty
and Parliamentary grant, to the amount of 2000I."

There was formerly a congregation of Presbyterians at Heage : the meet-
ing-house is now occupied by the Independents.

Holbrook, lies about two miles to the north-east of Duffield. The manor
appears to have been the only estate in Derbyshire belonging to the Earl
of Derby which was not seised by King Henry HI. on account of his
rebellion." Nevertheless Edmund, Earl of Lancaster was possessed of it at
the time of his death, in 1296. In the reign of Charles I., it was pur-
chased of the crown by certain copyholders, who held under the Duchy.
The manor is now in four shares ; two of which having belonged to the
Bradshaw family were sold by Francis Bradshaw, Esq. to the late Charles
Upton, Esq., and are now vested in his widow. Another share belongs to
William Brooks Johnson, M. D. ; the fourth to Mr. Fowler, of Derby.

A capital messuage, called Cocksbench, or Coxsbench, with a considerable
estate adjoining, belonged for many generations to the ancient family of
Franceys, whose residence it was. It is now the property of William
Brooks Johnson, M.D., whose grandmother was the eldest daughter and
coheir of Mr. Robert Franceys, the last heir male of the family. Coxsbench
is supposed to have been the Herdebi mentioned in the Domesday Survey,

8 See p. 161, note.

The sum of loool. was given out of the parhamentary grant in 1810.
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142 DERBYSHIRE.

as held under Henry de Ferrars ; and the adjoining part of the manor of
Horsley is supposed to have been the Herdebi held under Ralph de
Burun.

Holbrook chapel was founded about the year 1761, by the Rev. Samuel
Bradshaw, and endowed with 30I. per annum, charged on the Holbrook
estate. The minister is appointed by trustees, and must be approved by

the Bishop.

The parocliial chapel of Turndich, or Turnditch, is about three miles
north-west of Duffield. Turndich is parcel of the manor of Duffield. The
Roper family had considerable landed property in this chapelry as early as
the reign of Henry VI., which they continued to possess for several
generations.

The minister of the chapel, which has at several times been augmented
with Queen Anne's Bounty, to the amount of loool., is appointed by the
Vicar of Duffield.

The General Baptists have a meeting-house at Turndich.

EcKiNGTON, in the hundred of Scarsdale and deanery of Chesterfield,
lies about seven miles from Chesterfield. The parish is divided into four
quarters ; Eckington, Mossborough, Renishaw, Ridgway, and Troway.
Each of these has its overseer and churchwarden. The principal villages
or hamlets are. Bole-hill, Bramley, Ford, and High-lane.

The manor of Eckington was given by Wulfric Sprott, in the reign of
King Ethelred, to Burton- Abbey." The Survey of Domesday describes it
as belonging to Ralph Fitzhubert. The Stotevilles inherited half the barony
of Fitzhubert, of which half this manor was part.' Sir John Darcy, to whom
it had been granted in 1340, on the forfeiture of Sir John Stoteville, died
seised of it in 1344. The coheiresses of Lord Darcy, in the reign of
Henry VI., married Strangeways and Conyers. In or about the year 1540,
Sir James Strangeways con\'eyed this manor to William Lord Dacre. On
the attainder of Leonard Dacre it became forfeited to the crown ; and was
leased, in 1570, to Henry Carey, Lord Hunsdon. This manor continued on
lease to the Carey family till after the death of Robert Carey, Earl of Mon-
mouth, in 1639. During the interregnum, it was seized as crown property.
King Charles II., in 1675, granted a beneficial lease to the loyal Lord
Frecheville, for 99 years, which expired in 1774. A new lease, for 28 years
from that period, was granted to Andrew Wilkinson and others : the term was

" Diigdale's Monasticoji, vol. i. p. 268. ' Dugdale's Baronage.

DERBYSHIRE. I43

in 1783 enlarged for 11 years further, commencing in 1802. This estate
was assigned by the lessees, in 1 804, to Sitwell Sitwell, Esq., afterwards
Sir Sitwell Sitwell, Bart.; and the lease is now vested in his son, Sir
George Sitwell, Bart.

In the parish church are monuments of the Sitwell family"; the families
of Wigfall, and Newton of Renishaw " ; Francis Stringer, Esq., of Stoke,
in the High-Peak, 1727 ; and the Lady of Sir William Wake, Bart., who
died in 1791. There are some memorials also of the family of Stones, of
Mossborough."

The King is patron of the rectory of Eckington, with the chapel of Kil-
lamarsh. The advowson was in the Rolleston family in the reign of
Queen Elizabeth.''

The Wesleyan Methodists have two meeting-houses in this parish; and
there is a Roman Catholic chapel.

The free-school at Eckington appears to have been founded by Mr.
Thomas Cam, at the beginning of the last century '' ; and endowed with
lands let at 19I. per annum about the year 1787, when a return of cha-
ritable donations was made to the House of Commons. George Sitwell,
Esq., in 1717, gave the school-house and a close ; Lady Frecheville, in
1719, the sum of lool. The present revenue of this school is about 70I.
per annum.

Mossborough seems to have been purchased of the Burtons about the
year 1671, by the family of the Stones, who possessed the hall, and resided
there for several generations. It is now the property and occasional resi-
dence of Mrs. Elizabeth Poynton, widow, sister and devisee of the late
Samuel Staniforth, Esq., of Mossborough-hall.

Mr. Joseph Stones, in 1680, gave lands, let about thirty years ago at 61.
per annum, for teaching 15 children at Mossborough. Anne Stones, in
1702, gave 2I. I OS. per annum to this school, which, in the return of cha-

■" Francis Sitwell, 1671; William Sitwell, Esq., of Renishaw-hall, 1776; Francis Sitwell,
Esq., J 793; Alice, wife of Sitwell Sitwell, Esq., 1797. Bassano's volume of Church Notes
mentions George Sitwell, 1667.

° Elizabeth Wigfall, 1641 ; Frances, wife of John Wigfall, and daughter of Sir John Newton,
of Barr's-Court, Gloucestershire ; Gervase Newton, Esq., 1728.

° Thomas Stones, Esq., 1735; John Stones, Esq., 1745. In Bassano's volume of Church
Notes is mention of memorials for Joseph Stones, merchant, 1680, and Michael Burton, Esq.,
of Mossborough, 1671.

" Chancery Proceedings in the Record Office at the Tower.

■i In the return of charitable donations, printed by the House of Commons, the date is
1700; on a board in the church at Eckington, 1704.

ritable "

144 DERBYSHIRE.

ritable donations, is spoken of as supposed to be lost. The present value
of its endowment is under 20I. per annum.

Mr. Thomas Rotheram, in 1706; and Mr. William Rotheram, in 171 1,
gave small benefactions for teaching children at Ridgway. The income of
the Ridgway school is now about 13I. per annum.

Renishaw-hall and estate belonged for some generations to the family of
Wigfall. It was purchased by Francis Sitwell, Esq., of Eckington, who
dying without issue in 1753, it devolved by bequest to Francis Hurt, Esq.,
his cousin, who took the name of Sitwell, and was father of Sitwell Sitwell,
Esq., created a Baronet in 1808. Sir Sitwell died in 181 1, and was suc-
ceeded in title and estate by his son, now Sir George Sitwell, Bart. Re-
nishaw-hall was enlarged and altered by the late baronet.

Killamarsh, a parochial chapelry, lies about three miles from Eckington
and ten from Chesterfield. Killamarsh, is described in the record of
Domesday by the name of Chinewoldemaresc, as having two manors ; one
of them belonging to Ascoit Musard, the other to the King's Thanes." We
have not been able to trace both these manors. We find that Philip
de Dovecote held a manor in Killamarsh in the reign of King John ;
Cecily Meynell, in the succeeding reign ; and in that of Edward II. Hugh,
son of William de Kinwaldmarsh : but at a later period, we find no record
of any other manor of Killamarsh, than that which was held in the reign of
Henry II. by the family of Hathersage, and passed in moieties to the
Longfords and Goushills, as representatives of that family. Sir Ralph
Longford died seised of a moiety of this manor in 15 13. Sir William
Holies died seised of the other moiety in 1542. In 1551, the last-mentioned
moiety was sold by Sir Thomas Holies to Sir Richard Pype and George
Basford: Sir Richard died seised of it in 1587. It is now the property
of Sir George Sitwell, Bart. The Hewets had considerable property in this
parish, which passed by marriage to the Osbornes, but whether they were
possessed of the manor, we have not been able to ascertain.

The manor of Killamarsh was held by the tenure of providing for the
King's army in Wales, a horse of the value of 5s., with a sack and a 'spur,
for four days.

The following inscripti6n is on a tablet aflixed to the outside of Killa-
marsh chapel. " To the memory of John Wright, a pauper of this parish,
who died May 4th, 1797, in the hundred and third year of his age. He

» In some records called i^mw/w, in olhers priccus, vmA iw others, brochea ov brachea. See
Inquis. 12 Edw. I., Esch. 32 Edw. I., Esch. 30 Edw. III. and 33 Edvv. III.

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was of a middle size, temperate and cheerful, and in the trying situation of
darkness, poverty, and old age, bore his infirmities with such Christian
meekness as excited the benevolence of good men, and is here recorded as
an instructive lesson to others. Rev. C. Alderson, B.D., P.P. P., anno
D~ni 1797."

The chapel of Killamarsh is united to the rectory of Eckington, and is
served by the Rector or his Curate.

In the year 1720, Robert Turie of Sheffield, clerk, gave a house, then
valued at 2I. 7s. 6d. per annum, for the purpose of instructing six children.
John Kay gave a school-house. In 1747, Mrs. Sarah Pool gave 30I. to this
school ; Philip Butcher the same sum in 1749 ; and in 1752, Mrs. Margaret
and Mrs. Mary Pole, a house and some land, let in 1786, at 5I. 8s. per
annum. The whole endowment is now between 12I. and 13I. per
annum.

Edensou, in the hundred and deanery of the High-Peak, lies about ten
miles west from Chesterfield, and about three from Bakewell, which is
the post-town. This parish contains the townships of Edensor and
Pilsley.

The manor of Edensor (Edneeoure) was in the reign of Edward the
Confessor the joint property of Levenot and Chetel ; when the Survey of
Domesday was taken it belonged to Henry de Ferrars. The mesne signiory
was for several generations, at a remote period, vested in the ancestors of
the Shirley family. The immediate possession appears to have been in the
Foljambes, whose heiress brought Edensor to Sir Robert Plumpton. Sir
William Plumpton, grandson of Sir Robert, died seised of it in 1480. His
daughters and coheirs married Sotehill and Rocliffe. A moiety of this
manor passed by marriage to the CUfFords, and was sold by George Clifford,
Earl of Cumberland, to the Countess of Shrewsbury. Sir Ralph Langford,
who it is probable purchased of the Sotehills or their heirs, died seised of
the other moiety in 1513.' The whole is now the property of the Duke of
Devonshire. The manor of Pilsley has passed with that of Edensor.

In the parish church are the monuments of Henry Cavendish, Esq. ", of
Chatsworth, who died in 1616 ; his younger brother William, the first Earl
of Devonshire, who died in 1625 ; and John Beton, an attendant on Mary

' Thoroton's Nottinghamshire, p. 344.

" See Collins's Memoirs of the Cavendish Family.

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146 DERBYSHIRE.

Queen of Scots, who was employed by the Royal captive in various nego^
tiations : he died at Chatsworth in 1570/

The churcli of" Edensor was given by Fulcher, son of Fulcher, ancestor of
the Shirleys, to the monastery of Rocester in Staffordshire. The Duke of
Devonshire is impropriator of the tithes, and patron of the donative.

There is a school at Edensor, founded, in 1734, by Mr. John Philip,
for poor children of Edensor, Pilsley, and Beeley ; and endowed with
a moiety of the rent of land directed to be purchased with the sum of lool.
The present amount of this moiety is 2I. per annum : the other moiety goes
to the school at Hardwicke. The schoolmaster receives also 30I. per annum
from his Grace the Duke of Devonshire.''

Adjoining to Edensor, is the extra-parochial hamlet of Chatsworth, well
known as having been long the chief country seat of the noble family of
Cavendish. Chatsworth is written in the Domesday Survey Chetesvorde,
it would have been more properly Chetelsvorde, as no doubt it took its

* Inscription on Beton's monument! —
" Deo Opt. Max. et posterltati sacrum. Joanni Betonio, Scoto, nobilis et optimi viri Joanni's
Betonti Anthmwthy, filio, Davidis Betonii, illustriss. S. R. E. Cardinalis, nepoti ; Jacobi Betonii
revendiss. S. Andrse Archiepiscopi, et Regni Scotiae Cancellarii digniss. pronepoti: ab
ineunte aetate in humanioribus disciplinis & philosophic quo faciHor ad jus Romanum (cujus
ipse consultiss. fuit) aditus pateret ; ab optimis quibusqiie preceptoribus et liberaliter et
ingenue educato : omnibus morum facilitate, fide, prudentia et constantia charo ; unde a
sereniss. Maria"" Scotoru" Gallorumque Regina in praegustatoris priuiu", mox oeconomi munus
sufFecto ; ejusdemque sereniss. Reginae, una cum aliis e vinculis truculentiss. tiranni, apud
Levini lacus castrum liberatori fortiss. quem post varias legationes et ad Carolum IX. Galliarum
Regem Christianiss. et ad Elizabetham Sereniss. Anglorum Reginam feliciter et non sine
laude susceptas, fatis properantibus, in suae aetatis flore, sors aspera immani dysenterias morbo e
numero viventium exemit. Jacobus Reverendiss. Glasquensis Archiepiscopus, & Andreas
Betonius, ejusdem Sereniss. Reginae, ille apud Regem Christianiss. legatus, hie vero ceconomus
in perpetuam rei memoria" ex volu tate & pro imperio Sereniss. Reginae herae clem'tiss. fr's
maestiss. posuerunt. Obiit anno salutis 1570. "Vixii annos 32, menses 7, et diem Dni expectat
apud Chatsworth in Anglia.

" Epitaphium. ,

" Immatura tibi legerunt fila sorores f"

" Betoni, ut summum ingenium, summumque periret

" Judicium, et nobis jucundum nil foret ultra A. B."

Underneath the inscription is the figure of a Knight in armour (small size), engraved on
brass.

y We believe that 20I. per annum is a donation from his Grace, and that the remaining lol.
arises from the moiety of a benefaction spoken of in the account of Hardwick, in the parish
of Halt-Hucknall.

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name from Chetel, one of its Saxon owners, mentioned in that survey. Wil-
Jiam Peverel held it for the King, when the Survey was taken. The manor
of Chatsworth was for several generations in the family of Leche or Leech.
John Leche, Esq., one of the King's surgeons, was of Chatsworth, in the
reign of Edward IlL Tiiis family became extinct about the middle of the
sixteenth century. Chatsworth was sold by Francis Leche, who died in or
about the year 1550, to the family of Agard, of whom it was purchased by
Sir William Cavendish.

Sir William Cavendish, who may be said to have been the founder of
the two noble houses of Newcastle and Devonshire, was son of Thomas
Cavendish, who held an office in the Court of Exchequer. Here, it is
probable, he attained that knowledge which qualified him to be an useful
instrument in the Reformation. The eminent talents and zeal wliich he
displayed in this important work appear to have gained him the favour of
his Sovereign, and to have raised him to considerable- honours and pre-
ferments.' In 1530, he was made one of the commissioners for visiting
religious houses ; and in 1 539, one of the auditors of the newly erected Court
of Augmentations : as a reward for his good services to the crown, in these
employments, besides some valuable grants of abbey lands, he was, in 1546,
made Treasurer of the Chamber, was knighted, and admitted of the Privy
Council. Sir William Cavendish died in 1557. It is well known, that his
last wife, (the heiress of Hardwicke) and widow of Robert Barley, Esq.,
became eventually Countess of Shrewsbury ; William, his second son, by
this lady, who, on the death of his elder brother, in 1616, inherited the bulk

■^ That the editors of the Biographia and the Peerages, have fallen into an error, by sup-
posing that Sir William Cavendish was author of the Life of Cardinal Wolsey, and in conse-
quence (as the author of that work asserts of himself, ) an attendant on that celebrated minister,
and indebted to his patronage for the events which led to his subsequent elevation, has been
ably shown by the Rev. Joseph Hunter of Bath, in an anonymous tract published in 1814, en-
titled, " Who wrote Cavendish's Life of Wolsey?" This writer, among other reasons which
would almost have been conclusive as presumptive evidence, has shown that the author of Wol-
sey's life, could not have been Sir William Cavendish, because he represents himself as having
had a wife and family during his attendance on the Cardinal ; whereas. Sir William Cavendish,
most probably was not married till after the Cardinal's death ; his Jrst child certainly was not
born till four years after, as appears by Sir William's funeral certificate at the Heralds' College.
It IS shown that not only Lord Herbert had asserted George Cavendish to have been the author
of Wolsey 's Life, but that Francis Thynne, the herald and antiquary, a contemporary writer,
speaks of it as the work of George Cavendish. He is so called inmost of the ancient copies of the
MS., and by Wanley in the Harleian Catalogue; besides which, the circumstances relating to
tlie author which do not accord with the History of Sir William Cavendish, accord with that of
his elder b»other, George Cavendish, Esq., of Glemsford in Suffolk.

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of his large estates, had previously, (in 1605) through the interest of his
niece, Arabella Stuart, been created Baron Cavendish of Hardwicke ; in
1618, he was created Earl of Devonshire. William, the third Earl, was, in
the reign of Charles I., a zealous royalist ; his younger brother Charles was
much distinguished in the field, and lost his life in the royal cause ; William,
the fourth Earl, inherited his family's attachment to the house of Stuart, but
when the conduct of James II. was such as brought the Protestant religion,
and the liberty of his subjects in the free exercise of it, in danger, he was
one of the first to project, and the most zealous to promote, the measures,
which happily ended in his abdication, and the peaceable accession of the
Prince of Orange to the throne of these realms. In 1 694, he was created
Marquis of Hartington and Duke of Devonshire. This noble Duke and
his successors have held high offices in the state, and have been successively
Lord-Lieutenants of this county. William, the third Duke, who, in addi-
tion to other high offices which he bore, had been Lord-Lieutenant of Ire-
land, spent the latter part of his life in retirement at Chatsworth, and died
there in 1755. Chatsworth is now the property and chief country residence
of his great-grandson, William Spencer, the sixth Duke and ninth Earl of
Devonshire of this noble family.

The Leches had a respectable mansion at Chatsworth, with a park. Sir
William Cavendish, soon after his purchase of the estate, pulled down the old
hall, and began the building of, what Camden calls, a spacious elegant house,
which was left unfinished at his death, and completed by his widow. This
mansion, which appears to have been a quadrangular building, with turrets,
was the occasional residence of Sir William Cavendish's widow, during her
union with her fourth husband, George Earl of Shrewsbury. This Earl having
been entrusted with the custody of Mary Queen of Scots, Chatsworth-hall
acquired a more than common interest, as having been one of the prisons of
that unfortunate Princess. She appears to have been resident at Chatsworth
for some months in 1570, having been removed thither from Winfield-Manor.
In the month of October this year. Lord Burleigh (then Sir William Cecil)
and Sir Walter Mildmay, being then engaged in the preliminaries of a nego-
tiation between Queen Elizabeth and her royal Prisoner, remained for
twenty days at Chatsworth.'' Sir WiUiam Cecil, writing to the Earl after
his return to Court, thanks him for "his chargeable and lovyng interteyn-
ment of them." In this letter, he says, •' the Q's Ma'* is pleased y' your L.

'' Anderson's Life of Mary Queen of Scots, vol. iii. p. 100'.

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shall, when yow see tymes mete, suffer y' Quene to take y" ayre about your
howss on horsebacke, so your L. be in copany ; and not to pass fro" your
howss above one or twoo myle except it be on y' moores."" Soon after this
the Queen of Scots was removed to Sheffield Castle, which was her chief
residence during the ensuing fourteen years, indeed, we believe her only
residence, except a few removes to Chatsworth and Buxton. It appears
that she was at Chatsworth in 1573, 1577, 1578, and in 1581.'' In 1577,
Lord Burleigh observes to the Earl, that he thought Chatsworth " a very
mete hows for good preservation of his charge, having no town of resort
wher any ambushes might lye.'" It appears that the royal Prisoner was
never removed from one house to another, without the Queen's express per-
mission •/ in 1580, though it was much urged by the Earl and his friends,
the Queen refused to permit him to go with his charge to Chatsworth,
because his daughter-in-law, Lady Talbot, " was so near lying ni child-
bed," and she would not suffer any of his children to be with him " wher this
Quene ^ was." In 1577, the Queen wrote with her own hand, to thank the
Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury for their hospitable entertainment of her
favourite minister, the Earl of Leicester, at Chatsworth."

Chatsworth old hall acquired additional interest, in an historical point of
view, from having been occupied as a fortress in the civil wars, both on the
side of the King and of the Parliament : it was garrisoned for the latter by
Sir John Gell's forces, in 1 643. After the Earl of Newcastle had taken Win-
field manor, he possessed himself of Chatsworth-hall in the month of Decem-
ber of the same year, and placed a garrison in it for the King, under the com-
mand of Colonel Eyre. In the month of September, 1645, the governor of
Welbeck put a fresh garrison into Chatsworth, with three hundred horse, under
the command of Colonel Shalcross. About this time. Major Molanus was sent
against it with four hundred foot, who besieged it fourteen days, when they
received orders from Colonel Gell to raise the siege and return to Derby.

Dr. Kennet in his memoirs of the family of Cavendish, after relating the
circumstance of the first Duke (then Earl) of Devonshire having been pro-
secuted in the court of King's-Bench, and fined 30,0001., for striking
Colonel Culpepper in the King's presence chamber, adds, " it was under

' Lodge's Illustrations of British History, vol. ii. p. jo.

" Letters in the Cotton. Collection.

' Lodge's Illustration of British History, vol. ii. p. 163.

f Cotton. MSS. Caligula, C. v. 53.

« Lodge's Illustration of British History, vol.ii. p. 248. * Ibid. vol. ii. p. 155.

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this load of difficulties that he first projected the new glorious pile of Chats-
worth, as if his mind rose upon the depression of" his fortune. For he now
contracted with workmen to pull down the south side of that good old seat,
and to rebuild it on a plan he gave to thera, for a front to his gardens, so fair
and august, that it looked like a model only of what might be dene in after
ages. When he had finished this part he meant to go no further; till see-
ing public affliirs in a happier settlement, for a testimony of ease and joy,
he undertook the east side of the quadrangle, and raised it entirely new, in
conformity to the south, and seemed then content to say, that he had gone
half way through and would leave the rest for his heir. In thih resolution
he stopped about seven years, and then reassumed courage, and began to
lay the foundations for two other sides to complete the noble square, and
these last, as far as uniformity admits, do exceed the others, by a west
front of most excellent strength and elegance, and a capital on the north
side, that is of singular ornament and service. And though such a vast
pile (of materials entirely new) required a prodigious expence, yet the
building was his least charge, if regard be had to his gardens, water-works,
statues, pictures, and other the finest pieces of art and of nature that could
be obtained abroad or at home."

Dr. Kennet's account of the building of Chatsworth is confirmed, in most
points, by the auditor's account, and a book of the artists' and tradesmen's
receipts, of which we have obtained the perusal, through the permission of his
Grace the Duke of Devonshire. It appears that the south front of the
present magnificent mansion was begun to be rebuilt on the 12th of April,
1687, under the direction of Mr. William Talman, the architect: the
great hall and staircase were covered in about the middle of April, 1690,
from which. it appears, that the inner flank of the east side was built up im-
mediately after the south front. In the month of May, 1692, the works were
surveyed by Sir Christopher Wren, at which time upwards of 9000I. appears
to have been expended. In 1693, ^"'^ Talman was paid 600I. in advance,
for building the east front and the north-east corner. The east front ap-
pears to have been finished in 1700, and in that year the old west front was
pulled down. The old south gallery was pulled down to be immediately
rebuilt, in 1703. In 1704, the north front was pulled down, the west front
was finished in 1706, and the whole of the building not long afterwards
completed ; being about twenty years from the time of its commencement,
during which, however, it does not appear that the works were, ^s Dr.
Kennet supposed, ever wholly suspended.

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The artists employed in this magnificent mansion, were the architect,
William Talman : painters, Laguerre and Ricard", engaged in Jan. 1689 >
Monsieur Huyd ', in March, 1690 ; Anthony Verrio\ in Nov. 1690; Mr.
Highmore ' and Price '": carvers in stone, Caius Gabriel Cibber °, engaged in
1687; J. T.Geeraertsleus", who assisted Cibber j Augustine Harris'', engaged

'' Laguerre and Ricard came over together from France in 1683, and were much employed
by Verrio : it appears, however, that they were engaged at Cliatsworth several months before
Verrio. They were paid 190I. for painting. iVIonsieur Tijou, a French smith, Laguerre's
father-in-law, had been engaged from the beginning of the work, to execute iron ballustrades,
&c. Tijou was paid 528I. for the staircase and other iron works.

' This artist, whom Lord Orford calls N. Heude, painted in Verrio's manner, and is said to
have been one of his assistants ; he was engaged at Chatsworth six months before Verrio.

^ Lord Orford, speaking of Verrio, says, " From that time (the revolution) he was for some
years employed at the Lord Exeter's at Burleigh, and afterwards at Chatsworth." This places
the time of his engagement at Chatsworth too late. The date of his engagement is Nov. 20,
1690, when he received, in London, the sum of 50I. in advance for ceilings, to be executed at
Chatsworth. " At Chatsworth," says Lord Orford, " is much of his hand. The altar-piece in
the chapel is the best piece of his I ever saw ; the subject, the incredulity of St. Thomas."
In September, 1692, Verrio liad finished the great chamber, stair-case, and altar-piece : he was
paid 469!. for painting.

' Highmore was scrjeant-painter to King William, and uncle to Joseph Highmore, an artist
in the reign of George H.

"' Of this artist we find no mention in Lord Orford's work.

" Lord Orford, speaking of Cibber, says, " The first Duke of Devonshire employed him
much at Chatsworth, where two sphinxes on large bases, well executed, and with ornaments
iri good taste, are of his work ; and till very lately, there was a statue of Neptune in a fountain,
still better. He carved there several door-cases with rich foliage, and many ornaments in the
chapel, and on each side of the altar is a statue by him. Faith and Hope ; the draperies have
great merit, but the air of the heads is not so good as that of the Neptune." We find, from
Gibber's receipts that he was employed, in 1688, to make the statues of Pallas, Apollo, and
a Triton, for which he had I ool. In 1690, Cibber made figures for the new fountain, supposed
to have been the four sea-horses, the Triton having been finished before ; and this completed
the design. We find nothing of a Neptune. He received, in the whole, 310I down to De-
cember 1690, after which, he does not appear to have been employed. The statues in the
chapel are not particularized. In a volume of the Artists' Receipts, now at Hardwicke, is the
following memorandum of Gibber's prices, in his own hand ; he says, that the rates he had at
my Lord Kingston's were ; " For two figures in the pediment, each of them having four ton of
stone in them, 70I. for one, and for both 140I., for one round statue, having a boy upon its
shoulder 60I. ; for four statues which were not wrought round, 42I. los. od. per statue; for two
dogs, 81. a piece : for 12 Caesars' heads, 5I. per head ; my Lord did after this pay for my board
and wine for me and my man. And then I did two sphinxes at lol. a piece, having in them but
three-fourths of a ton. For two statues as big as the life, I had 35I. a piece, and all charges
borne, and at this rate I shall endeavour to serve a nobleman in free-stone."

" He made a sea nymph and other figures on his own account.

P He made seven statues for the gardens, for which he was paid 44I. i8s. 6d.

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in 1688; Mr. Nost ', engaged in 1694; Mr.Davies'in 1696; and Mr.'Auriol,
in 1697.

Mr. Thomas Young was engaged as the principal carver in wood ", in Ja-
nuary, 1689. In 1691, Joel Lobb was employed in conjunction with

Young.

■■ In 1694, Nost made a statue of Ceres, for which he had 30I. (nearly Gibber's price) ; in
1696, he was paid 52I. los. for a marble figure and a bas-relief. There is no mention of this
artist in Lord Orford's work.

' In September, 1696, he was paid 24I. for a stone statue; in 1697, 130I. for three bas-
reliefs and three heads. This probably was the same artist who was employed also as a carver
in wood.

' His name occurs as having been paid for a statue in that year.

" It has been of late years universally supposed, that most of the carving in wood at Chats-
worth was the work of the celebrated Grinlin Gibbons ; but we do not find the least trace of
his having been employed there at all. We find, indeed, in the auditor's account, an item
of the sum of 14I. 15s. paid to Henry Lobb, the carpenter, for cases which conveyed some
carved work, statues, and pictures from London : and it is possible that this carved work might
have been from the hand of Gibbons; but we find no memorandum of any money paid for
such a purchase. It may be supposed that the principal contractor for the carving might
have employed the chisel of Gibbons in London. If none of the carving at Chatsworth be
the work of Gibbons, (and the presumption is certainly against it, whilst there is no proof for
it,) the consequence is that the art of carving exquisitely in wood was not confined to so few
hands as generally hath been supposed. The name of Thomas Young, who was certainly
during three years the principal carver in wood, is not mentioned by Lord Orford, nor those
of Lobb, Davies, or Lanscroon : the latter, or a person of that name, is mentioned as a painter.
The slight mention that is made of Watson is erroneous. It is remarkable that no writer,
before Lord Orford published his Anecdotes of Painting, Sec, ever spoke of the works of Gib-
bons at Chatsworth. Dr. Leigh, who gave a particular description of Chatsworth in 1700, soon
after all the principal apartments were finished, speaks of the works of Verrio, but makes no
mention of Gibbons ; nor does Dr. Kennet, when describing Chatsworth in his Memoirs of the
Family of Cavendish. J. Mackey, who published a Tour through England, (the result of
actual observation,) in 1724, quotes Leigh, and makes no mention of Gibbons, which seems
to intimate that the carving was not then shewn as his work. It is no improbable supposition
that Lord Orford, when he visited Chatsworth, seeing those exquisite productions of the chisel,
so nearly resembling the well-known works of this artist at Windsor and elsewhere, concluded
that they must be the work of Gibbons, of wiiich, indeed, there appears then to have been a
tradition. " At Chatsworth," (he observes, in the Anecdotes of Painting,) " are many orna-
ments by Gibbons, particularly in the chapel : in the great antichamber are several dead fowl
over the chimney, finely executed ; and over a closet-door a pen, not distinguishable from real
feather. When Gibbons had finished his works in that palace, he presented the Duke with a
point cravat, a woodcock, and a medal with his own head, all preserved in a glass case in the
gallery." It has been said, that Samuel Watson, who was a native of Heanor, in Derbyshire,
executed some of the finest specimens of natural history in the carved works at Chatsworth.
It is certain that he engaged, jointly with Lobb and Davies, to execute the ornaments of the

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Young. In September, 1 692, Lobb, William Davis, and Samuel Watson, con-
tracted on behalf of Young, with whom Lobb appears to have been then in
partnership, each of them to do a third part, for carving the ornaments for the
great chamber ", in limetree, for 400I. It appears that this was not finished
in August, 1694. Mr. B. Lanscroon was employed as a carver, in March,
1 696 ; in September that year he was paid 42I. for carving the festoons in the
gallery.* In .July, 1697, Watson was employed on the capitals and pilasters
of the gallery. In September, 1698, he was paid, for carving the ornaments
of the gallery and the gallery-chimney, 33I. Watson carved most of the orna-
ments in stone on the outside of the west front ; in 1 7 1 1 he was employed on
the library cornice, and making mask heads in alabaster for the lower dining-
room, &c. Monsieur Nedauld ^ executed the ornaments of the great frieze
for that front.

There is nothing to confirm the tradition that the apartments occupied
by Mary Queen of Scots were preserved when the house was rebuilt ; on
the contrary, it appears the whole of the south and east fronts was then
taken down. There is no doubt, however, that the rooms which now bear
the name of the royal prisoner occupy the site of those which she inhabited;
and that what is called her bed-room is furnished with the same bed and
tapestry.

Chatsworth-hall forms nearly a square, containing a court on the inside,
in the middle of which is a fountain, and a colonnade on the north and south
sides. The south front is 190 feet in length, enriched with pilasters of the
Ionic order, resting on a rustic base ; the whole surmounted with a ballus-
trade. The west front is 172 feet in length, with similar enrichments, and
also a pediment supported by half columns of the same order. Elevations

state apartments; and his epitaph in Heanor church, where he was buried in 1715, claims for
him the merit of some of the best of these carvings : —

" W'atson is gone, whose skilful art display'd

To the very life whatever nature made.

View but his wondrous works in Chatsworth-hall,

Which are so gaz'd at and admir'd by all."
Lord Orford was misinformed, when he spoke of Watson as a pupil of Gibbons who assisted hira
chiefly at Chatsworth. It appears that he worked under Young ; and afterwards on his own
account: his price for day-work was 3s. rod. a day. We are informed by his grandson, Mr.
White Watson, of Bakcwell, that he was a pupil of Mr. Charles Oakey, carver, in the parish
of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields.

* The dining-room in the state apartments. ^ Now the Library.

^ He was paid, in 1703, 114I. for the ornaments of the great frieze, friezes over the doors,
cyphers, coronets, &c. He carved also 22 heads, for the galleries in the inner courts ; and for
which, and six vases, he was paid 107I. los.: in 1704, he was paid 1 12I. i6s. for similar work.

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of these two fronts are engraved in the first volume of Campbell's Vitru-
vius Britannicus * ; and also plans of the three stories of the house." In
the Nouveau Theatre de la Grand Bretagne, published in 1708, is a view
of Chatsworth-house ', shewing the several parterres, gardens, &c. as origi-
nally laid out.

Over the colonnade, on the north side of the quadrangle, is a gallery
nearly 100 feet long, in which have lately been hung up a numerous and
Valuable collection of drawings, by the old masters. The dancing gallery,
90 feet by 22, has lately been fitted up by the present Duke for a library;
and a great number of books "", from his Grace's extensive and valuable
collection at Devonshire-house, have been already removed thither.

The old gardens, which were laid out by George London, were begun
in 1688 : the grand parterre at the south front was contracted for in June,
1694, by London and Wise.^

Tlie water-works, which were constructed under the direction of Mon-
sieur Grillet, a French artist, were begun in 1690, when the pipe for the
great fountain was laid down. They were executed by Mr. Cock, a
plumber from London, who made the artificial tree in 1693. These water-
works being still kept up, exhibit almost an unique specimen of what seems
then to have been considered as a necessary appendage to a noble mansion;
and they are on a scale commensurate to the magnificence of the building.
Those at Bretby, which we're on a smaller scale, have been many years
destroyed. The great fountain at Cliatsworth throws the water 90 feet in
height ; another throws it to the height of 60 feet.

Dr. Kennet relates of the celebrated Marshal Tallard, who was taken
on the plains of Hochstedt, near Blenheim, by the Duke of Marlborough,
in 1704, and remained seven years a prisoner in this county, that having
been invited by the Duke of Devonshire to Cliatsworth, and nobly enter-
tained by him for several days, he was said to have parted from him
with this compliment — " My Lord, when I come hereafter to compute the
time of my captivity in England, I shall leave out the days of my enjoy-
ment at Chatsworth."

" PI. 75 and 76. " PI. 72, 73, and 74.

' Engraved by Kip, from a drawing by L. KnyfF, which appears to have been made before
the east front of the old house was taken down,

"* Including the library of the late Henry Cavendish, Esq., presented to the Duke by
his Grace's uncle, Lord George Cavendish. Among the books which formed the original
library at Chatsworth, are many which belonged to the celebrated Thomas Hobbes, who was
for so many years an inmate of Chatsworth-hali.

' This parterre was 473 feet in length, and 227 feet in breadth : the sum contracted for was
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On the 3<i of September, 1768, the King of Denmark dined at Chats-
worth, having been on a tour to the north of England. Chatsworth has
been very recently honoured with a royal visit in the person of the Grand
Duke Nicholas of Russia, brother to the Emperor, who was splendidly
entertained by the present Duke, on the 8th and 9th of December, 18 16.

Chatsworth-house stands near. the foot of a steep hill, finely covered with
wood, and at a small distance above the Derwent, which runs through the
park in a rich and well-wooded valley, bounded by the Peak mountains.
On the point of the hill, behind the house, is a tower, about 90 feet high,
called the Hunting-Tower ; another ancient tower, within a moat near the
river, is called the Bower of Mary Queen of Scots, and is said to have
been her favourite place of retirement whilst she remained at Chatsworth.

Edlaston, in the hundred of Appletree, and in the deanery of Ashborne,
lies about three miles south of Ashborne. The hamlet or village of
Wyaston is in this parish.

The manor of Edlaston was given to the prior and convent of Tutbury,
by Robert Earl Ferrars, son of the founder.' After the reformation, it was
granted by King Henry VIII. , in or about 1543, to WiUiam Lord Paget,
who the next year conveyed it to Sir Edward Aston, Knt. This Sir Ed-
ward, or a son of the same name, died seised of it in 1596. At a later
period it belonged to the Eyres of Hassop, and was sold by Rowland Eyre,
Esq., to Mr. Daniel Morley, of Ashborne, of whose devisee in trust it was
purchased by the ancestor of the Rev. Thomas Gisborne, of Yoxall, in Staf-
fordshire.

The church is a rectory in the patronage of thte Dean of Lincoln.

Egginton, in the hundred of Morleston and Litchurch, and in the dean-
ery of Castillar, lies about seven miles south-west from Derby, near the
road to Burton-on-Trent, from which it is about four miles distant.

In the month of March, 1644, there was a battle on Egginton-heath,
between the royalists and Sir John Gell's forces, commanded by Major
Molanus and Captain Rodes. The Royalists are said to have been defeated,
and to have been driven across the Trent.*^

The manor of Egginton (Eghintune), which had belonged to Tochi in
the reign of Edward the Confessor, is stated in the Survey of Domesday
to have been held, at the time of the survey, by Azelin, under Geotfry

' See the confirmation of it by Robert Earl Ferrars, the younger, in Dugdale's Monasticon,
vol. i. p. 354.

' Sir John Cell's Narrative, MS.

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156 DERBYSHIRE.

Alselin. This manor, or a moiety of it, was held under the Bardolfs ', de-
scendants of tlie above-mentioned Geoffry, by Ralph Fitz-Germund, whose
son William Fitz-Ralph, Seneschall of Normandy, and founder of Dale-
Abbey, gave it to William de Grendon, his nephew, in exchange for Stanley,
near Dale- Abbey, which he had first given him. Ermitrude Talbot gave
to Robert, son of Robert Fitz-Walkelin, in free marriage with Margaret
her daughter, all her lands in Egginton which she had of the gift of Wil-
liam de Grendon, her husband, Margaret, elder daughter and coheir of
this Robert married Sir John Chandos ; upon the death of whose de-
scendant. Sir John Chandos, the celebrated warrior, in 1370, a moiety of
the manor of Egginton passed to his niece Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John
Lawton, and wife of Sir Peter De la Pole, who was one of the Knights of
the Shire in 1400. This moiety is now the property of Edward Sacheverell
Chandos Pole, Esq., of Radborne. Ermitrude, the other coheiress of Fitz-
Walkelin, married Sir William de Stafford, whose son Robert left five
daughters coheiresses ; in consequence of which this moiety became divided
into several shares. These having been re-united by purchases, were vested
in the family of Lathbury. A coheiress of Lathbury brought this moiety
to Robert Leigh of Whitfield, in the parish of Glossop, descended from the
Leighs of Adlington, in Cheshire. On the death of Sir Henry Leigh of
Egginton, in the reign of James I., this estate passed to his daughter and
coheir Anne, married to Simon Every, Esq., of Chard, in Somersetshire,
who was created a Baronet in 164 1. It is now the property, and Egginton-
hall the seat, of his descendant. Sir Henry Every, Bart. The greater part
of Egginton-hall was destroyed by fire in the year 1736, and soon afterwards
rebuilt ; the late Sir Edward Every made considerable additions to it.

The manor of Hargate, formerly called Heath-house, is supposed to
have been a portion of the original manor, not granted by William Fitz-Ralph
to his nephew William de Grendon : it was afterwards successively the pro-
perty of the Frechevilles and the Babingtons of Dethick. It was purchased
of the latter by the Leighs, and "has since been annexed to their moiety of
the manor of Egginton, being now the property of Sir Henry Every.

In the parish church are several memorials for the family of " Everv.

8 William Bardolf, the descendant of Geoffry Alselin, held the fee of this manor 20 Hen. III.
Dodsworth's Extracts from Exchequer Records.

I* Sir Simon Every, Bart., who married the coheiress of Leigh; and his son Sir Henry, the
second Baronet, who married a coheiress of Sir Henry Herbert, (no dates,) the monument put
up in 1701, (Sir Henry died in 1700) : the Rev. Sir Simon Every, Bart., ob. 1753, aged 93 ;
Sir Henry Every, Bart., his son, 1755 ; the Rev. Sir John Every, Bart., younger brother of Sir
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Tlie rectory is in the alternate patronage of Mr. Pole and Sir Henry
Every.

Elmton, in the hundred of Scarsdale and deanery of Chesterfield, lies
about three miles from Bolsover, and seven from Chesterfield, which is the
post-town. Part of the hamlet of Cresswell is in this parish.

The manor of Elmton belonged to Walter Deincourt when the Survey
of Domesday was taken ; and it continued in that family till the death of
William Lord Deincourt, in 1422. Ralph Lord Cromwell, who married
one of his sisters and coheirs died seised of this manor in 1454; his sister
and heir brought it to Sir William Lovell. On the attainder of Francis
Lord Loveli, in 1485, it was granted to Sir John Savage. Sir Francis
Rodes became possessed of this manor in the reign of Queen Elizabeth ;
and it is now the property of his descendant Cornelius Heathcote Rodes,
Esq., of Barlborough.

The church of Elmton was given to the priory of Thurgarton in Not-
tinghamshire, by Ralph Deincourt, the founder. Mr. Rodes has the im-
propriation, and is patron of the vicarage.

Elmton was the birth-place of the celebrated Jedidiah Buxton, a day-
labourer ' ; who, with the most uncultivated understanding, possessed very
wonderful powers of calculation, and a singularly retentive memory, aided
by which alone, he solved the most difficult problems, in the midst of labo-
rious employments and in the most numerous assemblies. Many specimens
of Buxton's extraordinary arithmetical performances are to be found in the
Gentleman's Magazine fbr 1751, 1753, ^^^^ ^754- Among other instances,
w^e are told that he measured most accurately the extensive manor of
Elmton by striding over the land, and brought Sir John Rodes the contents,
not only in acres, roods, and perches, but in square inches; and afterwards,
fbr his own amusement, reduced them into square hairs' breadths." Jede-
diah Buxton was born on the 20th of March, 1707; and buried in the
church-yard of this his native place, March 5, 1772. There is an engraved
portrait of him, taken from a drawing made by Miss Hartley in 1764.

■' Notwithstanding the humble occupation of this extraordinary man, it is most probable
that he was descended from the ancient family of Buxton, of Buxton. His grandfather John
Buxton, was a clergyman, and is said to have been vicar of Elmton (though no record of him
is to be found in the parish register) ; his father was the parish schoolmaster. His total want
of education (for he could neither read nor write) has been attributed to his excessive stupidity
when a child, and an invincible unwillingness to learn any thing.

* Gent. Mag., vol. xxi. p. 61.

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158 DERBYSHIRE.

The manor of Cresswell, partly in this parish and partly in Whitwell,
belonged formerly to the Deincourts : it is now the property of his Grace
the Duke of Portland.

Elvaston, in the hundred of Morleston and Litchurch, and in the
deanery of Derby, lies about five miles south from Derby. The hamlets
or villages of Ambaston and Thurlston are in this parish.

The manors of ^Ivoldestun (Elvaston), Emboldestune (Ambaston), and
Torulfestune (Thurlston), which had belonged in the reign of Edward the
Confessor to Tochi, were held, when the Survey of Domesday was taken,
by GeofFry Alselin. This Geofti-y was ancestor of the Baronial family of
Hanselyn whose heiress brought this manor and the rest of the barony to
the Bardolfs. It afterward belonged to the family of Blount Lord Mount-
joy ; and at a later period to the Stanhopes.' It was one of the seats of
Sir John Stanhope (father of the first Earl of Chesterfield), who died in
1610, having settled the Elvaston estate on Sir John Stanhope, his eldest
son by his second wife. Thomas Stanhope, Esq., of Elvaston, grandson of
Sir Jolin Stanhope the younger, had three sons : William, the youngest,
who succeeded to the estate on the death of his elder brothers, having been
employed in many important negotiations with foreign courts, was created
a Peer in 1729, by the title of Baron Harrington. He afterwards twice
filled the office of one of the principal Secretaries of State, and was, in
1742, created Viscount Petersham and Earl of Harrington. Elvaston is
now the property of Charles Earl of Harrington, his grandson.

Elvaston-hall, then the seat of the Lady Stanhope, is said to have been
plundered in the month of January, 1643, ^J ^''' Joh^i Gell's soldiers, who
demolished a costly monument newly made for Sir John Stanhope, and com-
mitted great outrages in the family vault." Mrs. Hutchinson speaks of this
as the act of Sir John Gell himself, and attributes it to personal enmity
against the deceased. This outrage, according to Mrs. Hutchinson, seems
to have led to the singular event, of Sir John Gell's marrying the ° widow.

Elvaston-

' Sir Thomas Stanhope was possessed of it in 1587.

" Dugdale's View of the Troubles, p. 559.

" " He (Sir John Gell) pursued his malice to Sir John Stanhope with such barbarism after
his death, that, pretending to search for arms and plate, he came into tlie church, and defaced
the monument that cost six hundred pounds, breaking off the nose and other parts of it ; he
digged up a garden of flowers, the only delight of his widow, upon the same pretence ; and thus
woo'd that widow who was, by all the world, believed to be the most affectionate and prudent
of woman-kind ; but, deluded by his hypocrisies, consented to marry him, and found that was

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Elvaston-hall is now rebuilding in the Gothic style, under the direction of
Mr. Richard Walker.

In the parish church is the monument of Sir John Stanhope, who died in
1610, with the effigies of the deceased (in armour) and that of his lady. Bas-
sano, vvlio took notes of the monuments in Elvaston church, in 1710, speaks
of an unfinished monument of the late Sir John Stanhope, in an apartment
18 feet by 9, paved with black and white marble, attached to the north
side of the church. He speaks of the monument of Sir John Stanhope the
elder", as having been considerably injured in the civil war. Tlie monu-
ment of Sir John Stanhope, the younger, was restored or completed by
Charles Stanhope, Esq., in 1731. Walter Blount, Lord Mountjoy, by his
will bearing date 1474, gave directions that the parish church at Aylwaston
should be completed by his executors, and that a tomb should be erected
over the remains of Ellen his wife.*"

The church of Elvaston which had been given to the priory of Shelford in
Nottinghamshire, most probably by its founder, Ralph Hanselyn, was
granted to Sir Michael Stanhope in 1539. The Earl of Harrington is im-
propriator and patron of the vicarage. The inhabitants of Elvaston and
Ockbrook were formerly obliged to brew, annually, certain church ales, at
which they were all required to be present, and to contribute small pay-
ments which were applied to the repairs of the church of Elvaston."

At Thurlston is a good house the property and residence of Samuel
Fox, Esq.

Etwall, in the hundred of Appletree and Deanery of Castillar, lies
about six miles west from Derby, on the road to Uttoxeter.

The parish contains the townships of Etwall and Burnaston. The
manor of Etwall was held under Henry de Ferrars, at the time of taking
the Domesday Survey, by Saswallo, ancestor of the Shirley family. In

the utmost point to which he could carry his revenge, his future carriage making it apparent,
that he sought her for nothing else but to destroy the glory of her husband and his house.''
Mrs. Hutchinson's Memoirs of the Life of Col. Hutchinson, p. 107.

° It was probably this monument which was injured by Sir John Cell's soldiers : the hands
of the figure of Sir John Stanhope are still wanting. What is said by Dugdale and Mrs.
Hutchinson might apply to the monument of Sir John Stanhope, who died in 1610.

P Dugdale's Baronage.

*• Dodsworth's MSS. in theBodleian Library, vol. cxiviii. p. 97. It has no date ; but the agree-
ment spoken of may be conjectured to have been made about or before the year 1500. It
appears to have been, when the Plumpton family were Lords of Ockbrook.

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the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, it was in tlie family of Riboef.
In the year 1370: Sir William Finchenden and others, as trustees, pro-
bably conveyed it to the priory of Bellovalle or Beauval, in Nottingham-
shire." King Henry VIII., in the year 1540, granted the manor of EtwaU,
together with the impropriate rectory, and advowson of the vicarage, (which
had been given to Welbeck-abbey, in the reign of King Stephen,) to Sir
John Port, Knt. one of the Justices of the Kings-bench."^ The elder
daughter and coheiress of his son. Sir John Port the younger, brought
Etwall to Sir Thomas Gerard, whose great-grandson. Sir William Gerard,
Bart., sold this estate, in 1641, to Sir Edward Moseley, Bart., of whom it
was purchased, in 1646, by Sir Samuel Sleigh. Mary, only daughter of
Sir Samuel, by his third wife, married Rowland Cotton, Esq., of Bella-
port in Shropshire. The manor, rectory, and advowson, are now vested in
the committee of his grandson, William Cotton, Esq., a lunatic, who resides
at Etwall-hall.

In the parish church is the tomb of Henry Porte, Esq., 151 2, and Eliza-
beth his wife, with the figures, on brass, of the wife and seventeen children.
There are the monuments also of Janet Cunlifte, 171 2 ; James Chethan,
S.T. P. master of the Hospital, vicar of Etwall, canon and chancellor
of Lichfield ' , 1740 ; Dorothy, relict of Sir John Every, Bart., 1749 ; and
Joseph Green, Esq.', 18 lo.

The church at EtwaU received great damage from a violent tempest
which happened on the 20th of June, 1545, and is mentioned in Stowe's
Chronicle. A curious account of this tempest, copied from a letter lately
discovered among the records in the Tower, is inserted in the note."

The

" Thoroton.

■■ He appears to have had property in Etwall, before this grant, having married the heiress
of John Fitzherbert, Esq., of Etwall.

» It is remarkable that he was born, married, and died on the same day of tlie month,
Oct. 22.

' He married a daughter of William Cotton, Esq.

" " At Darbie the 25th daye of June 1545.
" Welbeloved Sonne I recomend me unto you, gevyng you Godds blessyng & myne. Son
this is to scrtifie you of soche straunge newes, as that hath of late chaunsed in thes p'ties ;
that is to wytt, apon Satterday last past, being the 20"" daye of this moneth, on Say'te Albons
day, we had in thes p'tyes great tempest .... wether, about xi of the clok before none : & in
the same tempest, The dev[ill] as we do suppose beganne in Nedewood, w'^^ is ix myles from
Da[rbie] ; & there he caste downe a great substance of wood; & pulled up by the rotts : &
from thens he came to Enwalle [EtwallJ wher at one M^' Powret [Porte] dothe dwell, &

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The hospital at Etwall was founded by Sir John Porte in the year
1556, for six poor persons. It appears, by an inscription on the front,
tluit tlie hospital having fallen to decay, was rebuilt in the year 1681 ; and
at the same time the number of almsmen was doubled, and the salaries in-
creased, in consequence of the improvement of the estates left for the sup-
port of this hospital and the school at Repton. The masters of the hospital
and school, the ushers, and the three senior poor men, are a body corporate.
The present revenue of the estate is about 2500I. per annum. The master's
salary is 200I. per annum. The almsmen, who are now sixteen in number,
receive 20I. i6s. per annum each (8s. a week): they have dark-blue cloth
gowns once in two years ; and an allowance of 3I. per annum each for coals.

he pulled downe ij great elmes, that there was a dossyn or xvj loode apon a piese of them; &
went to the chuiche & puliyd up the leade, & flonge it apon a great elme that stondyth a payer
of butt lenghthes from the cimrche, & .... it hangyd apon the bowys lyke stremars ; &

afte tourned & the grounsells upwards & some layd bye apon

heape & that was apon viij bayes long he set it a gge & the

ro[ots] sett upwards ; & he hathein the same towne lefte not pastiiij or v housses hole. And from
thence he came a myle a this syde, & there grewe opon Ix or iiij** wyllowes, & apon xij or xvi
he hathe brokyn in the mydds, & they were as great as a mans body : & so be lefto them lyke a
yard and a half bye: And from thence he went to Langley, w'^'' is lyke iiij niyles from Darby, &
there he hath puliyd downe a great p'teof the churche, & rowled up the leade & lefte it lyeing,
& so went to Syr Wyilam Bassetts place in the same [towne] & all so rente it, & so puliyd a

great parte of it downe w"" his & the wood that growethe abowte his place, & in his

parke he pulled downe his pale & dry ve out his deare, & pulled downe his woods, & so[nie3 broken
in the mydds that was xvj or xx loode of wood of some one tre. And after that he went into the
towne to Awstens housse of Potts & hath slayne his sonne & his ayer, & perused all the hole
towne, that he hath left not past ij hole howsses in the same towne. And from thence he went to
Wy'dley lane, & there a nourse satt w' ij chylderen uppon her lappe before the fyre, & there
he flonge downe the sayde howse, & the woman fell forwards ap[on the] yongechyl[dren] afore

the fyre, & a piese of ty"ber fell apon her & so killed [her] but the chylderen were

savyd, & no more hurte, [and none] of the house left standyng but the chymney, & there as the
house stode, he flange a great tre, that there is viij or x lood of wood apon it. And from thence
he went to Belyer [Helper] & there he hath puliyd & rent apon xl housses ; & from thence
he wente to Belyer [Belper] wood & he hathe puliyd downe a wonderous thyng of wood &
kylled many bease ; & from thens to Brege [Heage] & there hath he pulled downe the
chappyl & the moste parte of the towne ; & from thens to VVynfeldmanJ that is the Erie

of Shrowseberys, & in the parke he pulled him downe a lytell & from thens to

Manfyld in Shrewood & there I am sure he hath done [no] good, & as it is sayd he hathe donne

moche hurte in Chesshire & shire. And as the noyse goeth of the people ther felle in some

places hayle stons as great as a mans fyste, & some of them had prynts apon them lyke faces.
This is trewe & no fables, there is moche more hurte done besyds, that were to moche to wryte,
by the reporte of them that have sene it ; and thus fare you Well."

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162 DERBYSHIRE.

The six seniors have perquisites in addition to their pensions, which amount
to about 81. or 9I. per annum. A nurse, who Hves in the hospital, washes
and cooks for them, and gives other necessary attendance. She receives
the same pay as the almsmen, and is allowed 61. 6s. per annum for coals.
A surgeon is allowed 12I. i2s. per annum for medical assistance. The
houses are whitewashed every year, and kept in excellent repair. The
affairs of the hospital and school are under the direction of three hereditary
governors, descended from the coheiresses of the founder. The present
governors are, the Marquis of Hastings, the Earl of Chesterfield, and Sir
William Gerard, Bart.

There is a small school at Etwall, endowed with 5I. per annum, by Row-
land Cotton, Esq., or Mary his wife, the coheiress of Sleigh.

The manors of Barrowcote (Berewardescote), and Burnaston (Burnul-
festun) were held by one Henry, under Henry de Ferrars, when the Survey
of Domesday was taken. In the year 1290 Roger, son of Walter de Cham-
breis was Lord of Barrowcote and Burnaston ; in 1297 William de Henore
held both these places under the Earl of Lancaster ; and in a roll of
Knights' fees", made about the year 1370, they are stated to have been
tiien held by John Bakepuz, for one knight's fee. Soon afterwards (temp.
Hen. IV.) the Bonnington family possessed both these manors. Ralph
Bonnington, Esq. sold Barrowcote, in 1672, to William Turner, of Derby,
Gent. Mr. Exuperius Turner sold it to Robert Newton, Esq., who died
in 1789, having bequeathed this and other estates to John Leaper, Esq.,
who has taken the name of Newton, and is the present proprietor. Bur-
naston became the property of Sir Samuel Sleigh, by purchase probably
from the Bonningtons. It was inherited by his grandson, Samuel Chetham,
Esq. ; devolved afterwards to the Cottons, (descended from a coheiress of
Sleigh,) and is now vested in the committee of William Cotton, Esq.

Eyam, in the hundred and deanery of High-Peak, lies about five miles
from Tideswell, seven from Bakewell, and eleven from Chesterfield. The
parish contains the townships of Eyam and Foolow, and the villages of
Bretton, Hazleford, and part of Grindleford-bridge. The manor of Eyam
(Aiune) was parcel of the ancient demesne of the crown ; and having been
granted by King Henry I., with his other manors in the Peak, to William
Peverel, was held under him by an ancestor of the Morteynes. Roger

' Dodsworth's Collections from Exchequer Records.

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de Morteyne sold it, about or after the year i307\ to Thomas de Furnivall,
lord of Hallumshire. A coheiress of Furnivall brought this manor to
Nevill ; and a coheiress of Nevill, to John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury.
The Countess of Pembroke became possessed of it as one of the co-
heiresses of Gilbert, Earl of Shrewsbury, who died in 1616: from her it
passed to her grandson, Sir George Saville. One of the coheiresses of Saville,
Marquis of Halifax, brought it to Boyle, Earl of Burlington. It is now,
in consequence of a decision of the Court of King's Bench, in 1781, upon
the wills of the Countess of Burlington and William Duke of Devonshire,
the property of the Right Honourable Lord George Henry Cavendish.

A branch of the ancient family of Stafford had an estate in Eyam, and
resided there as early as the beginning of Henry III.'s reign. The last heir
male of this branch died in the reign of Henry VIII., leaving four daugh-
ters, married to Savage, Eyre, Morewood, and Bradshaw, between whom
the estate was divided. Bradshaw's share still belongs to a lineal de-
scendant in the female line, Eaglesfield Smith, Esq., of Ecclesfeccan, in
Scotland. Morewood's share has lately been sold by Mrs. Morewood, of
Alfreton.

In the parish church of Eyam are memorials for the family of Middleton,
of Leam.^ In Bassano's volume of Chiu'ch Notes mention is made of the
monument of John Wright, Gent., 1693. The Earl of Thanet, the Duke
of Devonshire, and the Marquis of Buckingham are joint patrons of the
rectory, and present alternately. In the church-yard is a curious ancient
cross of stone, already noticed.

In the month of September, 1665, this village was visited with that
dreadful calamity the plague ', which swept away four-fifths of its inha-
bitants.

'' It appears by Inq. ad q. d. i Edw. II. n. 40. that Roger Morteyne was then seised, or had
been lately seised, of this manor.

^ 1690, &c. The last heir male of the family died in 1736.

" The following interesting account of the means by which the infection was brought into
this remote parish, and the method by which it was prevented from spreading into the neigh-
bouring parishes is extracted from Dr. Mead's Treatise on the Plague. " The plague was
likewise at Eham, in the Peak of Derbyshire; being brought thither by means of a box sent
from London to a taylor in that village, containing some materials relating to his trade. A
servant, who first opened the foresaid box, complaining that the goods were damp, was ordered
ro dry thera at the fire ; but in doing it was seized with the plague and died : the same mis-
fortune extended itself to all the rest of the family, except the taylor's wife, who alone sur-
vived. From hence the distemper spread about, and destroyed in that village, and the rest of
the parish, though a small one, between two and three hundred persons. But notwithstanding
this so great violence of the disease, it was restrained from reaching beyond that parish by tlie

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bitants. It appears by the parish register, that 260 persons fell victims to
this fatal disease, 78 of whom died in the month of August 1666." Four or
five persons were sometimes buried in one day. The average yearly number
of burials, for ten years preceding this calamity, was 22. In one of Miss
Seward's letters is a very interesting account of the conduct of Mr. Mom-
pesson, the worthy Rector, who, in spite of all intreaty remained at his
post, daily visiting and praying with the sick ; and to avoid spreading the
infection, performed divine service and preached twice a week to his
parishioners in the open air from a rock, which the inhabitants still call
Lucklet-church. In the church-yard is a monument for his wife, who in
her 27th year fell a victim to the disease when it was raging at its greatest
height, in the month of August. In the second volume of Anecdotes pub-
lished by William Seward, Esq., are some interesting letters of Mr.
Mompesson's.

Thomas Seward, Rector of Eyam, who died in 1790, wrote some poems,
printed in Dodsley's Collections, and published an edition of Beaumont and
Fletcher's Plays, and a treatise on the conformity between the Pagan and
the Romish church. His daughter Anne, well known by her poems", her
life of Dr. Darwin, and letters published since her death, which happened
in 1809, was born at Eyam, in the year 1742.''

The Honourable and Reverend Edward Finch, D.D., in 1737, gave the
sum of lool. for teaching five children of Eyam, and five belonging to the
out hamlets. With this money, and 15I. given by some person or persons
now unknown, was purchased land, now let at 4I. per annum. Mr. Thomas
Middleton, m 1745, gave a rent-charge of 5I. per annum for teaching ten
poor children of Eyam to read and write. In 1795, the sum of 120I. was
raised by the Reverend Charles Hargrave, the present rector, and others,
with which a house and garden was bought, and a school-room built.

care of the Rector ; from whose son and another worthy gentleman I have the relation. The
clergyman advised that the sick should be removed into huts or barracks built upon the com-
mon ; and procuring, by the interest of the then Earl of Devonshire, that the people should
be well furnished with provisions, he took effectual care that no one should go out of the
parish : and by this means he protected his neighbourhood from infection with complete
success." — Mead's Medical Works, vol. i. p. 290.

•> It ceased about two months afterwards : the last person who died of the plague was buried
Nov. I.

« Particularly the Elegy on Captain Cook, Monody on Major Andr6, and Louisa, a poetical
Novel.

'' She was baptized December 24, 1742.

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Glossop, in the hundred and deanery of High-Peak, lies, in the extreme
Northern part of the county, on the borders of Yorkshire and Cheshire,
about ten miles north from Chapel-en-le-Frith.

This extensive parish, which is upwards of sixteen miles in length, and
upon an average, perhaps about five in breadtii, comprises the township of
Glossop, including the vills or hamlets of Hadfield, Padfield, Whitfield,
Chunall, Dinting, Simondley, and Charlsworth " ; besides those which
are in the parochial chapelries of Hayfield and Mellor.

There is a fair at Glossop on the 6th of May, for horned cattle, wooden,
and tin wares.

The manor of Glossop, which extends over Glossop and its seven hamlets,
belonged, as parcel of the Lordship of Longendale or Longdendale, to the
crown, at the time of taking the Domesday Survey. King Heniy I. granted
it as part of a still larger district, his domain of the Peak, to William
Peverel, on the attainder of whose son it reverted to the crown. King
Henry II. gave the manor of Glossop, with the church and its other appur-
tenances, in the year 1 157 ^ to the abbey of Basingwerk. King Henry VIII.
gave this manor, in 1537, to George Earl of Shrewsbury. It now belongs
to the Duke of Norfolk, as descended from one of the coheiresses of Gilbert
Earl of Shrewsbury, who died in 16 16. This estate had been settled on a
younger branch of the Howard family, and belonged to the present Duke
before his accession to the title, when he occasionally resided at Glossop-
hall, which is in the occupation of his Grace's agent.

In the parish church are the monuments of Joseph Hague, Esq., of Park-
hall, near Hayfield, who died in 1786, aged 90, (with his bust by Bacon;)
Thomas Wagstaffe, Esq., of London, merchant, 1771 ; and Miss Mary
Doxon, of Manchester, 18 16.

Mr. Hague founded the school at Whitfield, and left the interest of
loool. to be laid out in clothes for twelve poor men and twelve poor

' These hamlets, together with Ludworth and Chisvvorth in the chapelry of Mellor, are com-
monly called the ten townships of Glossop-dale. There is only one constable for the whole of
these. There is one overseer for Glossop and its seven hamlets.

f The charter is signed by the King at Chester, and witnessed among others, by Thomas a
Becket, the Lord Chancellor, Richard Humet, Constable of Normandy, and others. The King
was at Chester in 1 157. Thomas 5t Becket had been then lately appointed chancellor, and it is
pretty clear, from the history of the times, that they never could have been at Chester together
afterwards. Bishop Fleetwood was certainly under a mistake, in supposing this to have been a
charter of Henry III.

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women, of the eight townships of Glossop, besides other charities to
Glossop and the chapehy of Hayfield.

The church of Glossop was appropriated to the abbey of Basingwerk.
The Duke of Norfolk is now impropriator and patron of the vicarage.

There are chapels belonging to the Independents at Charlsworth and
Hadfield j and the Wesleyan Methodists at Glossop and Whitfield.

At Glossop is a grammar school, of the foundation of which little is
known. The endowment, a great part of which is lost, is now only 40s. a
year. The Duke of Norfolk gives an annual benefaction of lol.

There are twenty-four cotton-mills within the manor of Glossop, and
above thirty in other parts of the parish ; four or five extensive calico or
print works at Thornsett and elsewhere ; two clothing mills in the manor of
Glossop ; and a mill for making brown paper, and a cloth manufactory at
Hayfield.

The population of this parish, from the increase of manufactures, has
been doubled within the last five and thirty years.^ It appears that tlie
number of inhabitants had increased from 8873 to 10,797, between the
years 1801 and 181 1.

Charlsworth, which lies about three miles from Glossop and about five
from Hayfield, had formerly a market on Wednesdays ", and a fair at the
festival of St. Mary Magdalen, granted in 1328, to the abbot of Basing-
werk.' That monastery acquired considerable landed property in Charls-
worth, Chunall, and Simondly, in the years 1307 and 1308. There is now
a cattle fair at Charlsworth on the 25th of April.

The chapel at this place belonged formerly to the establishment, and in
the Lib^r Regis it i^ described as a chapel of ease to Glossop ; but more
than a century ago, it was, by permission of the Howard family, in the
hands of the Presbyterians. In 1716, Mr. John Bennet left the interest of
20I. for the benefit of the Presbyterian minister at Charlsworth. The
chapel, which has been lately rebuilt, is now in the hands of the
Independents.

Near Gamelsly is the Roman camp, called Melandra castle.

s Pilkington dates the rise of its manufactures from the year 1784: lie says that the first
cotton-mill was erected that year. There are now fifty-six cotton-mills in the parish, being
half of the number of cotton-mills in the whole county. See Farey's Survey, Vol. III. jusi
published.

" Chart. Rot. 2 Edw. III. ' Inq. ad q. d. i Edw. II., and Originalia, 2 Edw. II.

The

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The manor of Whitfield was conveyed, in 1330, by Thomas Le Ragged
to John Foljambe : it has been long held with the manor of Glossop, and is
now the property of his Grace the Duke of Norfolk.

The late Mr. Hague, who died in 1786, founded a school at Whitfield, the
endowment of which is about 40I. per annum.

An act of parliament for inclosing lands in the township of Whitfield
passed in 18 10.

The chapelry of Hayfield contains the hamlets or townships of Great-
Hamlet, Phocide and Kinder, Ollersett, Beard, and part of Thornset. The
hamlets of Bugsworth and Brownside, and part of Chinley, in the southern
part of the parish of Glossop, are esteemed also to be within this chapelry.
The village of Hayfield, which lies about five miles from Chapel-en-le-Frith,
is in the township of Phoside and Kinder-. In the vale> between New-
mills and Hayfield are three calico print-works. There are annual fairs at
Hayfield, May 11th for cattle, horses, and sheep ; and July 23d for sheep
and wool.

The rood-loft in the chapel remains entire, but the upper part has been
modernised ; on the front is a painting of the crucifixion, with St. Peter and
St. John, which bears the date of 1775. There are tablets giving a parti-
cular account'' of the endowment of the chapel and the school.

The chapel of Hayfield was augmented by Queen Anne's bounty, pro-
cured by subscription, in 1733 ; in 1801, by lot ; in 1805, by another sub-
scription ; in 1806, by a parliamentary grant ; and in 181 2, by a third sub-

^ " Imprimis, there is lol. left for ever by one Mr. John Hyde, one of the worshipful Mer-
chant-Taylors-hall, London, to a reading minister keeping a grammar school in the chapel of
Hayfield; also the use of 60I., left for ever, to a licensed schoolmaster, by John Hadfield, of
Ludworth, deceased, teaching pettys as well as others more proficient at our chapel of Haj'field :
also we have undertakers, who were agents and instruments in erecting and building of our
chancel at our chapel, who have assigned to them each a place or seat in the chancel, accord-
ing to their degrees, paying to the minister or curate, each of them, one old hoop of oats or zsh.
in money : also there is annually due and payable, on March 25, to the curate, from those per-
sons, churchwages, according to their estates and seats in the chapel, of which some pay 3sh.,
others 2sh. some less, according to the plot-form, which gives a particular account of every place
within the chapelry. The sum is 4. 16. 4. The surplice fees are 4d. every burial, and 4d. for
the thanksgiving of women after child-birth." Dated July 14th, 1774.

Mary Tricket, in 1712, gave land let for a long lease, not yet expired, at 81. 5s. od. per
annum, for teaching poor children of this chapelry. Edward Buckley, in 1772, gave the sum of
40I. for the same purpose. 'J'he late Joseph Hague, Esq., gave the sum of lool. 4 per cent.

and the late John Hague, Esq., the same sum to the school at Hayfield. Mr. Taylor

gave 2I. los. per annum, to be appropriated to the school or given in clothing.

scription

1&8 DERBYSHIRE.

scription of the inhabitants ; the whole of the augmentations amounting to
the sum of 1700I. The freeholders of the chapelry appoint the minister.

There is a Quakers' meeting in this chapelry ; chapels of the Wesleyan
Methodists at Hayrield, the part of New-mills which is in this chapelry, and
at Chinley. The Independents have a meeting house at Chinley.

Great-Hamlet, Phoside or Foreside, and Kinder ; and the hamlets or vills
of Chinley, Bugsworth, and Brownside, are within the manor of High-Peak,
on lease to the Duke of Devonshire.

The manor of Beard belonged to the ancient family of Beard, of Beard-
hall, and passed with the heiress of Richard Beard, the last of the elder
branch to two brothers of the Leigh family, to whom she was succes-
sively married : the Leighs appear to have been succeeded by the Dun-
calfes. John Earl of Shrewsbury was possessed of this manor in the reign
of Henry VIII., and it has passed with OUersett and Eyam to Lord
George Cavendish. Beard-hall is now a farm-house. Ollersett-hall, for-
merly the seat of the Bradbury family is now a farm-house, belonging to
Mr. George Newton.

The chapelry of Mellor lies about eight miles south-west from Glossop,
on the borders of Cheshire, and about the same distance from Chapen-en-le-
Frith. It comprises the vills, hamlets, or townships, of Mellor, Lud-
worth, Chisworth, Whittle, and part of Thornsett. Tlie greater part of
the populous village of New-mills, is in the hamlet of Whittle and in this
chapelry : the villages of Raworth, Marple-bridge, and Mellor-moor-end,
are also in this chapelry. Mellor and Whittle are part of" the Lordship of
Longdendale, on lease to the Duke of Devonshire. A subordinate manor
of Mellor belonged, at an early period, to tiie ancient family of Mellor, one
of whose coheiresses married Stafford in the fbuiteenth centiuy. In the
year 1704, Thomas Stafford of Stockport and Tristram, his son sold the
manor of Mellor, and Bothamsdiall in Mellor, to James Chetham, Gent.,
whose great-grandson, Thomas Chetham, Esq., of Highgate in Middlesex,
sold the Bothams-hall estate, in 1787, to Samuel Oldknow, Esq., the present
proprietor. Mr. Oldknow has large cotton works at Mellor, which employ
between 400 and 500 hands.

Mellor-hall, anciently the seat of the Mellor family, and afterwards of the
Radcliffes, was purchased in 1686, by James Chetham, Esq. The Mellor-
hall' estate was purchased of Thomas Chetham, Esq., about 1797, by Mr.
Ralph Bridge, whose son now occupies the hall as a farm-house. Part of the

' The Chethams resided at Mellor-hall till the death of the father of Mr. Chttham, by whom
it wiis sold.

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land has been purchased with Queen Anne's bounty for the purpose of
augmenting the living of Mellor.

In the chapel and chapel-yard at Mellor are recorded several instances of
longevity.' The minister of the chapel is appointed by trustees acting under
the will of the late John Thornton, Esq., of Clapham. The appointment was in
the Chetham family, and was purchased by Mr. Thornton of Thomas Chetham,
Esq., in or about the year 1787. The income of the minister, which is now
rather more than lool. per annum, arises partly from the rent of seats, and
partly fiom augmentation. Queen Anne's bounty was first procured for it
about the year 1764, when 200I. was contributed by Thomas Chetham, Esq.,
and other inhabitants of the chapelry. In 1792, it had an augmentation of
200I. by lot : in 1809, Miss Shaw of Mellor, bequeathed the sum of 200I.,
for the purpose of procuring the bounty a third time. These sums have
been laid out in the purchase of lands, parcel of the Mellor-hall estate, as
above-mentioned.

The Independents have a small meeting-house at Marple-bridge in this
chapelry.

Thomas Walklate having left by will the sum of 160I. for founding a
charity school at Mellor, with that and other smaller sums, certain closes
were purchased in the reign of Charles II., now let at 25I. per annum. Seven
of the principal inhabitants are trustees.

In the year 1345, Thomas le Ragged enfeoffed John Foljambe of two-
thirds of the manor of Chisworth " ; in 1360, the whole manor was conveyed
by Richard Foljambe and Robert de Holt to the Abbey of Basingwerk " : it
has since been considered as parcel of the manor of Glossop. Ludworth is
also parcel of that manor.

Gresley, in the hundred of Repton and Gresley, and in the deanery of
Repington, lies south of the Trent, about four miles from Burton, and about
six from Ashby-de-la-Zouch.

The parish contains the townships of Church and Castle-Gresley, Drake-
low, Linton, the village or hamlet of Swadlincote, and part of Donisthorpe
and Oakthorpe.

' Rebecca, widow of George Iligcnbottom, ob. 1758, aged 99 ; Sarah, wife of John Cooper,
ol). 1779, aged 97 ; Mary, wife of Robert Beard, ob. 1797, aged loi ; Betty, wife of Samuel
Fearnley, ob. 1799, aged 94.

■" Dodsworth's Collections. n Esch. 34 Edvf. III. 27. 2d numbering.

Vol. V. 2 At

170 DERBYSHIRE.

At Church-Gresley was a priory of Austin monks, founded in the reign of
Henry I., by Nigel de Gresley : it was endowed with lands chiefly in thi»
parish, valued at the time of the dissolution at 31I. 6s, od,, clear yearly in-
come. King Henry VHI. granted the site, in 1543, to Henry Criche, and
within a few years it passed successively to Richard Appleton and John Sey-
mour. In the year 1556, Sir Christopher Aleyne, Knt., purchased this
estate with the manor of Church-Gresley, of the Seymours. The site of
the priory, of whicli there are no remains, was adjoining to the parish
church. Sir Christopher Aleyne above-mentioned, was son of Sir John Aleyne
some time Lord Mayor of:' London, wlio by his will, bearing date 1545, be-
queathed his collarof S.S.of fine gold, to his successors, to beworn during their
mayoralty on condition of their attending his obit. John Aleyne, Esq., his
descendant died seised of the manor of Church-Gresley and the Priory estate
in 17 1 2, leaving his only son, Samuel, then a minor, who died without issue
in 1734. This estate was afterwards in the Meynells, of whom it was pur-
chased, about the year 1775, by Sir Nigel Gresley, Bart, grandfather of Sir
Roger Gresley, Bart., the present proprietor.

In the parish chuich are monuments for the families of Aleyne '', and
Gresley.' Sir Roger Gresley is impropriator of the tithes and patron of the
donative curacy.

The manor of Castle- Gresley belonged, from a very early period, to the
ancient family of De Gresley, who had a castle at this place, whence it
obtained the name of Castle-Gresley. The site is distinguished only by the
inequalities of the ground ; tliere were some remains of the buildings in
Camden's time. At Drakelow, the present seat of the family, they had also
a residence at a very early period.

The manor of Drakelow, which, in the Survey of Domesday, is described
as belonging to Nigel de Stafford, ancestor of the Gresley family, was held
by the service of rendering a bow without a string ; a quiver of ' Tutesbit,
twelve fleched and one unfeathered arrow." Another record (of the year

P John Aleyne, Esq., who died in the garrison of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, 1646; John Aleyne,
Esq., his son, (no date) ; John Aleyne, his grandson, (who married the heiress of Stevenson,
of Sutton-Coldfield) 171 2.

■I Sir Thomas Gresley, Bart, who died in 1699, with his effigies, in a rich brocaded gown ;
and Dorothy, daughter and coheir of Sir William Bowyer of Knipersley in Staffordshire, and
wife of Sir Thomas Gresley, which Dorothy died in 1736 ; (Sir Thomas, her husband, died in
1746.) Nigel Gresley, Esq., (youngest son of the late Sir N. B. Gresley, Bart.) 1816.

' We can procure no satisfactory explanation of this word.

5 Buzo. See Blount's tenures.

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DERBYSHIRE. I7I

1200) only expresses the render to have been a bow, a quiver, and twelve
arrows ; this render was then due to William Earl Ferrars.' Geffrey de
Gresley, in 1330, claimed a right of having a gallows at Gresley and at
Drakelow." The Gresley family have at various times, from the reign of
Edward I., represented the county in parliament. George Gresley was
installed a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of Anne Boleyne, in 1534 ;
his great-grandson of the same name was created a Baronet in 161 1 ; Sir
George Gresley was an active officer in the Parliamentary service during the
civil war, and was Lieutenant-Colonel to Sir John Gell. Sir Roger Gresley
is the eighth and present Baronet. Drakelow, the ancient seat of the
Gresley family, is at present unoccupied.

Besides the manors of Church and Castle-Gresley, and Drakelow, Sir
Roger possesses those of Linton, Swadlincote, Donisthorpe, and Oak-
thorpe.

The manor of Linton (Linctun) was part of the estate of Henry de
Ferrars. It was afterwards in the Segraves, from whom it passed, succes-
sively, by female heirs, to the noble families of Mowbray and Berkeley, In
or about the year 1568, it was purchased of Henry Lord Berkeley by Sir
William Gresley.

The manor of Swadlincote or Swartlincote (Sivardingescote) was one of
the manors of Nigel de Stafford at the time of the Domesday Survey. His
grandson, Robert de Gresley, gave it to his brother Eugenol in '' exchange.
Two of the coheiresses of Eugenol de Gresley, seem to have married Verdon
and Grim. The last-mentioned family was possessed of two-thirds of
Swadlincote in 1316. In or about the year 1363, Sir John Gresley gave
lands and rents in Swartlincote, to the prior and convent of Gresley j and it
is probable, that they became possessed of those two-thirds of the manor
whicli belonged to the Aleynes, who, as before mentioned, were possessed
of the priory estate not long after the Reformation. Having been pur-
chased of the Aleyncs by the Gresley family, it is now the property of Sir
Roger Gresley, Bart. The remaining third was sold by Verdon to Finderne
in 1304 ; in 1558, William Finderne, Esq., died seised of this estate, being
described as the manor of Swadlincote, and held of the iicirs of Sir Georo-e
Gresley, by the annual render of a sparrow-hawk, which shows that the
Gresley family had continued to be superior Lords of Swadlincote from the

' Chart. Rot. 2 John. " Quo Warranto Roll, 4 Edw. III.

' The account of this manor is given chiefly from ancient deeds communicated by S. Pipe
Wolferstan, Esq.

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172 DERBYSHIRE.

time of their ancestor, Nigel de Stafford. In 1567, this estate was sold by
the Findernes to Breton, and passed by successive sales to the families of
Horton, Hill, and Smythe ; the last-mentioned alienation took place in 1636.
It is now the property of Bernard D'Ewes, Esq.

Donisthorpe (Durandestorp) and Oakthorpe (Achetorp) were manors
belonging to Nigel de Stafford, at the time of the Domesday Survey. The
family of De Aula, called also Durandesthorp or Duranthorpe, are described
as Lords of Donisthorpe in the twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth cen-
turies." It is probable that they held under the Gresley family, who appear to
have been the sole lords, in 15 18, both of this manor and of Oakthorpe. John
Savage was Lord of Oakthorpe about the year 1200, probably, as holding
under the Gresley family ; he left two daughters, coheirs. Henry Earl of
Huntingdon had a manor in Oakthorpe in 1642, now belonging to the Mar-
quis of Hastings. Donisthorpe and Oakthorpe are partly in the parish of
Measham, and partly in that of Nether-Seal in Leicestershire.

The manor of Heathcote or Hathcote in this parish, (Hedcote) was held,
at the time of the Domesday Survey, with Drakelow, by Nigel de Stafford.
In the reign of Edward IL, it was in the family of Grim. In or about the
year 1363, Sir John Gresley gave lands and rents in Hathcote to the prior
and convent of Gresley, who it is probable afterwards became possessed of.
the manor. It was certainly in the Aleynes, who were possessed of the priory
estate not long after the Reformation, and was sold, in the year 1728, by Sa-
muel Stevenson Aleyne,Esq., toDevereux Littleton, Esq., and Shore,

Esq. It is now the sole property of Samuel Pipe Wolferstan, Esq., great
nephew of the former. There was, in ancient time, a chapel at Heathcote,
as appears by Pope Lucius's confirmation of the possessions of Burton-
Abbey ' to which it was given by William the Conqueror.

Kirk-Hallam, in the hundred of Morleston and Litchurch and in the
deanery of Derby, lies about eight miles from Derby, seven from Not-
tingham, and eleven from Alfreton. The hamlet of Mapperley in this parish,
is in the hundred of Appletree.

The manor of Kirk-Hallam belonged, when the Survey of Domesday was
taken, to Ralph de Burun. It was in the Greys of Codnor as early as the
reign of Edward I.'' The heiress of a younger branch of the Greys brought
it to the Leakes. The large estates of the Leake family were sold after the

* See Nicholls's Leicestershire, vol. iii. p-997.
" See Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. i. 271.

* 4£dw. I. Dodsworth's Collections from a Roll of Inquisitions in the Exchequer.

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death of Nicholas Leake, Earl of Scarsdale, in 1736. Since this time,
Kirk-Hallam lias been in the Newdigate family. In 1762, Francis Newdi-
o-ate, Esq., of Nottingham ^, bequeathed it to his nephew Francis Parker,
Esq., who has taken the name of Newdigate, and is the present proprietor.

The church of Kiik-Hallam belonged to Dale- Abbey." In 1562, the im-
propriate rectory and advowson of the vicarage, were granted to Francis
Leake, Esq., and have since passed with the manor.

When the Survey of Domesday was taken, William Peverel held Map-
perley for the King. Richard Sandiacre held this manor in the year 1235,
by the service of providing a dog-kennel. In the year 1266, a market at
Mapperley on Mondays, and a fair for three days at the festival of the Holy
Trinity, were granted to Simon de Ardern.'' This Simon had the manor
of Mapperley, in which he was succeeded by Thomas de Luche.' Sir Richard
Willoughby, the Judge, acquired this manor by marriage with the heiress of
Morteyne. The Willoughby family had a park at Maperley.'' The manor
belonged, at a later period, to the Gilberts of Locko, who sold to Lowe.
It is now the property of Edward Miller Mundy, Esq., of Shipley, M. P.

There is a small school at Maperley, endowed, about the year 1790, by
Mr. Henry Leaper, with the interest of lool.

Nicholas de Chavincourt gave all his lands in Halum ' to Dale- Abbey.
The abbot of Dale had a park at Hallam in the reign of Edward III.

Sir Anthony Strelley died seised of the manor of Park-hall, in Kirk-
Hallam, in 1591 : it has since passed with Shipley in Heanor, and is now the
property of Mr. Mundy.

West-Hallam, in the hundred of Morleston and Litchurch and in the
deanery of Derby, lies about five miles and a half north-east from Derby.

The manor belonged formerly to the Cromwell family f, who, before the
year 1467, were succeeded by the Powtrells.^ John Powtrell, Esq., of
West-Hallam, died seised of this manor in 1624, leaving Henry his son and
heir. Under a settlement, bearing date 1666, it passed to the Hunloke

* There is a monument for this gentleman in the parish church.

* Probably by the benefaction of Nicholas de Chavincourt, who gave all his lands in Halum
to that Abbey. See Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. ii. p. 622.

b Chart. Rot. 51 Hen. HI. 5. ' Hundred Roll, 2 Edw. I.

" Quo Warranto Roll, 4 Edw. III. ■= Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. ii. p. 622.

f Quo Warranto Roll, 4 Edw. HI. « Dodsworth's Collections.

family.

174. DERBYSHIRE.

family, but they did not become possessed of it till the year 1698. It is
now vested in Sir Henry Hunloke a minor.

In the parish church are memorials of the Powtrell family ", Henry Pow-
trell, the last heir male, died in 1666 ; he married Ann, daughter of Henry
Hunloke, Esq., by whom he had seven daughters. It was this gentleman
who made the settlement, under which West-Hallam eventually passed to
the Hunloke family. On the west wall is the monument of William Darbi-
shire, a learned physician and divine, who died in 1 674. Sir Henry Hun-
loke, Bart., is patron of the rectory.

The Reverend John Scargill, rector of West-Hallam, who died in 1663,
built a school-house, and endowed it with the sum of 540I. since laid out in
lands, (the value of which was returned to parliament at only 19I. 16s. od.
per annum, in 1787, ') for the education of twelve children, six of West-
Hallam, two of Dale, two of Stanley, and two of Mapperley. The boys
have nine-pence a week each towards their maintenence, except during a
fortnight at Christmag, a week at Easter, and a week at Whitsuntide. The
number of boys is now encreased to forty-six ; the master's salary, which
was originally lol. per annum, is now 40I. per annum. Mrs. Ann Powtrell
gave the sum of 50I. to this parish for apprenticing boys.

Hartington, in the wapentake of Wirksworth and in the deanery of
Ashborne, lies about ten miles from Ashborne. The parish is divided into
four quarters or liberties, Hartington town, the lower quarter, the middle
quarter, in which is the chapelry of Earls- Sterndale, and the upper quarter.
The principal villages in the parish are. Biggin, Brandside, Crankston,
Crowdecote, Foxlow, Heathcote, and High-Needham.

A market at Hartington on Wednesdays, and a fair for three days, at the
festival of St. Giles, were granted to William Ferrars, Earl of Derby, about
the year 1203.'' The market lias long ago been discontinued. Tliere are
now two fairs held at Newhaven in this parisli, the second Tuesday in
September and October 30, for horned cattle, sheep, and all kinds of

■■ An ancient alabaster monument for Thomas Powtrell, Esq., 1484; Walter Powtrell,
1598 ; John Powtrell, Esq., 1624; Robert Powtrell, Esq., 1662.

I We have applied without success to the trustees for the present rental of these lands ; but
have been informed from another quarter, that they consist of about eighty-two acres of land at
Eastv^ood, Newthorp, and Ilkeston, with some houses and workshops, let all together at 120I.
per annum, (capable of considerable advance) and that the trustees have besides Bool, ou at
interest on private security.

^ Chart. Rot. 5 John, m.zz.

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DERBYSHIRE. 175

hardware. Tlie last-mentioned is said to be the most celebrated hoKday
fair in the county.

The manor of Hartington belonged to the noble family of Ferrars. On
the attainder of Robert de Ferrars, Earl of Derby, it was granted to Edmund
Earl of Lancaster ', who had a capital mansion or castle at Hartington
in the reign of Edward I. The manor continued to be annexed to the
Earldom and Duchy of Lancaster till the year 1603, when it was granted by
King James to Sir George Hume, Chancellor of the Exchequer. Having
reverted to tlie crown, it was granted by the same monarch, in 161 7, to
Sir George Villiers. In tiie year 1663, it was purchased of the Duke of
Buckingham, by William Cavendish Earl of Devonshire, and is now the
property of his descendant the present Duke of Devonshire. The Duke is
by far the greatest land-proprietor in this extensive parish ; and among
other estates, is possessed of Biggin-Grange, and Heathcote, which had
been given to the monks of Gerondon by the Ferrars family " ; the manor
or grange of Pilsbury and Cronkston-Grange, which had been given by the
the same family to the abbey of Merivale in Warwickshire, and had been
granted to George Earl of Shrewsbury ; the manor of Foxlow which had
belonged to the family of Lovell, and Cotes-Grange, which had been granted
by Henry VIH. to George Cotton.

When William Earl of Devonshire was created a Duke, he took his
second title of Marquis of Hartington from this place.

Hartington-hall was the property and residence of the Bateman family in
the early part of the sixteenth century. The estate now belongs to their
descendant. Sir Hugh Bateman, Bart. The hall is occupied as a farm-
house.

A capital messuage and estate at Hurdlow belonged for several gener-
ations to the family of Brereton, one of whose coheiresses, about the year
1681, brought it to the family of Swan. The daughter of a descendant
married William Bullock, M.D., whose son, Mr. John Bullock, is the
present proprietor. Sir Thomas Fletcher, Bart., and Sir John Edensore
Heathcote have considerable estates in this parish.

In the parish church of Hartington, are memorials of Richard Bateman,
Gent., 1 73 1, and William Wardle of Staffordshire, the last of his name and
family, 1770.

' It appears, nevertheless, that Margaret de Ferrars, Countess of Derby possessed it, pro-
bably by dower, 2 Edw. I., and claimed the right of having a gallows there. (Hundred Roll.)
" See Duffdale's Monasticon, vol. i. p. 770.

4 The

176 DERBYSHIRE.

The church of Hartington belonged to the Minoresses of London, most
probably by the gift of one of the Earls of Lancaster.

When Hartington commons were inclosed in 1798, the late Earl Beau-
champ, then William Lygon, Esq., being impropriator of the great tithes
had an allotment in lieu of them, which allotment he afterwards sold to Sir
Hugh Bateman, Bart. In right of the rectorial estate Sir Hugh is patron of
the Deanery of Hartington. The dean has the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of
the parish, the probate of wills, &c., it being exempt from the authority of
the Bishop and the Archdeacon. The Duke of Devonshire is patron of
the vicarage.

There is a chapel of ease at Earls-Sterndale, the minister of which is
appointed by the vicar.

At Hartington is a charity school, supported by a subscription, to which
the Duke of Devonshire gives 5I. per annum.

Hartshorn, in the hundred of Repton and Gresley and in the deanery
of Repington, lies near the road from Ashby-de-la-Zouch to Burton-
on-Trent ; three miles and a half from the former and seven from the
latter.

The manor of Hartshorn (Heorteshorne) belonged, at the time of taking
the Domesday Survey, to Henry de Ferrars. The prior and convent of
Repton had lands and a moiety of a park in Hartshorn." The abbot of
Crokesdon, in 1273, held an estate here under Theobald de Verdon ", who
seems to have been possessed of the manor. We find nothing further
relating to it till the year 1504, when John Ireland held the manor
of Hartshorn Upper-hall under William Abell, and Nether-hall under the
Earl of Shrewsbury.'' Sir William Compton died seised of it in 1528. The
Comptons were succeeded by theCantrells, who had been some time in pos-
session in 171 2 ""i the heiress of Cantrell married the grandfather of William
Bailey Cant, Esq., who, dying in 1800, bequeathed this manor and other
estates to Lord Erskine, (then at the bar,) for his able defence of John
Home Tooke and other persons, who were tried for high-treason, in 1794.
In consequence of the omission of certain legal processes, the intention of
the testator was defeated, and the manor of Hartshorn is now the property

" Dodsworth's Collections from an Inquisition Roll in the Exchequer, 4 Edw. I.

» Hundred Roll. P Hieron's Collection*. 1 Mr. Wolley's MS. History.

DERBYSHIRE. I77

of John Murcot, Esq., in right of his wife, Miss Partridge, who was one
of the cousins and coheiresses of Mr. Cant.

It is probable that the estate which belonged to the priory of Repton is
the same which was purchased, in 1707 and 1712, of Lady Rokeby and
Lady Philipps, coheiresses of the Honourable Edward Darcy, by Philip Earl
of Chesterfield, and which is now the property of Earl Stanhope.

On the borders of Leicestershire, in this parish, was a small manor called
Short- Hazles, which belonged to the Royles, and was afterwards divided
into severalties.

In the parish church is the monument of Humphrey Dethick, Esq.,
of Newhall, who died in 1599 ; his widow married Sir Humphrey Ferrers.
Bassano's volume of Church Notes mentions the monuments of Hugh
Royle, Esq., of Short-Hazles, 1602 ; and Ann, wife of James Royle, Esq.,
1630.

The Earl of Chesterfield is patron of the rectory. The learned and
eloquent George Stanhope, D.D., Dean of Canterbury, was a native of
Hartshorn, where he was born in March, 1661 ; his father, the Reverend
Thomas Stanhope, being then Rector. The Reverend Stebbing Shaw, the
historian of Staffordshire, succeeded his father in the rectory of Hartshorn,
in 1799 : he died in London in 1803, ^^'^ ^^'^^ buried at Hartshorn.

There is a free-school at this place founded by William Dethick, Rector of
Hartshorn, in 1626, and endowed with lands now let at about 50I. per annum.

Hathersage, in the hundred and deanery of High-Peak, lies about
eight miles from Tideswell, and about five from Stony-Middleton, where
is a post-office. The parish contains the townships of Hathersage, Bamford,
Outseats, and Nether- Padley ; and the chapelries of Derwent and Stony-
Middleton.

The manor of Hathersage (Hereseige) was, at the time of taking the Domes-
day Survey, the property of Ralph Fitzhubert. In the reign of Henry III.
it belonged to the family of De Hathersage, whose coheiresses brought it to
Goushill and Longford. In the reign of Henry VI. this manor, or rather
perhaps Goushill's moiety, belonged to the family of Thorp, with remainder
to Robert Eyre, and his heirs. Sir Nicholas Longford died seised of the other
moiety in 1 48 1 . The manor of Hathersage is now the property of the Duke
of Devonshire, whose ancestor purchased it in 1705 of the family of Pegge.

The manor of Bamford was for several generations in the Talbots, Earls
of Shrewsbury.' In 1802 it belonged to Francis Evans, Esq. ; now to Mr.

' Esch. Hen. VI. Eliz.

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178 DERBYSHIRE.

Francis Melknd and Mr. Daniel Prime. The Rev. Robert Turie gave the
sum of 35I. to the school in this township.

The manor of Upper Padley belonged to a branch of the ancient family
of Bernake, which, settling here, took the name of Padley : a coheiress of
Padley brought it to the Eyres; from whom it passed by marriage to Fitz-
herbert. In 158.9 Sir Thomas Fitzherbert complains to the Earl of Shrews-
bury, that his house and estate at Padley had been seized, in consequence
of two seminary priests having been found harboured there unknown to
him." This manor, or reputed manor, belonged afterwards to the Ashtons,
and is now the jiroperty of their representative, Ashton Ashton Shuttle-
worth, Esq., of Hathersage.

In the parish church are monuments of the tamily of Eyre ', and some
memorials also for that of Ashton." The church of Hathersage (Hersege)
was given to the Priory of Launde, in Leicestershire, by Richard Bassett,
its founder, in the 12th century. In the year 1808, an act of parliament
passed for inclosing the open fields and wastes in this parish, containing
about 10,000 acres. At this time the Duke of Devonshire was entitled to
the tithes of corn, wool, and lambs, in Hathersage and Outseats, and of
wool and lambs in the township of Derwent : lands were given by the act
in lieu of tithes. The Duke of Devonshire is patron of the vicarage.
Benjamin Ashton, Esq., who died in 1725, gave lool. towards procuring
Queen Anne's Bounty ; William Archer, Esq., gave 50I,, and 50I. more
was raised by subscription.

Mr. Ashton gave lol. los. towards building a school-house, and 5I. per
annum for the education of poor children. The present income of the
school is about 61. per annum.

There is a Roman Catholic chapel at Hathersage ; and a chapel belong-
ing to the Wesleyan Methodists, built in 1807.

There are manufactories at Hathersage for needles, wire, buttons, and
calico weaving.

The chapelry of Der'went, is about seven miles from Hathersage. Der-
went-hall, some time the property and residence of the Balguy family, is

' Lodge's Illustrations of British History, ii. 402.

' Robert Eyre, Esq., 1459 ; Robert Eyre, of Offerton, Gent., 1493 ; Sir Arthur Eyre (no
date), and his three wives — Margaret, daughter of Sir Robert Plumpton, Alice, daughter of
Sir Thomas Coffin of Portledge, Devon, and Dorothy, daughter of Humphrey Okeover, Esq.:
Anne, his sole surviving issue, married Sir Thomas Fitzherbert, son and heir of Sir Anthony
Fitzherbert. Robert Eyre, eldest son of Robert Eyre, of High-Jow, ob. 1656.

" 1717, &c.

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now a farm-house, the .property of John Bennet, Esq. The chapel was
built by one of the Balguy family, as a domestic chapel. The Rev. Robert
Turie, in 1720, gave part of two tenements, called " The Abbey" and the
Carr-house, for the augmentation of this chapel by Queen Anne's Bounty ;
and a rent-charge of 2I. per annum for a school. This school has now an
income of about 61. per annum. The patronage of the chapel was sold by
John Balguy, Esq., now of Duffield, to the late Joseph Denman, M. D. ;
and it now belongs to his nephew, Thomas Denman, Esq.

The parochial chapelry of Stoney-Middleton is situated about six miles
from Hathersage, on tlie road from Chesterfield (from wiiich it is eleven
miles distant) to Manchester. The manor belonged at an early period to
the Chaworths, under wliom it was held by the Bernakes of Upper-Padley.
Richard de Bernake sold it, in the reign of Edward I., to Thomas de Fur-
nival. It lias ever since passed with the adjoining manor of Eyam, and is
now tlie property of Lord George Henry Cavendish. The principal landed
property is vested in the different freeholders.

In the chapel are memorials of the family of Finney (1704 — 1790.) The
late Dr. Josepli Denman married one of the daughters, and eventually sole
heiress, of Richard Fiimey, Esq., and possessed the estates which had be-
longed to that family. The minister of the chapel is appointed by the
vicar of Hathersage. The Presbyterians have a meeting-house at Stony-
Middleton.

Adjoining to this parish is the extra-parochial chapelry of Peak-Forest,
about four miles from Chapel- en-le-Frith, within the manor of the High-
Peak, on lease to the Duke of Devonshire. In the chapel, which is dedi-
cated to King Charles the Martyr ", are memorials of the families of " Bower,
and Needham'^ of Rushop. The Duke of Devonshire appoints the minister.
The site of Peak-Forest village was anciently called the Chamber or Dam
in the Forest.

Heanor, in the hundred of Morleston and Litchurch, and in the deanery
of Derby, lies nine miles north-east from Derby, on the borders of Notting-
hamshire. The parish contains the townships of Heanor, Codnor, Codnor
Castle and Park, and Shipley ; and the hamlets or villages of Langley, Los-
coe, Milnhay, and Shipley-wood.

" It is said to heave been buili by the Countess of Shrewsbury ; but from the circumstance of
the dedication, it is much more probable that it was by Christian, Countess of Devonshire.
" 1779, &c. 2 i772> &c.

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180 DERBYSHIRE.

There was a market at Heanor a few years ago, on Wednesdays ; but
we find no charter for it on record.

The manor of Heanor is parcel of that of Codnor, hereafter described.
A good estate at this place, with a mansion called Heanor-hall, belonged to
the ancient family of Roper, who settled here early in the sixteenth cen-
tury. It afterwards belonged to the Fletchers, who sold to Sutton ; and is
now the property and residence of Mrs. Sutton, widow of John Sutton, Esq.,
who died in 1803.

In the parish church are monuments of the Mundy family ^ ; of Patience,
daughter of Francis Lowe, Esq., and wife of Thomas Burton, Esq., of
Aldercar, 1679; and Mr. Samuel Watson, 1715." Bassano's volume of
Church Notes mentions memorials of Samuel Roper, Esq., 1658 ; the
Lowes of Owlgreave " ; Mary, daughter of Jolui Green, of Norwell, Notts,
(the last of that ancient family), 1680 ; the Winters, of Langley'' ; Clarke^,
of Codnor % &c. The church of Heanor having been conveyed to the
Abbey of Dale, by the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry and others in
1473, the great tithes were appropriated to that monastery. The impro-
priate tithes are now vested in the several landholders. The King is patron
of the vicarage. Heanor was in the reign of Henry II. a chapel to the
church of St. Mary in Derby.'

The manor of Codnor (Cotenoure) was held, at the time of taking the
Domesday Survey, by Warner, under William Peverel. It belonged to
the family of Grey as early as the year 121 1 ; and Codnor-castle became
the seat of the elder branch. Henry de Grey, the first of this noble and
wide-spreading family, whom we find upon record, possessed Codnor and
Heanor : his elder son, Richard, who was settled at Codnor, was one of the

^ Edward Mundy, Esq., 1767 ; he married Hester, daughter and heir of Richard Miller, Es(i.,
and niece of Sir Humphrey Miller, Bart. : Frances, daughter of Sir Godfrey Meynell, and wife
of Edward Miller Mundy Esq., ob. 1783 ; Georgiana, Dowager Baroness Middleton, ob. 1789,
wife first of Thomas Lord Middleton of WoUaton, afterwards of Edward Miller Mundy Esq.,
by whom he had one daughter (now Duchess of Newcastle).

>> See p. 153, note.

• Francis Lowe, D.B., 1684; Francis Lowe, 1693.-

" Frances Winter, of Langley, 1697, mother of Edmund Winter, Esq., of that place, " wha
enjoyed a fair estate of inheritance at Langley, then of the value of lool. per annum, and a
good house."

* John Clarke, ob. 1641 ; he had one daughter, married to Gilbert Clarke, Esq., of
Somersall.

f Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. ii. p. 61 7. — History of the foundation of Dale-Abbey.

12 loyal

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loyal Barons in the reign of Henry IH. John Lord Grey, of Codnor, dis-
tinguished himself in the Scottish wars in the reign of Edward III., and
was in great favour with that monarch. Richard Lord Grey was employed
by King Henry V^. to bring the son of Henry Hotspur out of Scotland.
Henry, the last Lord Grey of Codnor, died in or about 1526; when the
Codnor estate devolved to Sir John Zouch, who had married Elizabeth his
aunt. Sir John Zouch was a younger son of William Lord Zouch, of Har-
ringworth. The Codnor estate was sold by Sir John Zouch and John
Zouch, Esq., his heir apparent, in 1634, to Archbishop Neile, and his son.
Sir Paul. Their descendant, Richard Neile, Esq., sold the manor and
castle of Codnor, with its members ^, and the manor of Codnor-park, in 1692,
to Sir Strensham Masters, who was High-Sheriff in 1712. This estate now
belongs to his descendant, Charles Legh Hoskins Masters, Esq.

Robert Lord Grey, in 1330, claimed the right of having pillory, tumbrel,
and gallows, and four parks within the manor of Codnor." There are still
considerable remains of the castle which stands on an eminence, command-
ing an extensive view over Nottinghamshire. A part of it has been fitted
up as a farm-house. The extensive park connected with the castle has
long ago been converted into tillage.

The manor of Shipley (Scipelei) was held, at the time of taking the
Domesday Survey, by Malger, under Gilbert de Gand. This Gilbert gave
it to Sir Robert de Muskam, his steward, whose great grandson of the same
name conveyed it to Sir Robert le Vavasour." The heiress of Vavasour
brought it to the Strelleys; which family were in possession in 1330." Sir
Anthony Strelley died seised of it in 1591. Sir Philip Strelley, his son,
devised Shipley to be sold for the payment of his debts. Nicholas, son of
Sir Philip was the last of this elder branch of the Strelleys. Shipley was
afterwards in the family of Leche or Leech ; from whom it passed, by suc-
cessive female heirs to the families of Miller and Mundy, and is now the
property and seat of Edward Miller Mundy, Esq., one of the representatives
for the county.

Robert Strelley, Esq., in 1330, claimed two parks in the manor of Ship-
ley ; but only one was allowed : the other, called Estinker, was stocked
with deer, but, being only a new inclosure, was not allowed as a park.

Aldercar-park, in this parish, was a seat of the Burtons. The Milnes

8 Heanor, Loscoe, and Langley. '' Quo Warranto Roll, 4 Edw. III.

' Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. i. p. 963. " Quo Warranto Roll, 4 Edw. Ill-

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182 DERBYSHIRE.

family possessed it, and resided tliere in 1712. It is now vested in the
trustees of the late William Milnes, Esq., and the residence of" one of them,
the Rev. John Smith, who married one of the coheiresses.

The estate at Langley, which belonged to the Winters of that place, is
in severalties.

Loscoe-park was for several generations the seat of the Draycot ' family.
It has long ago been disparked, and the house pulled down : the estate, or
part of it, belongs to the Morewoods.

Owlgreave, or Oldgrave, an old mansion, the seat of a branch of the
Lowes, is now a farm, belonging to E. M. Mundy, Esq. M. P.

The Rev. John Hieron, an eminent non-conformist divine, resided at
Loscoe during the latter part of his life, died there, and was buried at
Heanor in 1682.

Heath, in the hundred of Scarsdale and deanery of Chesterfield, lies
about five miles from Chesterfield, which is the post-town, and about
eight from Alfreton. The manor, which was given by Robert de Ferrars
to the monks of Gerondoq, in Leicestershire, was probably granted to the
Shrewsbury family. The Earl of Shrewsbury possessed it in 1588; it is
now the property of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire.

Oldcotes, or Owlcote, in this parish, near Sutton, was one of the
three mansions built by Elizabeth Countess of Shrewsbury. This man-
sion and estate passed with one of the Earl of Shrewsbury's grand-
daughters to the Pierrepont family. It appears, by Blome's Britannia,
that Oldcotes was, in 1673, the seat of George Pierrepont, Esq., grand-
son of the Earl of Kingston. The house was taken down before
the memory of any person living : the estate is the property of Earl
Manvers.

The church of Heath, alias Lowne, or Lund, was given to the Abbey of
Croxton, at the time of its foundation in 1162, and the great tithes were
appropriated to that monastery. The advowson of the church was given
by Queen Mary to the burgesses of Derby. The patronage of the vicarage
is now vested in the Duke of Devonshire, who is impropriator of the great
tithes.

' As early as the beginning of the fifteenth century — Philip Draycot, of Loscoe, (who was
father-in-law of Anthony Babington, executed for high-treason in 1586,) was apprehended as a
recusant, in 1587. — See Lodge's Illustrations of British History, ii. 371.

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H6pe, in the hundred and deanery of High-Peak, lies about five miles
from Tidesweli, and eight from Cliapel-en-le-Frith. The former is the post-
town.

The parish comprises the parochial chapelry of Fairfield, and the townships
of Abney, Aston, Bradwell, Brough, Fernilee, Grindlow, Hazlebache,
Highlow, Great- Hucklow, Little-Hucklow, OfFerton, Shatton, Stoke,
Thornhill, Thornton, Wardlow, Woodland-Eyam, and Woodlands ; besides
the villages of Alpert, Coplow-dale, and Small-dale. Part of Buxton also
is in this parish.

In the year 171 5, John Balguy, Esq., of Hope, procured a grant for a
weekly market at this place on Saturday; and four fairs — on Friday in
the last week of January, May i, on Friday in the first week of July, and
Friday in the last week of September. Of late years the market was only
attended by a few butchers, and is now wholly discontinued. There are
now four fairs : March 28 (a new fair), for cattle ; May 13, for cattle, &c.,
and for hiring servants ; the day preceding the second Wednesday in Sep-
tember (a new fair also), for horned cattle and sheep ; and Oct. 1 1, a small
cattle fair.

The manor of Hope, which was parcel of the ancient demesne of the
crown, appears to have been of considerable extent, and to have had seven
hamlets annexed to it at the time of taking the Domesday Survey. It was
afterwards considered as parcel of the great manor of the High-Peak ; and
that manor having been since divided into two, it is now esteemed parcel of
the manor of Castleton, held on lease under the duchy of Lancaster, by his
Grace the Duke of Devonshire.

Hope-hall was a seat of the ancient family of Balguy : it is now the pro-
perty of Mr. John Dakin, and occupied as an inn. The Balguys had ano-
ther residence at Rowlee in this parish. The ancient and widely-spreading
family of Eyre are originally to be found at Hope, where they had a mes-
suage and lands in the reign of Edward I.

Bassano's volume of Church Notes mentions a monument of Henry Bal-
guy, Esq., of Rowlee, who died in 1685, as being in Hope church.

The church of Hope, and the chapel of Tidesweli, then an appendage
to it, were granted by King John, in 1205, to the Bishop of Lichfield and
Coventry " ; by some subsequent arrangements this church became vested
in the Dean and Chapter, by whom the rectory manor was granted in the
reign of Edward VI. to Ralph Gell, Esq., of Hopton. The devisees in

■" Chart. Rot. 7 John, Dors.

4 trust

184: DERBYSHIRE.

trust of the late Pliilip Gell, Esq., sold it to John Bagshaw, Esq. The latter
conveyed it to the late Mr. Micah Hall, of Castleton ; and it is now the
property of his devisee, Mr. Isaac Hall.

The Earl of Newburgh is lessee of the tithes of corn ; and Mr. William
Milnes, of those of wool and lambs. The Dean and Chapter of Lichfield
are patrons of the vicarage.

The Presbyterians and Methodists have meeting-houses at Great-Huck-
low ; the former was originally established by William Bagshaw, called the
Apostle of the Peak. The Methodists have a meeting-house at Bradwell.
Most of the Methodists in this parish are of the Wesleyan persuasion.

There is a free-school at Hope, of the foundation of which nothing is
certainly known. The present value of the endowment is about lol. per
annum. John Champion, in 1785, gave the sum of 70I. to this school.

The manor of Abney (Habenai) belonged to William Peverel at the
time of the Domesday Survey, In the reign of Edward II. it belonged to
the family of Archer ; at a later period, to a branch of the Bagshaw family,
by whom it was sold to the Bradshaws : after having possessed it for two
centuries, it passed from the latter by marriage to the Galliards, of Ed-
monton, in Middlesex. The sister and coheiress of the latter brought it to
the late Charles Bowles, Esq., of East-Sheen, in Surrey. It is now the pro-
perty of his son, Humphrey Bowles, Esq.

Bradwell, which was another of William Peverel's manors, is now the
property of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, being esteemed part of
the manor of Castleton.

Brough is supposed to have been a Roman station. Brough-mill, which
in the reign of Edward III. belonged to the family of Strelley, was then
held by the service of attending the King on horseback whenever he should
come into Derbyshire, carrying a heroner (or heron-falcon"); if his horse
should die in the journey, the King was to buy him another, and to provide
two robes and boiiche of court."

Combes-edge, Buxton, Fairfield, Fernilee or Ferney-Ley, and Great-
Hucklow, are parcel of the Duchy of Lancaster manor of the High- Peak,
on lease to the Duke of Devonshire. Ralph le Archer held a messuage
and lands in Great-Hucklow in the reign of Edward I., by the service of
keeping the King's forest with a bow and arrows.*" A considerable freehold
estate, then called a manor, in Great-Hucklow, belonged to the Earl of

■ Falco heronariuB. ' Esch. 20 & 24 Edw. III.

P Hieron's Collections.

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Newcastle in the reign of Charles I. This estate was sold to John Bag-
shaw, Esq., of Hucklow ; from whom it passed by descent to the family of
Rich, and the principal part was purchased a few years ago by John Rad-
ford, Esq., of Smalley.

The manor of Grindlow, by the name of Greneslaw in Pecco, was given
by King John, in 1199 ^r 1200, to the monastery of Lilleshull, in Shrop-
shire.'' King Edward VI., in 1552, granted it, by the name of Greenlow-
grange to Sir William Cavendish ': in 1641, it belonged to William Caven-
dish, Earl of Newcastle; being then valued at 156I. 8s. per annum. It is
now vested in the daughters of the late Honourable William Cockayne, as
representatives of their mother, who was heiress of the late Serjeant Hill.

The manor of Hazlebach, or Hazlebadge, (Heselebec), belonged to Wil-
liam Peverel at the time of the Domesday Survey. In the fourteenth cen-
tury it was in the family of Strelley ' ; afterwards in the Vernons ' ; and is
now by inheritance the property of his Grace the Duke of Rutland.

The manor of Highlow belonged in the reign of Edward II. to an ancient
family of the name of Archer, supposed to have been extinct at an early
period. In the following century, Highlow became the property and seat
of a younger branch of the family of Eyre ; one of whose descendants, in
the early part of the eighteenth century, took the name of Archer." After
the death of John Archer, Esq.", it was sold under a decree of Chancery
(in 1802), to the late Duke, and is now the property of his Grace the
present Duke of Devonshire. Offerton, which was a seat of the Eyres
is now a farm of the Duke of Devonshire's.

The manor of Little- Hucklow, which was for many generations in the
family of Foljambe, is now the property of William Carleile, Esq.

The manor of Stoke was sold, in or about the year 1473, ^Y Henry Lord
Grey, of Codnor, to Robert Barley, Esq., of a younger branch of the Barleys
of Barlow, whose posterity resided at Stoke for several generations. In the
reign of Charles I. it was one of the manors of William Cavendish, Earl of
Newcastle. Jacinth Sacheverell was lord of the manor of Stoke in 16 c;6.
It is now the property of the Honourable John Simpson, second son of the
Right Honourable Lord Bradford, whose father, the first Lord Bradford,

" Chart. Rot. i John. ' Rot. Pat. 6 Ed. VI.

' Esch. 20 Edw. III. & 14 Ric. II.

' Hugh de Stranley (or Strelley) conveyed this nianw to Sir Richard Vernon, 8 Hen^ V. —
Duke of Rutland's evidences.

" From the Archers of Coopersale in Essex, with whom they were remotely connected.
* He died in 1800.

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186 DERBYSHIRE.

acquired it in marriage with the heiress of Simpson. Stoke-hall is in the
occupation of Robert Arkwright, Esq.

The manor of Thornhill belonged to a family, who took their name from
the place of their residence ; and by whom it was conveyed, about the latter
end of the fourteenth, or beginning of the fifteenth century, to the Eyres of
Hope. John Eyre, of Hope, sold it, in or about the year 1602, to Adam
Slack, of Tideswell, yeoman; by whose family it was alienated, in 1613, to
Thomas Eyre, Esq., of Hassop, ancestor of Francis, Earl of Newburgh,
who is the present proprietor.

Shalcross '', in this parish, was for many generations the residence of an
ancient family, to whom it gave name. John Shalcross, Esq., the last heir
male, sold it to his son-in-law, Roger Jacson, Esq., of whose nephew it was
purchased by Mr. Foster Bower, uncle of Francis Jodrell, Esq., of Henbury,
in Cheshire, the present proprietor.

The parochial chapelry of Fairfield lies about eleven miles from Hope,
and within a mile of Buxton, part of which, as before mentioned, is in
Hope parish." The minister of the chapel is appointed by six resident
governors, pursuant to letters-patent of 37 Eliz. ; by which the gover-
nors of the perpetual chapel of Fairfield, and of the alms-houses there to
be erected for six poor persons (of which foundation, if it took effect, there
is no trace), were incorporated, and empowered to hold lands, and to pur-
chase to the amount of 40I. a year. In default of the governors appointing
a minister within six months after a vacancy, the appointment lapses to the
Dean and Chapter of Lichfield. William Dakin, Esq., one of the present go-
vernors, is a lineal descendant and namesake of one of those appointed by
the letters -patent.

The charity-school at Fairfield was founded in 1662, by Anthony Swan,
and endowed with a rent-charge of 4I. per annum, " towards the daily
maintenance and bringing up at school of ten of the poorest children of the
town and chapelry." In the year 1772 an allotment of land was made to
tlie school under the inclosure act, which now lets for 44I. per annum.

HoRSLEY, in the hundred of Morleston and Litchurch, and in the dean-
ery of Derby, lies about six miles nearly north from Derby. The parish
contains the townships of Horsley, Woodhouse, and Kilburn, and the paro-
chial chapeh-y of Denby.

The manor of Horsley belonged, at the time of taking the Domesday

" The estate, in an inquisition 7 Eliz., is called Old Feofmen^, alias Shalcross-hall manor.
" See p. 34—38-

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DERBYSHIRE. 187

Survey, to Ralph de Burun, who had a castle upon it called Horestan, or
Horston, which was the seat of his barony. Robert de Burun was pos-
sessed of Horestan-castle in 1 200."" It is probable that he was afterwards
in rebellion, for that monarch is said to have granted his whole barony to
W. de Briewere.'' Horestan-castle appears to have reverted ere long to the
crown ; for William de Ferrars, Earl of Derby, was appointed governor in
1 2 14.'' Peter de Montfort was made governor in 1250 "^ ; Hugh Despencer
in 1255." Walter de Stokesley was, in 1274, made keeper of Horestan-
castle and of the soke of Horsley, during pleasure. Ralph Pipard was
made governor for life, in 1291.' In 1298, Jordan Foliot died seised of
Horestan-castle, which had been granted to Richard his father. "^ Sir Ralph
Shirley was governor of this castle in 1314.^ King Edward III., in 1347,
granted it in tail-male to Henry Plantagenet afterwards Duke of Lan-
caster." John de Holand, afterwards Earl of Huntingdon, had a grant of
it for life in 1391.' King Henry VI. granted this castle, in 1452, to Ed-
mund Hadham, Earl of Richmond, and Jasper, Earl of Pembroke." In
1514, King Henry VIII. granted the manor of Horsley, and the castle of
Horestan, with other estates, to Thomas, Duke of Norfolk, as a reward for
his services at Flodden-Field. In or about 1530, this estate was conveyed
to Sir Michael Stanhope, from whom it has descended to the Earl of Ches-
terfield. There are no remains of the castle, on the site of which is
now a heap of rubbish : it stood on the summit of a hill, about a mile from
Horsley church. The lord of the manor of Horsley claimed the light of
having a gallows for the punishment of offenders.'

King James I., being on a progress in Derbyshire, amused himself with
the diversion of hunting in Horsley-park." The park has long ago been
converted into tillage.

In the parish church is a monument in memory of several of the family
of Fletcher ", who acquired opulence by successful speculations in the col-

^ Thoroton's Nottinghamshire. ^ Dugdale. '' Ibid. ■= Ibid.

0 Dugdale. " Ibid. f Esch. 27 Edw. I.

s Peerage. '' Dugdale. ' Dugdale.

" Pat. Rot. 31 Hen. VI. ' Quo Warranto Roll, 4 Edw. III.

"" MS. History of Derbyshire in Ashmole's Collection.

" Robert Fletcher, 171 1 ; John Fletcher, Esq., of Stanesby-house, 1731 ; Sarah, his widow,
aetat: 90, 1757 ; John Fletcher, Esq., 1766. The last-mentioned John having no issue
left his estate and collieries to John, the eldest son of Francis Barber who married his
sister. See further of this family, and their grant of arms, in the account of Derbyshire
families,

B b 2 lieries

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lieries at this place. The insci'iption begins, '• Near this place are depcr-
sited the earthly remains of a family of colliers."

The church of Horsley was given by Hugh de Buruii, in the reign of
King Stephen, to the priory of Lenton in Nottinghamshire. The Earl of
Chesterfield is impropriator and patron of the vicarage.

Kilburne belonged for many generations to the family of Draycot. It
was afterwards in the family of Hunter ; and is now the property and re-
sidence of William Hunter Hunter, Esq., son of the late Henry Fletcher,
Esq. He took the name of Hunter on the death of his maternal uncle,
Mr. Vickers Hunter, about the year 1795.

Stanesby or Stainsby house, in the township of Horsley-Woodhouse,
was some time the property and residence of the family of Moor ;
by whom it was sold, in 1 712, to John Fletcher, Esq., (sheriff for the
county in 1732.) In 1783, it was purchased of the assignees of his
nephew and devisee, John Barber, by Mr. Samuel Buxton ; who, in
1785, sold it to Edward Sacheverell Wilmot Sitwell, Esq., the present
proprietor.

The parochial chapelry of Denhy, lies about eight miles north from
Derby. The manor belonged, at the time of the Domesday Survey, to
Ralph de Burun ; under whose family it was held, in or about the reign of
Henry I., by Patrick de Rossel, or Rosel ; the heiress of the last-mentioned
family brought it, in the reign of Henry VL, to Lawrence Lowe, Esq., Ser-
jeant at law, ancestor of the late Richard Lowe, Esq. It is now the pro-
perty of William Dniry Lowe, Esq. The Rosels had a park at Denby in
the reign of Henry III.

Richard Lord Grey, of Codnor, held a small manor at Denby which
he possessed by the gift of William Rosel and William Bernack repre-
sentatives and coheirs of John de Denby : this manor afterwards acquired
the name of Paik-hall. Richard Lord Grey procured, in 1 334, a charter for
a market at Denby on Thursdays, and a fair for two days at the festival of
the Nativity of the Virgin Mary." From the Greys the manor of Park-
hall passed to the Frechevilles, and was sold about the beginning of Henry
VIII.'s reign, by Sir Peter Frecheville, to Vincent Lowe, Esq., of
Denby, who settled it on his younger son. On the death of Francis
Lowe, Esq., of Denby, without issue, in 1563, Jasper Lowe, Esq., of
Park-hall, succeeded to the Denby estate, and they have since continued
to be united.

» Chart. Rot. 8 Edw. III.

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In the chapel are some monuments of the Lowes of Locko." The im-
propriation of Denby was vested in the family of Hazlewood in 1561.'' In
1638, Robert Wilmot, Esq., being possessed of" the great tithes, charged
them with the endowment of the alms-houses at Derby and Spondon. Sir
Robert Wilmot, Bart., of Chaddesden, is the present impropriator. Mr.
Lowe is patron of the perpetual curacy. The subjection of the chapel of
Denby to the vicar of Horsley was acknowledged by an instrument bearing
date 1484.

A charity-school was founded at this place about the year 1739, by Mrs.
Jane Massey, and endowed with lands, now producing a rent of 37I. per
annum.

Hault-Hucknall, in the hundred of Scarsdale and deanery of Chester-
field, lies on the borders of Nottinghamshire about seven miles from Ches-
terfield, wliich is the post-town, and about six from Mansfield. The
parish contains the township of Stainsby, and the villages or hamlets of
Astwith, Harstoft, and Rowtiiorn.

The manor of Hucknall, which has passed with Hardwick, belongs to
the Duke of Devonshire.

In the parish church is the monument of Anne, daughter and coheir of
Henry Kighley, Esq., and wife of William Cavendish, the first Earl of De-
vonshire, 1628} and the tomb of Thomas Hobbes ', the celebrated philo-
sopher and free-thinker, who died at Hardwick in 1679, in the 92d year of
his age. This well-known writer had been tutor to the second and third
Earls of Devonshire ; and continued to reside in the family till his death.
For many years he spent his summers in Derbyshire, removing with the
family as they visited Chatsworth or Hardwick. The five last years of his
life were spent wholly in Derbyshire. Among his numerous publications
was a Latin descriptive poem on the wonders of the Peak, " De Mira-
bilibus Pecci." A few weeks preceding his death, his situation being then
hopeless, the Earl of Devonshire removing with his family i'iom Chatsworth

^ John Lowe, Esq., 1771, (he married the heiress of Marriot, of Alscot, in Gloucestershire ;)
Richard Lowe, Esq., (the last of the family,) 1785. See an account of Drury taking the
name of Lowe, in the History of Derbyshire Families.

1 Hieron's Collections.

"■ The following is the inscription on his tomb : — " Condita hie sunt ossa Thome Hobbes,
Malmesburiensis, qui per multos annos survivit duobus Devoniae Comitibus, patri et filio. Vir
probus, et fama eruditionis domi forisque bene cognitus. Obiit anno Dom. 1679, nneBsis
Decemb. die 4", set. suae 91.

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to Hardwick, he insisted on being removed also, although it was necessary
to carry him on a feather-bed.

The church of Hault-Hucknall was appropriated to the priory of Beau-
chief. In 1544, the impropriate rectory was granted to Francis Leake, Esq.
The Duke of Devonshire is now impropriator and patron of the vicarage.

The manor of Hardwick was granted by King John, in 1 203, to Andrew
de Beauchamp.' In the year 1288, AVilliam de Steynesby held it of John
le Savage by the annual render of three pounds of cinnamon and one of
pepper.' John Steynesby, his great-grandson, was seised of it in " 1330.
The Hardwicks afterwards possessed it for six generations. Elizabeth, the
third daughter and (after her brother's death) coheiress of John Hard-
wick, Esq., brought this estate to her second husband. Sir William Caven-
dish, from whom it has descended to his Grace the Duke of Devonshire.

The dilapidated shell of the ancient hall at Hardwick, which re-
mains by the side of the more modern structure, built by the heiress
of Hardwick (then Countess of Shrewsbury) in her last widowhood,
has been already spoken of. The present hall, which has acquired an
imaginary interest, on the supposition that it was one of the prisons of
Mary Queen of Scots, was built after the death of that unfortunate princess.
The second floor of this mansion is said to have been allotted for the resi-
dence of the royal Prisoner, and the rooms are shown as retaining their
furniture in the same state as when she inhabited them. Over the door of
a bed-room, said to have been appropriated to her, are the arms of the
Queen of Scots with her cypher. There is a portrait of Queen Mary in one
of the apartments, said to have been painted in the tenth year of her cap-
tivity." A bed, a set of chairs, and a suit of hangings are shown as having
been the work of the royal Captive : it is very probable that they were ; we
have proof that she wasveryfond of needle-work, and that she employed many
hours of the day during her captivity in that occupation." The furniture

^ Chart. Rot. 5 John. ' Esch. 17 Edw. 1.

" Quo Warranto Roll, 4 Edw. III.

* It may be observed, that among the portraits at Hardwick particularized in the Countess
of Shrewsbury's will, that of Mary Queen of Scots is not mentioned.

^ In a letter from Mr. White to Sir William Cecil, giving an account of an interview he had
with Mary Queen of Scots, in 1568, at Tutbury-castle, he says " She sayd that all day she
wrought with her nydill, and that the diversity of the colors made the work seem less tedious,
and contynued so long at it, till very payne made her to give over." — Haynes's State
Papers, p. 510.

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was probably used by her, and brought from Chatsworth, before the old Jiall
at that place was taken down.

We have only presumptive evidence that the unfortunate Mary ever was
at Hardwick j it is certain, that if she was, it was only during a short and
occasional visit of the Earl of Shrewsbury to that place. The Countess, being
at Hardwick, in 1577, several years before the present hall was built, wrote
to the Earl, intimating her wish, that he would come to Hardwick, if the
Queen would give him permission. In the postscript she says, " Lette me
here how you, your charge, & love dotiie, & comende me, I pray you.
Yt were well, you cente fore or fyve peces of the great hangengs, that
they myght be put oup, and some carpetes ; I wyshe you woUde have
thynges yn that redynes, that you myht come w''in 3 or foure dayes after
you here fromcourte."^

Among other interesting portraits at Hardwick, are those of Queen Eli-
zabeth, Lady Jane Grey, Sir Thomas More, Cardinal Pole, Bishop
Gardiner, the Countess of Shrewsbury, Sir William Cavendish, the first
Earl of Devonshire, Colonel Charles Cavendish, and Thomas Hobbes,
aged 89. Hardwick-hall stands on an eminence, in an extensive and well-
wooded paik."

Near Hardwick-hall is a school, built by the second Duke of Devonshire in
1724. We are informed that the then Duchess of Devonshire, and a gentle-
man whose name is not now known, gave 200I. each, in lieu of which, 20I.
per annum was charged on the Hardwick estate, a moiety of which is pay-
able to this school, and the other moiety to the school at Edensor. Mr.
Thomas Whitehead of Rowthorn, in 1729, gave a messuage and twenty-acres
of land, now let at 16I. per annum, to this school ; los. of which is to be
laid out in books, and the remainder to be given to the master. Mr. John
Philips, in 1734, gave 50I., 4 per cents, to this school.

The manor of Rowthorn (Rugetorn) was, at the time of taking the Domes-
day Survey, the property of Roger de Busli. It afterwards belonged to
the family of Tilly, whose heiress married Savage. Robert de Lexington,
to whom it had been conveyed by the last-mentioned family, gave it to the
abbot and convent of Newsted in Nottinghamshire.'' In the year 1563, this
manor was vested in the coheiresses of Roger Greenhalgh. In 1583, Lord
Chancellor Bromley, acting, as it is supposed, as a trustee, conveyed it to

'■ Lodge's Illustrations of British History, vol. ii. p. 169.

• See a further account of this hall under the head of Ancient Mansion-houses, in the
General History.
" Thoroton.

Sir

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Sir William Cavendish, ancestor of the Duke of Devonshire, who is the
present proprietor.

The manor of Steynesby was held, at the time of taking the Domesday
Survey, by Roger de Poitou. In the reign of King John it was in the
family of Savage : in the year 1235, William son of Walkelin de Savage,
held it by the annual render of a sore hawk." In 1580 or 1581, John Savage
conveyed this manor to Lord Chancellor Bromley, by whom, it is probable,
it was again conveyed, about the same time as Rowthorn, to Sir William
Cavendish, It is now the property of the Duke of Devonshire.

Ilkeston, in the hundred of Morleston and Litchurch and in the deanery
of Derby is a small market-town on the borders of Nottinghamshire, nine
miles from Derby, eight from Nottingham, and one hundred and twenty-
eight from London. The market was granted, in 1251, to Hugh de Can-
telupe ", to be held on Thursdays, with a fair for two days at the festival of
the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The market has not been wholly
discontinued ; it is still held occasionally on Thursdays, for fruit and
vegetables. There are two cattle fairs, on the sixth of March and Thurs-
day in Whitsun-week.

The hamlets or villages of Cotman-hay and Little-Hallam are in this
parish.

The manor of Ilkeston (Tilchestune) was, when the Survey of Domesday
was taken, held by one Malger, under Gilbert de Gand, nephew to William
the Conqueror. This Gilbert, in the reign of Henry 1. gave the manor
of Ilkeston to his steward. Sir Robert de Muskam. After four descents the
heiress of Muskam married Sir Ralph de Greseley,of Greseleyin Nottingham-
shire. Eustachia, the daughter of Sir Ralph, and eventually sole heiress
of her brother Hugh, married Nicholas Cantelupe, whose grandson of the
same name, died seised of it in 1355.'* Millecent, one of the coheiresses of
William Lord Cantelupe brought it to the baronial family of Zouch of
Harringworth. On the attainder of John Lord Zouch, as a partizan of
Richard III., King Henry VTI. granted it, in 1485, to Sir John Savage, of
whose descendant. Sir Thomas Savage, it was purchased in 1608, by Sir
John Manners, ancestor of his Grace the Duke of Rutland, who is the
present proprietor.

'' A hawk of the first year.

' See the Quo Warranto Roll of 4 Edw. III., referring to a charter of 36 Hen. III. It is
stated in the Roll that the market and fair were but little frequented in 1330.
" Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. i. 962, 963.

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The Cantilupe family had two parks in Ilkeston in 1330.'

In the parish church is the monument of a crusader (one of the Cantilupe
family,) and some memorials of the family of Flamsteed/ Bassano's
volume of Church Notes describes some mutilated ancient tombs of eccle-
siastics and others ; and memorials of the family of Gregg/

The. Church was appropriated to the abbey of Dale in 1385 \ having been
given most probably by the Cantilupe family. The Duke of Rutland is now
impropriator and patron of the vicarage.

There are meeting houses at Ilkeston for the Unitarians, Independents,
General Baptists, Particular Baptists, and Wesleyan Methodists.

Mr. Richard Smedley, in 1744, founded almshouses at this place for
six poor persons', and endowed them with pensions of five pounds per
annum each. Mr. Smedley gave also lol. per annum " for the education of
forty poor children.

Kirk-Ireton, in the wapentake of Wirksworth and in the deanery of Ash-
borne, lies about seven miles from Ashborne and three from Wirksworth,
which is the post-town. The village of Blackwall and the township of
Ireton-wood, are in this parish.

The manor of Kirk-Ireton, was held under the King's brother in the
reign of Edward I. : it has long been attached to the duchy manor of
Wirksworth. The manor of Hollands in Wirksworth, belonging to Philip
Gell, Esq., M. P., extends into this parish.

In the parish church are some memorials of the families of Catesby and
Mellor." The Dean of Lincoln is patron of the rectory.

' Quo Warranto- Roll.

' John Flamsteed, 1745; Paul Flarasteed, 1747; (relations of Flamsteed the celebrated
astronomer.)

s Francis Gregg, 1667; Robert Gregg, 1688; William Gregg, 1690.

" Pat. 9 Ric II. pt. I. ni. 31.

' Two of the pensioners are to be of Risley parish, in which the founder resided, one of
Ilkeston, one of Dale, one of Awswortli, and one of Greasley. The two last-mentioned parishes
are in Nottinghamshire.

" So we are informed ; but the return of charitable donations to the House of Commons in
1787, says, lands then let at lol. per annum, and mention is made in that return of ijs. per
annum given for teaching three poor children, by the Reverend Mr. Courtman in 1704.

' Thomas Catesby of Ireton-wood, 1663 ; Ellen, his daughter, wife of Robert Mellor of
Idcridgehay, 1708. Some Church Notes in the possession of Godfrey Meynell, Esq., of Langley-
park, mention Agnes, daughter of Robert Madock, and wife of Robert, son of Thomas Mellor
of Ideridgehay, which Agnes died in 1580.

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194 DERBYSHIRE.

Blackwall was the freehold property of a family who took their name
from this the place of their residence, probably from an early period.
They certainly were of Blackwall as early as the year 1500. It is now the
property and residence of their descendant Mr. John Blackwall.

The Reverend John Slater and Mary his wife, in the year 1686, gave
five closes at Kirk-Ireton to the parish, directing that 81. per annum should
be given to a schoolmaster for instructing sixteen poor children in reading,
writing and arithmetic, the remainder of the rent to be distributed half-
yearly among the poorer inhabitants. The executors of John Bower gave
the sum of 120I. for educating of poor children in 1744.

Certain lands in Kirk-Ireton and Callow, in the parish of Wirksworth,
were inclosed by act of parliament in 1803.

Kedleston, in the hundred of Appletree and in the deanery of Derby,
lies four miles north-west from Derby.

The manor of Kedleston (Chetelestune ') was, at the time of taking the
Domesday Survey, part of the large property of Henry de Ferrais : it was
held under the Ferrars family by that of Curson or Curzon, as early as the
reign of Henry I. This ancient family frequently represented the county of
Derby in parliament. Sir John Curzon was created a Baronet in 1641. Sir
Nathaniel Curzon the fifth baronet was, in 1760, created Baron Scarsdale of
Kedleston, and was father of Nathaniel Lord Scarsdale, the present Lord
of the manor of Kedleston.

Kedleston-hall, the noble mansion of Lord Scarsdale, and his chief
residence, stands pleasantly situated in the midst of the park, occupying
the site of a former mansion, which had not been built many years when
Mr. William Wolley wrote his MS. history of Derbyshire in 1712, and
which that writer describes as a very useful noble pile of building, of brick
and stone, as good as most in the county. The present hall, which is the
object of great attraction to travellers, was built from the designs of Adam,
about the year 1765. The hall of this mansion is a singularly fine room,
about 6"] feet by 42, supported by twenty Corinthian columns, twenty-five
feet in height, which were much improved in their effect a ^&\i years ago,
by being fluted. They are made of veined alabaster from the quarries
at Red-hill in Nottinghamshire belonging to Lord Curzon. There is a col-
lection of pictures at Kedleston-hall, by the old masters, among which a

' It is most probable that it took its name from Chetel the Saxon owner of Chatsworth, or
another Saxon of the same name.

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landscape by Cuyp aiul a large picture by Rembrandt, over the fire-place in
the library, the subject of whicli is Daniel interpreting the dream of King
Nebuchadnezzar, have been most admired.

In the parish church which stands near the hall, are several monuments
of theCurzon family ; the more ancient have been already described." In the
south transept is the monument of Sir John Curzon, Bart., who died in
1686, aged 89 : it is supported by Corinthian columns, and has half length
effigies, front-faced, of Sir John in armour, and his lady, (Patience daughter
of John Lord Crewe) who died in 1 642 ; there are monuments also for Sir
Nathaniel Curzon, Bart., 1719; Sir Nathaniel Curzon, Bart. °, 1758, (bv
Ry sbrach ;) and others."

Lord Scarsdale is patron of the Rectory.

In the parisli register is recorded, the burial of one of the Curzon family,
" George Ciuzon," who " being an hundred and foure years old, was
buryed March 25, 1652."

The manor of Little-Ireton was the property, and Ireton-hall the seat,
of a younger branch of the Shirley family, who took the name of Ireton,
and were ancestors of General Ireton, Cromwell's son-in-law. This manor,
witli the old seat of the Iretons, belonged, about the middle of the seven-
teenth century, to Colonel Thomas Sanders ", wliose son, Samuel Sanders,
Esq., collected materials for a history of this county, as before mentioned.
The Curzon family became possessed of Little-Ireton in 1 72 1, by an exchange

™ Seethe account of ancient sepulchral monuments.

° And his lady, Sarah daughter of William Penn, Esq.

° William Curzon, 1547 ; tlic Reverend John Curzon, 1739, and his wife Anne, who died in
1792, aged 9 1.

v In Mrs. Hutciiinson's Memoirs of her husband. Colonel Hutchinson, is an account of Colonel
Sanders, whom she calls a very godly honest country gentleman, but describes as deficient in
many things requisite to a great soldier. She relates, that being then Major Sanders, he was,
by Cromwell's management, (to the exclusion of Colonel Hutchinson,) made colonel of the
regiment which had been conunanded by Colonel Thornhagh, killed in the fight near Preston in
Lancashire. Slie adds, Cromwell " had a design by insinuating himself into Colonel Saunders,
to flatter him into the sale of a town of his called Ireton, which he earnestly desired to buy for
Major-General Ireton, who had married his daughter, and when at last he could not obtain it in
process of time, he took the regiment away from him again." Mrs. Hutchinson must have been
misinformed as to the particulars of this transaction. Ireton, as is stated above, was the ancient
patrimony of Major-General Ireton, and it seems probable that he sold it to Colonel Sanders.
The Editor of Mrs. Hutchinson's memoirs rather supposed Ireton to be in the Vale of Ijelvoir,
but it is clear that it was in Derbyshire, as he observes it was said to have been. See Mrs.
Hutchinson's Memoirs, p. 293 — 29^.

C c 2 for

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tor lands at Middleton near Youlgrave. It is now the property of Lord
Scarsdale. Little-Ireton-hall, formerly the residence of the Iretons, has
been pulled down, and a farm-house built on the site.

Kniveton, the Cheniveton of the Domesday Survey, lies three miles
from Ashborne ", in the wapentake of Wirksworth and the deanery of
Ashborne.

The manor was from a very early period the property, and Kniveton was the
original residence, of the ancient family to which it gave name : this family
spread into two branches, settled at Bradley and Mercaston : Kniveton, the
original patrimony of the family, was sold by Sir Andrew Kniveton, Bart.,
in the reign of Charles II., to Lowe, from whom it passed to the Pegges.
In the reign of Queen Anne, it was sold by Thomas Pegge, Esq., to Mrs.
Meynell, of Bradley, and is now the property of her descendant Godfi'ey
Meynell, Esq.

The rectory of Kniveton was anciently appropriated as parcel of Ash-
borne, (to which, in remote times, it was a chapel,) to the Deans of Lincoln,
one of whom conveyed it to the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield. In 1548,
the Dean and Chapter granted the rectory-house, glebe, tithes, &c. (reserv-
ing only the ecclesiastical jurisdiction), to llalph Gell, Esq., of Hopton. In
1796, this estate was sold by the devisees, in trust, of the late Philip Gell,
Esq., to Mr. Edmund Evans, of Derby, and others : the tithes have been
since sold to the several land owners ; Mr. Evans is patron of the perpetual
curacy.

In the year 17 15, Mr. John Hurd gave lands for the endowment of a
school at Kniveton, which, in 1787, when the return of charitable donations
was made to the House of Commons, were let at 9I. per annum, 81. of
which were given to a master, and 15s. per annum for coals. We have
not been able to ascertain the present income of this endowment.

Langley, in the hundred of Morleston and Litchurch and in the
deanery of Derby, lies about four miles from Derby, which is the post-town,
and about nine miles from Ashborne. The village of Nether-Burrowes
or Burroughs, is in this parish.

Langlei, orChurch-Langleywas,atthe time of taking the Domesday Survey,
one of the manors of Ralph Fitzhubert. In the reign of Hen III., it belonged

" On the road to Wirksworth.

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to Ralph Fitz-Nicholas, from wliom it passed to the Pipards of Rotherfield
Pipard, in Oxfordshire, who afterwards took the name of Twyfbrd. This
family possessed Kirk-Langley for several generations, and had a seat here *";
Thomas Twyford, Esq., a descendant of this family", was buried in the
Twyfordaisle of Langley-Church in 1523 ; but we are not sure whether they
continued to possess the manor so long. In the year 1553, it was in the
Bassetts, then Lords of the manor of Langley-Meynell, and from that time
the manors appear to have passed together : the estate at Kirk-Langley was
separated from the manor and sold in severalties. Mr. Cornelius Brough
possesses by much the larger share, and the old manor-house, which is inha-
bited by a farmer. E. S. C. Pole, Esq., and Mr. Sampson Copestake have
also considerable shares.

The manor of Langley-Meynell took its name from an ancient family
who possessed it as early as the reign of Edward III., from them it passed
by successive female heirs to the families of Bassett and Cavendish. Wil-
liam Cavendish Duke of Newcastle sold it, in the year 1669, to Isaac Mey-
nell, citizen of London ' : this Isaac left an only daughter and heii', whose
second husband, Robert Cecil, a younger brother of James Earl of Salis-
bury, sold Church-Langley and Langley-Meynell to Godfrey Meynell, Esq.,
of another branch of the family. Mr. Meynell, having no issue, bequeathed
the Langley estate to his cousins, Gilbert Cheshire, Isabella Parker,
Catherine Cheshire, Godfrey, George, and Obadiah Hodgkinson, Dorothy
Turner, Thomas Lord, and Catherine the wife of Joseph Lord. General
Cheney, descended from the Cheshires, inherits, by bequest, the old manor-
house of C h arc h- Langley, and four parts out of nine of the two manors ;
Mrs. Meynell, mother of Godfrey MeynelP, Esq., now of Langley-park,
descended from the Wards, has three shares ; Philip Gell, Esq., of Wirks-
worth, inherits one by bequest from Cheshire ; and E. S. Chandos Pole, Esq.,
has the remaining share, which has passed by purchase.

The violent tempest already spoken of, which happened in 1545, did
much damage to Sir William Bassett's mansion as well as to his park and
woods, and threw down a great part of the church.

P See Dugdale's Warwickshire, p. 34-.

"I See the account of extinct families.

' The rental was then 61 3I. iis. gd., the number of acres 2300, and the sum paid for it
12.J24I. IIS. 6d. From the information of Godfrey Meynell, Esq.

* This gentleman, to whom we are indebted for several particulars relating to Langley, is
descended from a younger son of the Meynells of Willington. See the account of Derbyshire
families.

' See p. 160.

198 DERBYSHIRE.

In the parish church are several monuments of the family of Meynell' and
Cant" ; the tomb of Alice, widow of Thomas Beresford, of Newton, 1511 ;
and that of Henry Pole, Esq., patron of the church, who died in 1558.
Bassano's volume of Church Notes describes the monument of Thomas
Twyford, Esq., in the Twyford aisle, 1523.

Godfrey Meynell, Esq., who died, in 1758, possessed the advowson of
the rectory, but sold it before his death ; it is now the property of
Godfrey Meynell, Esq., of Langley-park, whose father purchased it of the
family of Cant. v

A school-house was built at Langley, in the year 1750, by the joint con-
tributions of the Reverend John Bailey, then Rector, the Meynell family,
and others." The school was endowed by Mr. Bailey with four acres of land,
now let at 12I. per annum, and a rent-charge of 5I. for the education
often children. The rectors of Langley, Biailsford, and Mugginton, ar^
trustees,

Langwith, commonly called Over-Langwith, in the hundred of Scars-
dale and deanery of Chesterfield, lies on the borders of Nottinghamshire,
about three miles from Bolsover.

The manor acquired the name of Langwith-Bassett, from the family of
Bassett, to whom it belonged, at least as early as the reign of Edward IIL'
this manor, together with those of Houghton-Filley and Houghton-Bassett,
partly in this parish, and partly in the parish of Pleasely, were conveyed by
Lord Grey to the Vavasors in 1493 ; from the Vavasors, they passed to the
Hardvvicks before the reign of Queen Elizabeth. The heiress of Hard-
wick brought them to Sir William Cavendish, from whom they have
descended to his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, the present proprietor.

The Bassett family had two parks in Langwith in 1330.''

In the parish church is the monument of Josepli Briggs, Esq., of Scar-
clifte-lane, 1770. The advowson of the rectory belonged to Thurgarton
priory, to which monastery it was given by Ralph Deincourt, the founder.*

The Duke of Devonshire is now patron of the rectory.

' Godfrey Meynell, Esq., of Willington, 1667; William Meynell, 1669; Godfl-ey Meynell,
Esq., of Langley, 1705 ; John Meynell, Esq., 1802, &c.

" Reverend William Cant, patron and rector, 1789 ; Williani Bailey Cant, Esq., 1800.

* Mr.Bailey gave 50I., Godfrey Meynell, Esq., 20I., Mrs. Meynell 5I., Mrs. Mary Harding 20I.

V Quo Warranto Roll, 4Edw.III., Esch. 14 Hen. IV. &c.

2 Quo Warranto Roll.

' Thoroton's Nottinghamshire, p. no.

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Longford, in the hundred of Appletree and deanery of Castillar, lies
about nine miles from Derby and about eight ^ from Ashborne, which is the
post-town. The parish contains the townships of Longford, Alkmanton,
Hangry-Bently, Hollington, and Rodsley ; and the village of Upper-
Thurvaston.

The manor of Longford belonged, at an early period, to the ancient
family which took its name from that place, and continued to possess it for
at least fourteen generations. The ancestor of the family, Oliver Fitz-
nigel % acquired Longford and Malmerton in marriage with the coheiress of
Fitz-Ercald, in the reign of Richard L'^ Sir Nicholas Longford, the last
heir male of this ancient family, which had at various times represented
the county in parliament, died in 1610, and his widow in 1620. Soon after
this, Clement Coke, Esq., sixth son of Lord Chief Justice Coke, became
possessed of this manor and estate ' : he married a coheiress of Reddiche or
Reddish, by the heiress of Dethick, who had married one of the coheiresses
of Longford. Edward Coke, Esq., of Longford, elder son of Clement,
was created a Baronet in 1641. His two sons, Robert and Edward, suc-
cessively enjoyed the title and estate, and died without issue. Sir Edward,
by whose death the title became extinct in 1727, bequeathed Longford to
his relation, Edward Coke, Esq., brother of Thomas Coke, Esq., of Holk-
ham, (afterwards Earl of Leicester.) This gentleman, dying without issue
in 1733, left Longford to his younger brother, Robert Coke, Esq., Vice-
Chamberlain to Queen Caroline. On the death of the latter in 1750, it wag
inherited by his nephew, Wenman Roberts, Esq., who, in 1756, took the
name of Coke, and was father of Thomas Wenman Coke, Esq., M. P., now
of Holkham in Norfolk, and of Edward Coke, Esq., M.P. the present Lord
of the manors of Longford and Malmerton, who resides at Longford-hall.
The Longford family had a park at Longford in 1330 : the licence for its
inclosure was granted by King Henry HI. in 1251.'

In the parish church are monuments of the families of Longford ^ and
Coke ", and memorials for Edmund Browne, Esq., of Bentley, who mairied

*" It is eleven miles by the carriage-road. ■= His son was Nigel de Longford.

^ Thoroton's Nottinghamshire, p. 344.

* We are not certain whether the whole estate passed by marriage to Coke, or whether part of
it was purchased of the other coheiresses of Longford or their representatives.

^ Quo Warranto Roll.

8 The only inscribed monument is that of Sir Nicholas Longford, the last of the family, who
died in 1610. The more ancient monuments have been already spoken of.

" Sir Edward Coke, Ban., 1669; Sir Edward Coke, Bart., 1727; and Edward Coke,
Esq., 1733.

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a daughter of Sir Edward Vernon and died in 1684, and some of the rectors
of Longford.

The church of Longford was given by Nicholas de Longford, in the
reign of Henry I., to the monastery of Kenilworth in Warwickshire. Mr.
Coke is now patron of the sinecure rectory and of the vicarage. The vicai
has the tithes of Bentley and Alkmanton.

An almshouse at Longford for six poor men or women, inhabitants of
Longford, or one of the four next townships, (old servants or reduced
tenants to be preferred,) was founded by Sir Edward Coke, the last Baronet>
pursuant to the will of his brother Sir Robert, who died in 1687. The pen-
sioners have, under Sir Robert's will, 2s. 6d. a week each (for maintenance
and fuel) and gowns of 20s. ' price every year, charged on the Longford
estate. Sir Robert Coke gave also lol. per annum to the vicar of Longford
for reading prayers to the alms-people in the church.

There is a charity school at I^ongford founded by Catherine Lady Coke,
■who died in 1688, and endowed by her will with lands \ now let at
38I. 15s. od. per annum.

The manor of Alkmanton (Alchementune) is described in the Domes-
day Survey, as held by one Ralph under Henry de Ferrars. In the reign
of Edward I. it was in the family of Bakepuz ; afterwards in the Blounts.
Walter Blount, Lord Mountjoy, by his will bearing date 1474, bequeathed
lands of lol. per annum value to the ancient hospital of St. Leonard, situated
between Alkmanton and Bentley, for the maintenance of seven poor men
not under fifty-five years of age (old servants of the lord of the manor of
Barton or other lordships belonging to the patron of the hospital to be
preferred). These pensioners were to have pasture for seven cows in Barton-
park, fuel from some of Lord Mountjoy's manors in the hundred of Apple-
tree, and a gown and hood every third year. They were to pray for the
souls of Lord Mountjoy, his family and ancestors ; the Duke of Buckingham,
Earl Rivers, Sir John Woodville, and the ancient Lords of the hospital,
and to repeat the psalter of the Virgin Mary twice every day in the cha-
pel of the hospital. Lord Mountjoy directed also, that a chapel should be
built at Alkmanton, dedicated to St. Nicholas, and that the master of the
hospital should say mass in it yearly, on the festival of St. Nicholas, This
hospital shared the fate of many others, whose constitutions were mingled

■ It is so diixcted by the will ; but they have now gowns of 40s. value once in two years.
^ The lands are at Rodsley. The will expresses also that the children are to be apprenticed
to such trades as the heir of the family and the rector or vicar shall approve.

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with superstitious observances, and was abolished in 1547. The manor
of Alkmanton and the Spital estate belonged, soon after the Reformation,
to the family of Barnesley. Charles Barnesley, Esq., of Alkmanton, sold
it about the end of the seventeenth century, to Thomas Browne, Esq., of
Bentley. The Earl of Chesterfield purchased it of the Brownes in 1727.
Earl Stanhope, in 1781, sold it to the late Thomas Evans, Esq., in whose
family it still continues. There are no remains of the hospital, or of the
chapel of St. Nicholas.

The manor of Bentley (Beneleie), commonly called Hungry-Bentley,
belonged to Henry de Ferrars when the Survey of Domesday was taken ;
afterwards to the Blounts, Lords Mountjoy ; and at a later period to the
Brownes, who had a seat there. This manor is now the property of Sir
Robert Wilmot, Bart., of Chaddesden. Bentley-hall is occupied as a farm-
house. There was formerly a family of Bentley, who resided at this place.
Edward Bentley, Esq., of Hungry-Bentley, was tried at the Old Bailey on
a charge of high-treason, and convicted in 1586.'

Hollington (Holintune), and Rodsley (Redeslei), are described in the
Domesday Survey as manors belonging to Henry de Ferrars. The manor
of Hollington was in the Meynells in the reign of Edward I.™ It has long
been held under the crown, as parcel of the hundred of Appletree, ap-
purtenant to the Duchy of Lancaster. William, Earl of Pembroke, was
lessee in the reign of James L ; Henry Vernon, Esq., in 1660. The lease is
now vested in the Right Honourable Henry Venables, Lord Vernon. Mr.
Joseph Holme, in 1768, gave il. per annum, for educating poor children
of this hamlet. The manor of Rodsley belonged in the reign of King
John to Robert Fitzwilliam, of Alfreton. It was afterwards successively
in the families of Montgomery and Vernon, and is now the property of
the Right Honourable Lord Vernon, being annexed to the hundred of
Appletree.

Upper-Thurvaston (Turverdeston) was held at the time of the Domes-
day Survey by one Robert, under Henry de Ferrars. It was afterwards in
the Blounts. Mountjoy Blount, a natural son of Charles Blount, Earl of
Devonshire, who died in 1606, was in 1627 created Baron Mountjoy of
Thurvaston, and the next year Earl of Newport, which titles became ex-
tinct in 168 1. Upper-Thurvaston is held on lease under the duchy by

' Lands in the county of Nottingham, wliich had belonged to Edward Bentley, attainted,
were granted to Sir Michael Stanhope, in 1987.
" Hieron's Collections.

Vol. V. D d Lord

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Lord Vernon, as being, together with Holhngtou, parcel of the hundred of
Appletree.

LuLLiNGTON, in the hundred of Repton and Gresley, and in the deanery
of Repington, lies near the borders of Staffordshire, about seven miles
from Tamworth and the same distance from Burton-on-Trent. The town-
ship of Coton-in-the-Ehns is in this parish.

The manor of Lullington (Lullitune) was held by one Edmund, under
the King, when the Survey of Domesday was taken. It was in the Gresley
family in the reign of Edward I.", and is now the property of Sir Roger
Gresley Bart.

The church was given by the Gresley family to the priory of Gresley,
and appropriated to that monastery in the reign of Edward 11."

The manor of Cotune or Cotes, now called Coton-in-the-Elms, belonged
to the Abbey of Burton when the Survey of Domesday was taken : some
time before the year 1328 it had passed into lay hands, for in that year it
was purchased by Stephen de Segrave of the coheiresses of Stephen de
Beauchamp.'' Henry Lord Berkeley, a descendant of the Segraves, through
the Mowbrays, sold this manor, in 1570, to Sir William Gresley, Knt. In
1 71 2 it belonged to Samuel Sanders, Esq.'' We have not been able to
ascertain how it passed afterwards, or who is the present owner. This
manor was held by the service of presenting a hound in a leash to the King,
whenever he should come into Derbyshire.

Thomas Wagstaffe gave the sum of 50I., for teaching five poor children
of this township.

Mackworth, in the hundred of Morleston and Litchurch, and in the
deanery of Derby, lies about two miles north-west from Derby. The
parish comprises the township of Markeaton, and the parochial chapelry
of Alkstrey.

The manor of Mackworth has always been held with that of Mark-
eaton. A considerable freehold estate at Mackworth was held under the
lord of the manor by the ancient family of De Mackworth, who had a
castellated mansion here, the gateway of which still remains. The Mack-
worths removed their residence to Normanton in Rutlandshire, in conse-

" Dodsworth's Collections — from an Inquisition roll in the Exchequer, 20 Edw. I.
» Inq. ad q. d. in the Tower, 2 Edw. II. * CI. Kot. 13 Hen. III. ro. 20.

« Wolley's MS. History.

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quence of the marriage of Thomas Mackworth, Esq. (who was one of the
representatives of the county of Derby in the reign of Henry VI.) with
the heiress of Basinges. Mackworth castle continued, nevertheless, in the
family two centuries later ; Sir Thomas Mackworth died seised of it in
1640. The castle estate is now the property of Lord Scarsdale, whose
family have possessed it for a considerable time.

, In the parish church are the monuments of Edward Mundy, Esq., who
died in 1607 ; William Forester, Esq., 1768; and Nicholas Nicholas, Esq.,
(late Heath,) of Boy-Court, in Kent, 1807,

The manor of Markeaton (Marchetone) is described in the Domesday
Survey as having been the property of Siward, and then held by Gozelin,
under Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester. In the year 1251, Thomas, son of
Robert Tuschet, had a charter of free warren here.' The Tochets, or
Tuchets, claimed a park at Markeaton, and a gallows for the execution of
criminals in 1330. In or about the year 15 16, JohnTuchet, Lord Audley,
sold the manors of Markeaton and Mackworth to John Mundy, citizen of
London, who was Lord- Mayor in 1522. This estate is now the property,
and Markeaton the seat, of his descendant Francis Mundy, Esq., son of the
late Francis Noel Clarke Mundy, Esq., for many years the much respected
chairman of the quarter-sessions at Derby, and author of the admired poems
of " Needwood Forest," and " The Fall of Needwood." The old hall at
Markeaton, which was of wood and plaister, was pulled down, and the
present mansion built about the year 1750.'

The parochial chapelry of Allestrey lies about two miles north of Derby,
on the road to Duffield. The manor of Allestrey (Adelardestreu) is de-
scribed in the Domesday Survey as a hamlet of the manor of Markeaton ;
and it appears to have been ever since held with that manor, being now the
property of Francis Mundy, of Markeaton. The late Francis N. C. Mundy,
Esq., sold a considerable part of the Allestrey estate to the late Thomas
Evans, Esq., of Derby, Charles Upton, Esq., of Derby, and Bache Thorn-
hill, Esq., of Stanton, in the Peak. The estate purchased by Mr. Evans is
oow the property of his grandson, William Evans, Esq. The house and
lands purchased by Mr. Upton were sold by him to Bache Tliornhill, Esq., to
whom they now belong. Mr. Thornhill built a handsome modern man-
sion on the estate purchased by him of Mr. Mundy, which he sold with
the lands, about the year 1805, to John Charles Girardot, Esq., the present
proprietor, by whom the place has been much improved.

' Chart. Rot. 36 Hen. Ill, • Hutton's Derby.

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In the chapel are several monuments of" the Mundy family', who had
formerly seats at AUestrey and Quarndon, as well as Markeaton ; of the
Cokes of Trusley, allied to them by marriage ; and George Evans, ast. 15,
drowned in the river wharf at Thorp-Arch, May 29, 1804.

Mapleton, or Mappleton, in the wapentake of Wirksworth, and in the
deanery of Ashborne, lies in a valley on the banks of the Dove, about a
mile and a half from the town of Ashborne.

There are two manors in Mapleton : one of these belonged at an early
period to the Bassetts of Blore, whose heiress brought it to AVilliam Ca-
vendish, Duke of Newcastle. It was sold by his descendants, in 1757, to
Thomas Rivett, Esq., of whom it was purchased by the Rev. John Tayloi-,
L.L.D., of Ashborne. This manor is now the property of Dr. Taylor's
devisee, William Webster, Esq., of Ashborne. The other manor was at an
early period in the family of Wendesley, or Wensley, afterwards in the
Cokaines : the last-mentioned family possessed it for several generations.
This estate, which we are informed is not now esteemed a manor, belonged
afterwards to the family of Trott. It is now the property of R. F. Okeover,
Esq., in whose family it has been for a considerable time.

The rectory of Mapleton is annexed to the vicarage of Ashborne, and
is in the patronage of the Dean of Lincoln.

In the year 1727, Rowland Okeover, Esq., gave certain lands to trustees
for the purpose (amongst other uses) of building three houses at Mapleton
for clergymen's widows, and providing an annual payment of lol. for each
widow, and 40s. for coals. The houses were accordingly built ; and in
consequence of the increased rent of tlie estates, the widows now receive
30I. per annum each. The widows are nominated by trustees appointed
by the Okeover family.

Marston-on-Dove, in the hundred of Appletree and deanery of Castillar,
lies on the banks of the Dove, about eight miles and a half from Derby.
The parish comprises the townships of Marston, Hatton, Hilton, and
Hoon.

• Frances, wife of William Mundy, of Darley, (daughter of Coke, of Trusley,) 1672;
Adrian Mundy, of Quarndon, 1677, (he left a daughter and sole heir, married to John
Musters, Esq.;) John Mundy, of Markeaton, 1681 ; Anne, daughter of Sir Francis Coke,
of Trusley, wife of John Mundy, of AUestrey (no date) ; Gilbert Mundy, of AUestrey, 1708;
Charles Coke, M.D., 1720 ; Wrightson Mundy, Esq., 1762 ; the two wives of the late F. N. C.
Mundy, Esq., &c.

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*the manor of Marston-oii-Dove, which had been given to the priory of
Tutbury by its founder, Henry de Ferrars, was granted, after the Re-
formation, to the Cavendish family, and is now the property of his Grace
the Duke of Devonshire.

In the parish church are some memorials of the family of Wolley." There
was a chantry in this church, founded by Thomas Kinnersley, Esq., and
Charles Munyng, Clerk, in 1523 ; the endowment was then 5I. 8s. gd. per
annum."

The manor of Hatton was held at the time of the Domesday Survey by
Saswalo, or Sewall, ancestor of the Shirley family, under Henry de Ferrars.
This manor was eventually annexed to the Duchy of Lancaster, as parcel
of the hundred of Appletree. It is held on lease by Lord Vernon, whose
ancestor Henry Vernon, Esq., was lessee in i66o.

The manor of Hilton was held at the time of taking the Domesday
Survey by one Robert, under Henry de Ferrars. It was afterwards in the
family of De Bee." Jordan de Tuke gave a manor of Hilton to Dale-
Abbey.'' In 1 7 12 the manor of Hilton belonged to the Earl of Chester-
field ; it is now the property of Sir Henry Every, Bart. An old mansion,
which belonged to the ancient family of Wakelyn, and which before the
year 1712 had been purchased by Mr. John Gisborne, is now the property
of Mr. Spurrier : the estate which was annexed to it has been sold in
parcels.

At Hilton was formerly a chapel of ease, of which there are no remains.
Ernulf de Bee, at a very early period, being lord of the manor of Hilton,
and Thomas de Piru gave three bovates of land to the church of Marston,
for the privilege of having this chapel, and agreed that the inhabitants
of Hilton should go on certain festival days to the mother church of
Marston."

The manor of Hogan, or Howne, now called and written Hoon, (the
Hoge of the Domesday Survey,) was held, when that Survey was taken, by
Saswalo, or Sewall, ancestor of the Shirley family, under Henry de Ferrars.
The Shirleys continued to possess it in the reign of Henry VIII. It was
purchased of them by the Palmers, who were succeeded by the Staffbrds.
About the middle of the seventeenth century it became the property (by

" Arthur Wolley, 1641 ; John Wolley, 1669; John Wolley, 1696; Thomas Wolley, 1701.
Of this branch of the family was Mr. Wilh'am Wolley, of Darley, who wrote the MS. History
of Derbyshire in 1712.

* Chantry Roll. y Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. i. p. 355.

* Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. ii. p.622. » Register of Tutbury Abbey.

purchase)

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purchase) of John Pye, Esq., (younger son of Sir Robert Pye, of Farring-
don, in the county of Berks,) who settled at Hoon, and was created a
Baronet in 1664. His son, Sir Charles Pye, was a great traveller, and
visited Egypt and the Holy Land. The two sons of Sir Charles, Richard
and Robert, successively enjoyed the title and estate. The title became
extinct on the death of Sir Robert, the younger, (who was in holy orders,)
in 1734. Sir Robert Pye bequeathed the manor of Hoon to his three
daughters, none of whom appear to have been married at the time of his
decease : it is probable that one of them afterwards married Watkins, as
we find that Hoon passed by inheritance to a family of that name. It was
purchased of the late Captain Watkins by Mr. W. J. Lockett, who has since
sold it in severalties. The old mansion of the Pyes is occupied as a farm-
house by its present proprietor Mr. Orme.

Matlock, in the wapentake of Wirksworth, and in the deanery of Ash-
borne, lies about four miles north-east from Wirksworth. The parish and
township are co-extensive. The principal villages in the parish arc, jVIatlock,
Matlock-baths, Matlock-bank, Harston '', and Ryber, There are four fairs
at Matlock, Feb. 25, April 2, May 9, and Oct. 24, for cattle, swine, sheep,
and pedlars' wares. The fair which is now held on the 2d of April
w^as formerly held on the i6th of July : it was altered by the lords of the
manor in 1810, at the request of several neighbouring farmers and
dealers.

The manor of Matlock is described in the Survey of Domesday as parcel
of the King's manor of Mestesforde, the site of which is not certainly
known, but is supposed to have been at a place now called Nestes or Nestus,
a little mining village at the foot of a high hiU on the north side of the old
bath. Matlock is supposed to have belonged at an early period to the
Ferrars family, as parcel of the wapentake of Wirkswortii. It is certain
that it was successively parcel of the earldom and duchy of Lancaster. It
continued attached to the duchy till the year 1628, when it was granted to
Edward Ditchfield and others, in trust for the corporation of the city of
London, by whom, in the following year, it was conveyed to John Middle-
ton and three other persons, as trustees for the copyholders of the manor.
The rights of the manor have ever since been vested in a succession of
such trustees for the proprietors, some of whom are possessed of copyhold
and freehold lands, and others of freehold lands only. The present trustees

" In Burdett's map wriUen Hearthstone.

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are, Bache Thornhill, Esq., Philip Gell, Esq., of Wirksworth, and John
Tophs, Esq.

The beautiful scenery of Matlock, and its springs and baths, have been
already spoken of. The waters were first applied to medicinal purposes
about the latter end of the seventeenth century. The old bath, which was
of wood, lined with lead, was made in 1698. The proprietor then procured
a lease from the lords of the manor. In process of time the accommo-
dations were improved ; a stone bath was constructed ; two new springs
were discovered ; new baths were formed ; lodging-houses erected, and
carriage-roads made. Matlock-baths have long been a favourite summer
resort, great numbers being attracted to it, as well by the beauties of its
scenery as by the celebrity of its waters.

The parish church contains no monument of note, except that of An-
thony Wolley (who died in 1578), and Agnes his wife. Bassano's volume
of Church Notes mentions the monument of Anthony Wolley, who died in
1668, and memorials of Henry Smith, Rector, " Divinus, medicus, mu-
sicus," 1640, and of some of the family of Hay ward.'

The Dean of Lincoln is patron of the rectory. There is a meeting-house
of the Independents at Matlock-bath.

Mr. George Spateman, of Tansley, in the year 1647, gave the sum of
80I., for the purpose of founding a free-school at Matlock, and 20I. for the
use of the poor. This money was laid out in a messuage and lands at Al-
freton, exchanged a few years ago for a messuage and other lands at Mat-
lock, which exchange was confirmed by an act of parliament passed in 18 12.
This house and land are now let for 24I. per annum, four-fifths of which is
paid to the schoolmaster. Mr. Anthony Wolley, in 1668, gave 5I. per
annum to this school, and directed that a piece of land should be set apart
for that use ; which having been neglected to be done, a commission of
charitable uses was applied for on the part of the charity, and two pieces of
copyhold land, now let for 19I. ids. per annum were set apart for the use
of the school. On the inclosure of Matlock common, an allotment was
made to the school in right of these lands ; which allotment is now let for
5I. per annum. The whole income of the school is now 43I. 14s. per
annum.

The manor of Willersley belonged in the reign of Henry VI. to Richard
Minors, Esq., by whom it was conveyed to Sir Roger Leche.'' Henry Tal-

■^ Elizabeth, the wife of Benjamin Hay ward, 1692 ; Robert, his son, 1692.
'' Eot. Pari, vol. iv, p. 363.

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bot, a younger son of Gilbert, Earl of Shrewsbury, died seised of this
manor in 1595. Gertrude, one of his daughters and coheiresses, married
Robert Pierrepont Esq., afterwards Earl of Kingston. In consequence of
a family settlement it descended to William Pierrepont, Esq., of a younger
branch of the Kingston family ; who, having no issue, bequeathed it to his
widow, a coheiress of Sir Thomas Darcy, Bart. This lady settled it upon
her nephew. Sir Darcy Dawes, Bart., son of Archbishop Dawes. Sir Darcy's
daughter and heir having brought it to Edwin Lascelles, Esq., afterwards
Lord Harewood, it was sold by him, in 1778, to Mr. Edmund Hodgkinson,
tenant of the estate, who soon afterwards resold to Thomas Hallett Hodges,
Esq. Of the latter it was purchased, in 1782, by Richard Arkwright, Esq.
This gentleman, by his extraordinary skill in mechanics, applied to the im-
provement of the art of spinning cotton, rendered an important service to
his country, and raised himself from an humble origin to the possession of
a princely fortune. He first established his cotton-works at Cromford, about
the year 1770. In 1786 he received the honour of knighthood, In 1788
he built on this estate a large gothic mansion, called Willersley, situated on
a knoll which overlooks the Derwent : before it had been inhabited it was
reduced to a shell by an accidental fire, on the 8th of August, 1791. Sir
Richard Arkwright died in 1792. Willersley is now the property and seat
of his son, Richard Arkwright, Esq., M.P. The walks at Willersley, cut
out in the woods which overhang the Derwent, command views of the most
picturesque scenery in the vicinity of Matlock-bath. At Willersley are
several paintings by Wright of Derby ; among which are a portrait of Sir
Richard Arkwright, and a view of Ulswater, which was purchased by Mr,
Arkwright at the price of 300 guineas.

An estate called the Coumbs and the Bough-wood, in the south-east
part of this parish, passed by marriage from the family of Wakebridge
to that of Pole. On the death of John Pole, Esq., of Wakebridge,
in 1724, it devolved to -his great nephew, Garalt Morphy ; whose brother
sold the whole of the estate in Matlock, which had belonged to the Pole
family, to the late Peter Nightingale, Esq. It was devised by the latter to his
great nephew, William Edward Shore, Esq., who has since taken the name
of Nightingale, and is the present proprietor.

Ryber-hall% in this parish, was for many generations the property and
residence of the family of Wolley. Anthony Wolley, the last of the Ryber
branch, died a bachelor in 1668 : his sisters and coheirs sold the Ryber-hall
estate to Thomas Statham ; from whom it passed in like mannei", in 168 1,

' It is a copyhold, under the manor of Matlock.

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to the Reverend John Chappell. In 1724, it was divided between the
co-heiresses of Chappell. One moiety passed by sale to Wall, and is now
the property of three persons of that name ; the other moiety has passed
through several hands by sale, and is now the property of Joseph Greatrex.
The hall itself is divided in moieties.

An old mansion at Allen-hill, in this parish, was long the residence of
another branch of the WoUey family, and is now the property of their
representative, Mr. John Wolley, a wholesale grocer in London. Mr.
Adam Wolley, of this branch, who died in 1657, lived ^^ years in marriage
with his wife Grace, who having survived him 12 years, died in 1669. Sup-
posing her to have been only 16 when she was married, in 158 i, she must
have been 104 years of age at the time of her decease. The tradition of
the family is that she was no years of age, and that her husband was in
his 1 00th year at the time of his decease. Indeed, it appears from circum-
stances that he could not have been less than 96.

Measham. See Repton.

Melbourne, in the hundred of Repton and Gresley, and in the deanery
of Repington, lies about six miles from Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and about
eight from Derby, which is the post-town. The large village of King's-
Newton is in this parish.

The manor of Melbourne was parcel of tke ancient demesne of the
crown. King John granted it to Hugh Beauchamp ^ ; but it seems to have
reverted ere long to the crown. King Henry III., in 1229, granted the
manor of Melbourne to Philip de Marc, to be held during pleasure.^ The
manor and castle of Melbourne were possessed by Edmund, Earl of Lan-
caster, brother of King Edward I. : and they passed successively, with the
title, to his sons Thomas and Henry." Henry, Earl of Lancaster, had, in 1327,
a charter for a market at Melbourne, on Wednesdays, and a fair for three
days at the festival of St. Michael.' The castle and manor continued at-

f See Hundred Roll, 2 Edw. I. « Kot. Chart. 14 Hen. IH. pt. i.

" The manor of Melbourne was not the whole time in the possession of these Earls. Thomas,
Earl of Lancaster, conveyed it to King Edward H., in the first year of his reign, and that
monarch granted it to Robert de Holand, and his heirs. See Rot. Chart, i Edw. H. This
Robert, who was summoned to parliament as a Baron from 1314 to 1320, forfeited it by
attainder in 132 1. Henry, Earl of Lancaster, was possessed of it before 1327.

* Chart. Rot. i Edw. III. The market has been long ago discontinued ; and there is now
no fair held.

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210 DERBYSHIRE.

tached to the Earldom and Duchy of Lancaster till the year 1604, when
King James granted them to Charles, Earl of Nottingham. The Earl
soon afterwards conveyed them to Henry, Earl of Huntingdon ; from
whom they have descended to the present proprietor, Francis, Marquis of
Hastings.

Melbourne castle was for many years the prison of John, Duke of Bour-
bon ' , taken at the battle of Agincourt, in 141 5. In 1460 the castle is said to
have been dismantled by order of Queen Margaret. Ralph Shirley, who died
in 1466, was governor of Melbourne castle." Probably the fortifications had
been repaired by King Edward IV. Leland represents it (about 1 550) as then
*' in metely repair." Camden, about 50 years afterwards, describes Mel-
bourne as a castle of the King's then decaying. A survey of the manor
made in 1602, describes it as " a faire ancient castle, which her Majesty
keepeth in her own hands." It was suffered to go to decay by the Earls
of Huntingdon ; and there are now scarcely any remains of the walls.
There is an engraving of the castle in the Monumenta Vetusta, published
by the Society of Antiquaries, from a drawing attached to the above-
mentioned survey.

In the parish church is an ancient monument of a crusader, already
spoken of ; and several monuments of the Hardinges", of King's-Newton,
particularly that of Sir Robert Hardinge, Knt., Master in Chancery, &c.,
who died in 1670, and of his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard
Sprignall, of Highgate, who died in 1673, with their effigies cut on white
marble slabs. Sir Robert Hardinge was grandfather of Nicholas Hardinge,
Esq., chief clerk of the House of Commons, and great grandfather of the
late George Hardinge, Esq., one of his Majesty's Justices for Wales, and
the present Sir Richard Hardinge, Bart.

King John granted the church of Melbourne to Benedict de Ramsey, in
or about 1203 "; and afterwards to Simon de Waltham, who was possessed
of it in 121 6, After the death of this Simon, Walter Malclerc, Bishop of

' He died in 1433, and was buried at St. Bartholomew's, in London. See Stowe's Survey.

* Collins's Peerage, Sir E. Brydges's edition.

' See the account of Ancient Sepulchral Monuments.

■ Henry Hardinge, Esq., i6i;< ; Robert Hardinge, Esq., 1708; John Hardinge, Esq., 172R;
Robert Hardinge, Esq , 1767. The Hardinges are supposed to have been descended from the
Melboumes; in consequence of which supposition they bad a grant of the Melbourne arms,
with a variation of colours.

» Chart. Rot. 5 John.

Carlisle,

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Carlisle, either by grant or purchase, annexed the churcli of Melbourne, with
the parsonage manor, to that see." The Bishop, in 1229, had a grant of a
fair within his manor of Melbourne, for five days, at the festival of the
Nativity of the Virgin Mary."

The Bishops of Carlisle had a palace here, with a park, at which they
occasionally resided. Bishop Kirkby is recorded to have held his ordination
at Melbourne on account of the border wars. The palace, now Mel-
bourne-hall, was long held on lease under the see of Carlisle, together
with the impropriate parsonage. The first of the Coke family who set-
tled at Melbourne, as lessee under the Bishop of Carlisle, was Sir John
Coke, Secretary of State to King Charles 1., a younger brother of Sir
Francis Coke, of Trusley. In 1701, an agreement was made between
Bishop Nicolson and Thomas Coke, Esq., that, in consequence of
an increase of the annual rent from 45I. to 70I., and of the vicar's
stipend from 20I. to 35I., the fee should be vested in perpetuity in Mr.
Coke, his heirs, and assigns. This agreement was confirmed by an act of
parliament passed in 1704. The sister and heiress of George Lewis Coke,
Esq., (the last heir male of this branch,) who died in 1750, brought
Melbourne-hall and the parsonage manor, to Sir Matthew Lamb, Bart. Sir
Peniston Lamb, Bart., his son, was in 1770, created an Irish peer, by the
title of Lord Melbourne; in 1780, he was advanced to the dignity of
a Viscount. Melbourne-hall and the parsonage manor are now his pro-
perty, and the hall his occasional residence. The park has been long
ago converted into tillage. The Bishop of Carlisle is patron of the
vicarage.

The chantry of St. Catherine, at Melbourne, was founded by William
Bars, in 1379'' ; that of St. Michael, by Simon de Melbourne, clerk, and
others, in 1400.' The Chantry Roll speaks of another, founded by the
heirs of Lee Hunte, not in charge. The chantry chapel of St. Catherine
was a detached building, still remaining, about three yards from the
church.

There are meeting-houses at Melbourne for the Independents, General
Baptists, Quakers, and Wesleyan Methodists. There was formerly a meet-
ing of the Presbyterians ; but the few who remain of that persuasion have
joined the Independents. A small congregation of Unitarians have oc-
casionally a preacher from Derby.

• Hundred Roll, 2 Edw. I. P Chart. Rot. 14 Hen. HI. pt. i. m. 4.

" Inq. adq. d. 2 Ric. If. i2t. ^ Inq. ad q. d. 2 Hen. IV. i.

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212 DERBYSHIRE.

A charity-school was founded at Melbourne, in 1739, by Lady Elizabeth
Hastings: the present value of its endowment is 19I. ids. per annum.

The manor of King's-Newton was granted, in 1322, with that of Mel-
bourne, to Sir Robert Holand. It has since been held with Melbourne,
and is now the property of the Marquis of Hastings. An ancient mansion
and estate, for many generations the property and residence of the Har-
dinge family, belong now to Lord Viscount Melbourne. The house is at
present in the occupation of WiUiam Speechley, Esq.

MoRLEY, in the hundred of Morleston and Litchurch, and in the deanery
of Derby lies about four miles from Derby. This parish comprises the
chapelry of Smalley.

The manor of Morley was given to Burton Abbey, in the reign of King
Ethelred, by Wulfric Spott.*" In the Survey of Domesday it is described as one
of the manors of Henry de Ferrars. It appears that the manors of Morley
and Smalley were held, in 1235, by the Abbot of Chester, as of the fee of
Hugh Earl of Chester.' We find Morley, not long after this, held (probably
under the abbey of Chester) by a family who took their name from this the
place of their residence. Goditha, the heiress-general of Morley ' brought it
to, Ralph Statham, who died in 1380. The heiress of Statham brought it to
John Sacheverell, who was slain at the battle of Bosworth-field in 1485.'
Robert Sacheverell, Esq., the last heir male of this family died in 1714. In
consequence of a settlement made by William Sacheverell, Esq., father of
Robert, (and partly by purchase,) the manor of Morley is now vested in
Sir Hugh Bateman, Bart., and Edward Sacheverell Wilmot Sitwell, Esq.,
descended from the two daughters of the said William Sacheverell ; and
Edward Sacheverell Chandos Pole, Esq., descended from one of the daugh-
ters of Robert Sacheverell, Esq."

The north aisle or chapel of the parish church was built by Ralph Stat-
ham, Esq., who died in 1380; the remainder of the church and the steeple

1 Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. i. p. 268. ^ Dodsworth's Collections.

* See the account of ancient families. ' See his epitaph.

" William Sacheverell had three daughters, two of whom were married to Osborne and Wil-
mot, the third, Jane, died a spinster. Robert Sacheverell had a daughter by his first wife,
married to Pole, and another bj' his second wife married to Clifton. Sir Hugh Bateman inherits
a fifth of the manor from the heiress of Osborne ; he has also, by purchase, the fifth share, which
fell to Clifton ; and he possesses, by bequest, five-sixths of the share which belonged to Jane
Sacheverell : he possesses also, by purchase, the lands belonging to the fifth part which fell to
Pole's share ; but Mr. Pole retains one-fifth of the manor. Mr. Sitwell has, by inheritance, the
fifth share, which was Wilmot's ; and the remaining sixth of Jane Sacheverell's share.

DERBYSHIRE. 213

by his widow Goditha before-mentioned, who died in 1403. There are
several monuments in this church for the ancient famihes of Statham
and Sacheverell." The windows are ornamented with painted glass, said
to have been brought from Dale- Abbey, and containing the legend of the
foundation of that monastery." In the chancel is the tomb of William
Wilson, M. A., rector of Morley and archdeacon of Coventry, who died
in 1741, aged 95.

Sir Hugh Bateman, Bart., and E. S. Wilmot Sitwell, Esq., are patrons of
the rectory.''

There is an alms-house at Morley, founded by Jacinth Sacheverell,
who died in 1657, for six poor men ' who have each a pension of 5I. per
annum, charged on an estate now belonging to Leonard Fosbrook, Esq.

The chapelry of Smalley, lies about two miles iiom Morley, and six miles
and a half from Derby. The manor of Smalley appears to have been held
with Morley till the death of Robert Sacheverell, Esq., in 1714. The Sache-
verell estates at Smalley which passed to his daughters and coheiresses,
and were sold after that event, are now chiefly the property of John Rad-
ford, Esq., Edward Miller Mundy, Esq., M.P., and E. S. W. Sitwell, Esq.

" These monuments, someof which have been already described, (See the account of ancient
sepulchral monuments) are for Ralph de Statham, 1380 ; Goditha, his widow, the heiress-general
of Morlej', 1403 ; John Statham, Esq. 1453 ; Sir Thomas Statham, 1470, he married, i. Eliza-
beth, daughter of Robert Langley, Esq., 2. Thomasine, daughter of John Curzon, Esq. ; Henry
Statham, Esq., 1481, he married, i. Anne, daughter of John Bothe, 2. Elizabeth, daughter of
John Seynclere, 3. Margaret, daughter of John Stanhope; John Sacheverell, Esq., (who mar-
ried the heiress of Statham,) 1485 ; Sir Henry Sacheverell, Knt., 1508 ; Katherine, daughter of
Sir Henry Sacheverell, and wife of Thomas Babington, 1588 ; Henry, eldest son of Jacinth
Sacheverell, who died, in 1 639, after having been married fiveweeks to Jane, daughter of SirHum-
phrey Bradborne ; Jacinth Sacheverell, Esq., 1657, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard
Harpur, Esq., of Little-Over ; Jonathas Sacheverell, Esq., 1662, the last of the elder branch of
the family, he married a daughter of Ralph Owen, Esq., and had two sons, who died in their in-
fancy; Henry Sacheverell, Esq., of Barton in Nottinghamshire, (descended from William,
second son of Sir Henry Sacheverell, who died in 1558,) he succeeded Jacinth Sacheverell, and
died in 1662; William Sacheverell, Esq., his son and heir, 1691 ; Robert Sacheverell, Esq.,
1714, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Harvey Staunton, Esq., of Staunton, in Nottingham-
shire, by whom he had a daughter, Elizabeth, married to Edward Pole, Esq. ; Katharine, daugliter
of Henry Sacheverell, Esq., and wife of Francis Sitwell, Esq., of Renishaw, 1 705 ; Elizabeth
Sitwell, spinster, daughter of George Sitwell, Esq., 1769.

" See the account of ancient painted glass.

^ Partly by descent from the sisters of Robert Sacheverell, Esq. and partly by purchase from
his daughters.

» Three of whom are to be of Morley and three of Smalley. The endowment was partly given
by Elizabeth Sacheverell.

Mr.

214 DERBYSHIRE.

Mr. Radford, in right of his purchase, which consisted of Chfton's moiety,
claims a portion of the manor, but no manerial rights are exercised. The
Richardson family had an estate, and a good house at Smalley, now the pro-
perty and residence of the above-mentioned John Radford, Esq., who was
High Sheriff in 1784. It was bequeathed to his mother by her aunt EHzabeth
wife of Mr. Samuel Richardson of Smalley.

The manor of Kiddersley in this parish, the site of which is still called
Kiddersley park, belonged, in the year 1235, to the Abbot of "Chester.
This estate, no longer esteemed a manor, is now by purchase and exchange
the property of AVilliam Drury Lowe, Esq. It was part of the Sache-
verell estates, and was divided among the coheiresses, after the death of
Robert Sacheverell, Esq.

Christopher Johnson, M. D., an eminent medical writer, was of Kid-
dersley in Derbyshire, in 1597.'^

The school-house at Smalley, with a dwelling-^house for the master, were
built by Mr. John and Mr. Samuel Richardson who, in 1721, endowed it
with lands at Horsley-Woodhouse, now let at 881. per annum, for the edu-
cation of twelve poor boys. In consequence of the increased value of the
lands, there are now twenty-eight scholars on this foundation, who are sup-
plied with clothes and books out of the funds. Mr. Samuel Richardson also
gave 400I. to purchase lands now let at 40I. per annum, the rents to be given
to fourteen infirm colliers of Smalley, Heanor, and Horsley-Woodhouse,
who receive 2I. i6s. each.

Morton, in the hundred of Scarsdale and deanery of Chesterfield, lies
about eight miles from Chesterfield, near the road to Derby. This parish
comprises the township of Brackenfield, and part of the village of Wooley-
moor.

The manors of Morton and Ogstone were given, in the reign of King
Ethelred, by Wulfric Spott, to Burton-Abbey.'' When tlie Survey of Domes-
day was taken, the manors of Morton and Ogstone (Oughedestune)
belonged to Walter Deincourt. Roger Deincourt claimed a park and
the right of having a gallows for the execution of criminals in the manor
of Morton, in 1330." This manor passed with Sutton and other estates
of the Deincourt family to the Leakes, in which family it continued till
the death of Nicholas Leake, Earl of Scarsdale, in 1736. The Earl's

•• Dodsworth's Collections. ' Ant. Wood.

* Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. i. p. 269. ' Quo Warranto lloU,

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trustees sold it to Henry Thornhill of Chesterfield, Gent., and others,
of wlioni it was purchased, in 1 749, by Francis Sitwell, Esq., of Renishaw :
under the will of his sister and heir, Mrs. Elizabeth Sitwell, it passed to
Richard Staunton Wilmot, eldest son of the Reverend Dr. Richard Wilmot,
Canon of Windsor, &c. (who took the name of Sitwell,) and after his
death to his next brother, Edward Sacheverell Wilmot, who has taken
the name of Sitwell in addition to that of Wilmot, and is the present
proprietor.

The parish church contains nothing remarkable. William Turbutt, Esq.,
and Mrs. Holland of Ford, are joint patrons of the rectory.

In the township of Brackenfield is an ancient chapel of ease, called
Trinity chajjel, about three quarters of a mile from the village, and about
three miles and a half from Morton. It was formerly served only once a
month by the rector of Morton, but having been augmented by Queen
Anne's bounty, it is now become a distinct benefice, and has regular
weekly service. It is not parochial, not having the right of sepulture or
baptism : the minister is appointed by the rector of Morton.

The family of Heriz possessed Ogstone and Brackenfield, then called
Bracken th way te, in the reign of King John. Sir Richard Willoughby held
Brack en th way te under the Deincourts in 1369.^ About this time Ogstone
became tiie property and seat of the Revels. The sisters and coheiresses
of William Revel, Esq., who died in 1706, married Richard Turbutt, Esq.,
of Doncaster, and Sir Paul Jenkinson, Bart., of Walton near Chesterfield.
The whole of this estate is now the property, and Ogstone the seat of Wil-
liam Turbutt, Esq. Mr. Turbutt purchased a moiety of John Woodyeare,
Esq., of Crookhill near Doncaster, who married a grand-daughter of Lady
Jenkinson.^

MuGoiNTON, in the deanery of Derby, lies about seven miles from Derby.
The parish comprises the townships ofMercaston and Ravensdale-park, and
the small village of Clive in the hundred of Appletree, and the township of
Weston-Underwood in the hundred of Morleston and Litchurch.

The manors of Mugginton (Mogintune) and Mercaston (Merchenestune)
were part of the great estate of Henry de Ferrars, at the time of the Domes-
day Survey. Mugginton was held under him by Chetel. In the reign of

' Dodsworth's Collections.

« Lady Jenkinson had no issue by Sir Paul, but had a son by her second husband, John
Woodyeare, Esq., who left a daughter, married to John Elwin, who look the name of
Woodyeare.

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216 DERBYSHIRE.

Edward I., the manor and advowson were in moieties between the families of
Chandos and Stafford. Chandos's moiety passed by a female heir to the
immediate ancestor of Edward Sacheverell Chandos Pole, Esq., the present
proprietor. "^ Stafford's moiety appears to have been in the family of Dethick
in the reign of Henry IV. and in that of Rolleston in the reign of Elizabeth.
It is now the property of Thomas Hallowes, Esq., of Glapwell, whose
ancestor, Nathaniel Hallowes, Esq., purchased it in 1654.

In the parish church is the monument of Richard Kniveton, Esq., 1 500 ;
and a memorial for Hugh Radcliffe, haberdasher of hats to King Charles I.,
who died in 1678; he gave Fox's Acts and Monuments and other books
enumerated on the tablet, to the church. The inscription represents him
to have been son of Hugh Radcliffe of Mugginton, grandson of Robert
Radcliffe of Kings-Newton, and great-grandson of Sir Francis Radcliffe,
of Radcliffe-tower in Lancashire.' Bassano's volume of Church Notes men-
tions some memorials of the families of Ireton and Sanders."

The church of Mugginton was given by William Dethick, in 1 401, to the
priory of Breadsall, to which the great tithes were allowed to be appropri-
ated ; but it does not appear that the appropriation took place, unless in
part. The rectory is now in the patronage of E. S. C. Pole, Esq. Cer-
tain lay portions of tithes belong to Thomas Hallowes, Esq., and others j
these, it is probable, had been formerly appropriated to Breadsall priory.

The Reverend Samuel Pole, rector of Mugginton, in 1 746, gave a moiety
of lands at Turndich for the purpose of teaching poor children to read and
say the church catechism. Mrs. Frances Pole, in 1751, gave a croft, at
Clifton near Ashborne, for the same purpose. The present rental of the
Mugginton school is 21!. 5s. per annum, exclusively of the profits which are
now accruing from a lime-kiln.'

Mercaston was for many generations the property and seat of a younger
branch of the Knivetons of Bradley, who were settled here as early as
the reign of Edward III. Their descendant, William Kniveton, Esq.,
was one of the Baronets created by King James I., soon after the insti-
tution of the order in 1 161. Sir Andrew Kniveton, the third baronet, was

■■ See the account of Egginton.

' We have been informed that this statement of his descent is erroneous.

I* William Ireton of Ireton, 1502 ; Thomas Sanders, Esq., Samuel Sanders, Esq., (no date.)

' This kiln is on the land at Turndich, the rent of which belongs jointly to the schools of Mug-
ginton and Radborne ; the profits arising from it have been placed in the 3 per cents, and the
interest is divided between the two schools. The amount of this fund is now about 300I., the
kiln has lately been let on lease for upwards of tool, per annum.

7 ■ a zealous

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a zealous Royalist, and governor of Tutbury-castle for the King. He
suffered much in his property, and was obliged to sell most of his
estates. The manor of Mercaston was purchased of the Knivetons " by
an ancestor of E. S. C. Pole, Esq., of Radborne, who is the present
proprietor.

Ravensdale park, which belonged to the Knivetons, was sold by Sir An-
drew Kniveton, in 1649, to William Bache, Esq., and by Mr. Bache, in 1673,
to Sir John Curzon, Bart., ancestor of the Right Honourable Lord Scarsdale,
who is the present proprietor. The manor of Weston-Underwood, which
belongs to Lord Scarsdale, was in the Curzon family, at least as early as the
year 1410 ; probably at a much earlier period. Some of the Kniveton family
had a house and estate at Weston-Underwood.

Adjoining to this parish is an extra-parochial district called Hulland-ward,
comprising Mansell-park, the property of Richard Bateman, Esq., and the
village of Intakes, where is a chapel, at which divine service is performed
monthly. It is annexed to the church of Mugginton, to which the inha-
bitants of Intakes resort for parochial rites. On a stone in the gable-end
of a house adjoining the chapel is the following inscription, with the date
of 1723 :

" Francis Brown in his old age,
Did build him here a hermitage."

It appears, by the entry of his burial in the parish register, that Francis
Brown, the founder, died in 1731, having directed that this chapel should
be annexed to Mugginton for ever, after the death of his widow, his daugh-
ter, and her husband, Edward Allen-

Newton-Solney. See Repton.

NoRBURY, in the hundred of Appletree and deanery of Ashborne, lies
about four miles from Ashborne. The parish contains the parochial
chapelry of Snelston, and the villages of Darley-moor, Roston, and
Birchwood.

The manors of Norbury (Nortberie) and Roston (Roschintone) are de-
scribed in the Survey of Domesday, as held by one Henry, under Henry de
Ferrars. Robert de Ferrars, son of Henry, gave the manor of Norbury to
the prior and convent of Tutbury ; who, in the year 1 1 25, conveyed it to

" Most probably of Sir Andrew Kniveton.

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'ilS DERBYSHIRE.

William Fitzherbert, in tee-farm, subject to a yearly rent of loos.'' Nor-
bury was long the seat of the Fitzherberts, and the manor still continues to
be their property ; Thomas Fitzherbert, Esq., of Swinnerton in Stafford-
shire, being the present owner. The family have not resided here since
the estate passed to the Staffordshire branch, and the manor-house has been
long ago pulled down. Roston has passed with Norbury.

In the parish church, wliich has been already described'', are several
monuments of the Fitzherbert family, among which is a grave-stone with
his effigies on a brass plate, of Sir Anthony Fitzherbert ^ the celebrated
lawyer, author of the Abridgement of the Law, the Natura Brevium,
and other works, who was a native of Norbury. On the death of an elder
brother, he became possessed of the Norbury estate. Thomas Fitzherbert,
his elder grandson, was a Jesuit; he was author of several controversial works,
and died in 1640 ; his next brother, Nicholas, author of a description of the
university of Oxford, the Life of Cardinal Allen, and other works, was
drowned in Italy in 1612. In the chancel is an altar tomb, in memory of
John Drope, who died in 1629.

The rectory is in the patronage of Thomas Mills, Esq., of Burlaston. The
parochial chapelry of Snelston is annexed to it, and the present rector has
for many years officiated at both.

Mr. Thomas Williams by his will, bearing date in January 1687-8, founded
a free school for poor children, natives of Norbury and Sneslton, and resi-
dent in those parishes, and endowed it with lands now let at 18I. per annum.
The rector is trustee. The parochial chapel of Snelston is about two miles
from Ndrbury. Snelston, was held by Walter de Montgomery, under the
Earl of Lancaster, in the reign of Edward I. It appears that Robert
Docksey, Esq., was Lord of the manor of Snelston in 1599.' A good estate
and mansion were purchased in the year 1682, of the family of Bennet, by
Ralph Docksey, by whose descendant the estate was sold, between 1770
and 1780, to Mr. William Bowyer. It is now the property of his daughter,
relict of the late Reverend Thomas Langley, who, in 1797, pubHshed a

f' Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. ii. p. 874.

"i See the account of ancient church architecture.

' Sir Anthony Fitzherbert, who was one of the Justices of the Common-Pleas, died in 1538.
There arc monuments also for Alice, daughter of Henry Bothe, and wife of Nicholas Fitz-
herbert, temp. Edw. IV. ; Richard Fitzherbert, Esq. father of Sir Anthony ; John Fitzherbert,
Esq., (his elder brother,) i53i,&c. For a further description of these and other more ancient
monuments of the family, see the account of ancient sepulchral monuments.

■ Church Notes in the possession of Godfrey Meynell, Esq., of Langley-park.

4 History

DERBYSHIRE. '^19

History of the Hundred of Desborough in Buckinghamshire. Mr. Langiey
describes himself as resident at Snelston in 1799, in which year he pub-
lished " a Serious Address to the Head and Heart of every unbiassed Chris-
tian." He died in 1804."

There was formerly a congregation of Presbyterians at Snelston : the
meeting-house is now occupied by the Independents.

SouTH-NoRMANTON, in the hundred of Scarsdale and deanery of Chester-
field, lies about two miles and a quarter from Alfreton. The manor be-
longed at an early period to the family of De Alfreton, by whom it was
granted, with Pinxton, to Ralph le Poer. The heiress of Poer brought it to
Le Wyne. In or about 1343, Sir William le Wyne sold to Sir Alured tie
Sulney, or Solney. The coheiresses of Solney brought it in moieties to Sir
Nicholas Longford and Sir Thomas Stafford." Stafford's moiety, having
been sold to the Babingtons, descended to the Sheffields, and was sold by
John Lord Sheffield, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, to George Revel,
Esq., of Carlingthwaite or Canfield-hall, in this parish. This moiety is now
the property of John Eardly Wilmot, Esq., of Berkswell in Warwickshire,
grandson of Sir John Eardly Wilmot, Chief Justice of the Coinmon-Pleas,
to whom the remainder was given by Francis Revel, Esq., subject to the
lives of three of the family, who all died without lawful issue. The Chief
Justice, when he came into possession of the estate, about the year 1770,
gave it for life to Colonel Tristram Revel, a natural son of Edward Revel,
Esq., who died in 1770, and on his death, in 1797, it devolved to the
present proprietor.

Longford's moiety of the manor was purchased about the year 1567, by
the ancestor of D'Ewes Coke, Esq., the present proprietor.

In the parish church are monuments of the family of Revel."

Mr. Wilmot is patron of the rectory. The advowson was purchased, in
the reign of James I. of Sir Bryan Leigli.

When the common was inclosed by act of parliament, in 1798, a small
piece of ground was allotted for the site of a school-house, which has since
been built at the expence of the parish. The school is supported by -the

' Nichols's Literary Anecdotes, vol.ix. p. 228.

" Plea Roll, 15 Ric. II.

» Francis Revel, Esq., 1681 : he married Dorothj', daughter of Sir Nicholas Wilmot ; Uobei't
Re/el, Esq., 1714; he married Ann, daughter of Robert Wilmot, Esq., of Osmaston; Tristram'
Revel, Esq., Lieutenant-Colonel of the Derbyshire militia, 1797.

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voluntary contributions of the rector and a few of the principal inhabitants
and landholders.

Norton, in the hundred of Scarsdale and deanery of Chesterfield,
lies ou the borders of Yorkshire, four miles from Sheffield, and eight
from Chestei"field. The villages of Bole hill, Greenhill, Hemswortb,
Lightwood, Little-Norton, Norton-Leys, and Woodseats, are in this
parish.

The manor of Norton ", which had belonged, in the reign of Edward the
Confessor, to Godeva and Bada, is described in the Domesday Survey as
having been held, when that Survey was taken, under Roger de Busli, by
Ingram, ancestor of Robert Fitz-Ralph, founder of Beauchief- Abbey, who
was Lord of the manor of Norton in 1183: his great-grandson, Thomas
Lord of Alfreton, dying without issue, this manor passed with one of his
sisters and coheiresses, to William deCadurcis or Chaworth. John Ormond,
Esq., who married the heiress of Chaworth, died seised of it in 1487. Two
of the coheiresses of Ormond married Dynham and Babington, who pos-
sessed this manor in moieties. Dynham's moiety passed by sale successively
to Bullock, Eyre, and Blythe. Babington's moiety was sold to Blythe in
1587. In 1624, Charles Blythe sold the whole to John Bullock, Esq. Two
years after the death of William Bullock, Esq., which happened in 1666,
the manor of Norton was purchased by Cornelius Clarke, Esq., of Ash-
gate, who dying, in 1696, bequeathed it to his nephew, Mr. Robert Offley,
of Norwich. Joseph Offley, Esq., who died in 1751, left a son, Edmund,
who died in 1754, unmarried, and two daughters, the elder of whom, Urith,
brought this manor to Samuel Shore, Esq., now of Mearsbrook in this
parish, whose son, Samuel Shore, Esq., jun., is the present proprietor, and
has lately rebuilt Norton-hall, where he resides. Tiie two moieties of
Norton-hall were purchased by the Bullocks, in 1572 and 1585, several
years before they possessed the manor. The Chaworth family had a park at
Norton in 1330.*

The inhabitants of the parish were obliged, so lately as the year
1599, to keep up two butts to. shoot at, and to keep them in repair
under certain penalties, and to provide their sons and men-servants
with bows and arrows. Among the unlawful games is mentioned hud-
dlings.^

y The manor of Norton in Derbyshire was given to Burton- Abbey, in the reign of King

Ethelred, by Wulfric Spott Dugilale's Monasticon, vol. i. p. 268.

* Quo Warranto Roll. » See Pilkington.

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Norton-house, now the residence of John Read, Esq., is supposed to have
been built by the Morewoods. Samuel Hallowes, Esq., of Norton-house,
was sheriff of the county in 1674 ; it was afterwards successively in the
families of Radcliffe and Bramhall. Mr. John Bramhall sold it, about the
year 1712, to Mr. John Wingfield. Robert Newton, Esq., whose mother
was a Wingfield, died seised of it in 1789. Under his will, the life-interest
is vested in William Cutlifie Shawe, Esq., Joseph Shawe, Esq., and Mrs.
Orange, daughter of the late Wingfield Wildman, Esq. The reversion
belongs to Robert Newton Shawe, Esq., son of the former.

In the parish church is the monument (without inscription) of the father
and mother of John Blythe, Bishop of Salisbury, and Geffrey Blythe, Bishop
of Lichfield and Coventry ; and the tomb of their elder brother, Richard, with
a mutilated inscription, of which the name only remains." These prelates
appear to have been natives of Norton. The monument above-mentioned
was put up by the survivor of the two brothers, Bishop Geffi-ey Blythe", who
founded a chantry for the souls of his parents. In 1524, he agreed with the
parish to give ten marks for the purpose of keeping up a stock of ten kine,
in consideration of a little croft on the west-side of Norton-green, on which
he built the chantry chapel. The vicar was bound to keep up the stock of
kine, in default of which, he was to forfeit the corrody of nine gallons of
ale and nine keyst of bread, which he received weekly from Beauchief-
Abbey, till the stock was made good. This chantry chapel, which, after
the Reformation, had been desecrated and converted into an ale-house, was
pulled down by Mr. Joseph Oflfley.

In the parish church are monuments or other memorials of the families of
Eyre of Bradway ", Bullock', Morewood ^ Gill % Clarke", andBagshaw.'

'' William Blythe, the father, who appears to have made a fortune in trade, had a grant of
arms in 1485.

' He was not made a bishop till after his brother's death.

"* John Eyre, 1664; Rowland Eyre, 1665. A younger branch of the Eyres of Hassop.

* William Bullock, Esq., of St. John's College, in Cambridge, who went into the service of
King Charles I. and suffered much in his estate during the civil war, ob. 16C6, (this William
Bullock appears in the list of intended Knights of the Royal Oak:) John Bullock, Esq., his
son, the last heir male of the family, 1682.

^ Joseph More wood, 1714.

8 Leonard Gill, 1654; Henry Gill, Esq., of the Oaks, 17 15.

'' Cornelius Clarke, Esq., 1696.

' Richard Bagshaw of the Oaks, 1750, Richard Bagshaw, Esq., 1776, &c.

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222 DERBYSHIRE.

Some meinonals of the ancient family of Selioke are concealed under the
Haselborow pew/' Bassano's volume of Church Notes describes other
memorials of the family of Bullock ', and some of the families of Parker ",
Barker " of Norton-Leys, Storye " of Haselborow, and Stones.*"

The Church of Norton was given to the abbey of Beauchief by its
founder Robert Fitz-Ralph, and was appropriated to that monastery. The
present impropriator of the great tithes is Samuel Shore, Esq. The present
incumbent, Henry Pearson, L.L.B., is patron of the vicarage. The impro-
priation has passed through several hands within the last century. Mr. John
Storye, in 1674, gave by will, the sum of 400I., (with which a farm was pur-
chased, now let at 120I. per annum,) for the augmentation of the vicarage.
Mr. Nicholas Stones gave 5I. per annum to the vicar in 1676. Dr. Godol-
phin, Dean of St. Paul's, gave lool., Mr. William Scriven, lool. in 1724,
and Sandford Neville, Esq., the same sum, in 1725, for procuring Queen
Anne's bounty. Mr. Storie Wingfield, who died in 1727, founded a lecture-
ship, to take place after the death of his widow, which happened in 1752.
The endowment is now about 1 50I. per annum.

The Presbyterian dissenters had a congregation at Norton as early as the
year 162 . They met for many years either at the Oaks or Norton-hall.
The congregation are now Unitarians. The present meeting-house was
built in 1794.

Mr. Leonard Gill, who died in 1654, gave a school-house and some land"
for the foundation of a grammar-school. Mr. Nicholas Stones, in 1676,
gave 5I. per annum to the grammar-school ; Mr. William Scriven gave 60I.,
in 1724, for teaching poor children. In 1725, Mr. Storie Wingfield gave
5I. per annum to the grammar-school. Richard Bagshaw, in 1720, gave
20I. for teaching poor children. In 1784, Robert Newton, Esq., gave the
sum of 105I. to the school. The present value of the endowment is about
Sol. per annum. It is not kept up as a grammar-school ; tlie master is
appointed by Sir W. C. Bagshaw.

Bradway-hall, sometime belonging to a branch of the Eyres, and after-
wards to the Ashtons, is now a farm-house : it was part of the late Mr.
Newton's estate, and has passed with Norton-house. The learned classical
scholar and critic, Dr. Charles Ashton, Master of Jesus College in Cam-

" Pegge's Notes. ' John Bullock, Esq., 1647 ; Thomas Bullock, 1654.

" John Parker, Esq., and his wife, without date.

" Anne, wife of Francis Barker, Esq , and heiress of John Parker, Esq., ob. 1671.

0 John Storye, Esq., (1674.) " Nicholas Stones, merchant, 1676.

' Let in 1787 at 13I. 6s. 8d. per annum.

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bridge, was born at Bradway, in the year 1665.'' He died in 1752, and
was buried in Jesus College chapel.

The manor of Greenhill was given to Beauchief Abbey, for the support
of an additional canon, by Sir Thomas Chaworth, who died about the year
13 14.' After the Reformation, it was granted to Sir William West, whose
representative sold it to Bullock in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. It is
now esteemed parcel of the manor of Norton.

Haselborowe-hall was for many generations the seat of the ancient family
of Selioke, who continued there as late as the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
It was purchased of the Seliokes by the Stories, from whom it passed to the
Wingfields.' Mr. Storie Wingfield died possessed of it in 1727 ; his sister
brought it to Robert Newton, father of Robert Newton, Esq., who died in
1789. It has since passed with Norton-house ; the hall is now occupied
as a farm-house.

The Oaks belonged formerly to the Morewoods, who in the seventeenth
century were succeeded by the Gills. The daughter of Henry Gill, Esq.,
who died in 17 15, brought it to the Bagshaws. It is now the property and
seat of Sir William Chambers Bagshaw \ who is also owner of Hemsworth,
sometime the property and residence of the family of Stones. Hemsworth-
hall was pulled down by Sir W. C. Bagshaw, in 1802.

Norton-Leys hall belonged to the ancient family of Gotham, whose heiress
brought it to the Parkers. This ancient family possessed and resided at
the hall for about nine generations. Anne, sole heiress of John Parker, of
Norton-Leys, married Francis Barker, Esq., who possessed and resided at
the hall in 1664. This estate is now vested in the trustees of a minor of
the name of Marshall ; it was some time ago in the family of Hatfield.
Mr. Shore, of Mearsbrook, is proprietor of the estate at Norton-Leys, which
belonged to the Blythes.

Adjoining to the parish of Norton, is the extra-parochial district of
Bemichiejl" The Abbey of Beauchief was founded for an Abbot and Pre-
monstratensian canons from Welbeck, between the years 1172 and 1176,
by Robert Fitz-Ralph, Lord of Alfreton and Norton. Dr. Pegge has suc-

•i Nichols's Anecdotes.

' Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. ii. p. 607. Among Sir Thomas Chaworth's benefactions were
several of his vassals, with all their families and chattels.

' Dr. Pegge's Collections.

' See the account of his change of name, and descent from the Bagshaws, under the head
of Derbyshire Families.

■' The site of Beauchief Abbey is about two miles from Norton.

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cessfully refuted the erroneous opinion that he was one of the assassins of
Thomas-^-Becket, and that it was founded in expiation of his guilt. The
founder gave to the Abbey the churches of Alfreton, Norton, and Elvaston,
in Derbyshire, Wymewould in Leicestershire, and lands in Norton and else-
where. Sir Thomas Chaworth gave Greenhill in Norton, for the support of
an additional canon as before-mentioned. The Abbot of Beauchief was
summoned to Parliament in the reign of Edward I., but not afterwards.
The revenues of this monastery were valued at the time of its suppression,
in 1536, at 126I. 3s. 4d. clear yearly income. There were then an Abbot
(Sheffield) and 12 canons." The site was granted in 1537, for 223I., to Sir
Nicholas Strelley. The only daughter and heir of William Streliey, Esq.,
brought this estate to Edward Pegge, Esq., who died in 1679. The abbey
estate is now the property of his descendant, Peter Pegge Burnell, Esq.,
who has assumed the latter name. Beauchief-hall, built by Mr. Pegge in
the reign of Charles II., at a little distance from the Abbey, is at present in
the occupation of Broughton Stead, Esq. It is probable that the Strelleys,
who were of Beauchief Abbey, resided in a mansion fitted up out of the
Abbey, or built on its site.

There are now no remains of the monastic buildings except a part of the
chapel, which was fitted up as such for the district by Mr. Pegge, in
the reign of Charles II.' In this chapel are. memorials of the families
of Strelley and Pegge." On the floor are memorials of the Jacksons,
(1666, 1667.) The benefice is a donative, with no settled income. There
was a chantry of eight priests at Beauchief, besides the canons of the
convent.

OcKBROOK, in the hundred of Morleston and Litchurch and in the
deanery of Derby, lies about five miles and a half from Derby. The village
of Shacklecross is in this parish, and part of Burrow-ash.

* The last patrons of Beauchief Abbey were the daughters and coheirs of John Ormond,
Esq., two of whom survived the Reformation. These were Elizabeth, wife of Sir Anthony
Babington ; Anne, wife of Sir William Meryng ; and Joan, who was thrice married, viz. to
Thomas Dynhani, Esq., Sir Edward Greville, and Sir William Fitzwilliam. These ladies were
representatives of the founder.

I' It had been long in ruins before Mr. Pegge repaired it ; and the inhabitants buried their
dead at Norton and Dronfield.

* Edward Pegge, Esq., 1679, (^^ married the heiress of Strelley); Strelley Pegge, Esq.,
1770; (he married, 1. the heirfess of Robert Revel, of Carnfield, 2. a daughter of Peter
Broughton.)

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The manor of Ockbrook belonged, when the Survey of Domesday was
taken, to Geoffrey Alselin. The heiress of the baronial family of Alselin,
or Hanselyn, brought this manor, with their barony of Shelford, to the
Bardolfs of Wormegay, by whom it was sold to Sir Godfrey Foljambe, in
1358/ The heiress of Foljambe brought it to Robert Plumpton, whose
son, Sir William Plumpton died seised of it in 1480." Sir Thomas Sey-
mour being possessed of the manor of Ockbrook, sold it to Sir xlndrews
Windsor: whose descendant, Frederick Lord Windsor, in 1583, conveyed
it to the principal fi-eeholders, namely, John Piggin, Thomas Battell, the
elder, Thomas Fowke, William Colubell, Richard Saunderson, Thomas
Adams, Edward Adams, Richard Cowper, William Windley, the younger,
and William Hibbard. The lands were divided, but the manor continued
in undivided shares, two of which are in the immediate descendants of the
original purchasers, and belong now to Mr. Battell, of Derby, and Mr.
Windley ; Thomas Pares, Esq., of Hopwell, has three shares j and the Earl
of Harrington, William Drury Lowe, Esq., William Dalby, Esq., Mr. Mark
Porter, and Mr. Edward Hunt, have one share each.

The Bardolfs had an ancient park at Ockbrook, and the Abbot of Dale
had another, which had been made by the Grendons, in the early part of
the thirteenth century." The estate which belonged to the Abbey of Dale,
and which was given to that monastery by the Grendons, belonged to Ralph
Fitz-Germund, who, in the History of the Foundation of Dale-Abbey, is
called Lord of half the Manor of Ockbrook. In a deed of one of the
Grendons it is called totam terram meant ; and it appears that it was not held
under the Hanselyns or Bardolfs, but under the Fitz-Ralphs.** This estate
was granted by King Henry VIII. , in 1543, to Francis Pole, Esq.'

The church of Ockbrook was appropriated to the Priory of Shelford ;
and there can be little doubt that it was one of the churches given to that
monastery by the founder, Ralph Hanselyn.' Thomas Pares, Esq., is the
present impropriator, and patron of the donative curacy.

There is a considerable establishment of the Moravians, or " United Bre-
thren," in this parish. This establishment was formed in the year 1750.^

' CI. Rot. 32 Edw. III. " Esch. 20 Edw. IV. 88.

"^ William Fitz-Ralph granted his wood of Okebrook to Serlo de Grendon, to make a park
adjoining to the park of Thomas Bardolf. See Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. ii. p. 621, (mis-
printed 631.)

" See Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. ii. p. 627, 628, 631 ; and vol. iii. p. 72.

<= Pat. 35 Hen. VIII. f Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. iii. p. 65.

s From the information of the Reverend C. Latrobe.

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226 DERBYSHIRE.

The principal buildings are placed in a regular line, at a short distance from
Ockbrook, and about a mile from Burrow-Ash, a village on the high road
from Derby to Nottingham. At one end of the terrace is the house for single
women, who live together in community, under a superior or warden.
Their continuance is voluntary : their principal employ is fine work in
muslin, each sister earning her own livelihood, and paying a certain sum for
board and lodging. The number of the sisterhood is about 20. At the
other end of the terrace is a similar house for single men, but on a smaller
scale ; and between them are the cliapel, the minister's house, and a
girls' boarding-school. The congregation meet for service every evening.
Behind the chapel is the burial ground, divided into squares j the grave-
stones all small, flat and uniform, inscribed only with names and dates, as
in other cemeteries belonging to the brethren. In front of the chapel,
beyond the gardens, are houses for families, and a boarding-school for boys.
The inhabitants are chiefly supported by stocking-weaving.

The Bretliren of St. Lazarus had a considerable estate at Burrow- Ash."

MicKLE-OvER, in the hundred of Morleston and Litchurch, and in the
deanery of Derby, lies about three miles from Derby. This parish com-
prises the chapelries of Finderne and Little-Over.

The manor of Mickle-Over was given, with Finderne, Little-Over, and
Potlac, by William the Conqueror to Burton-Abbey.' King Henry VIII.
granted them to Sir William Paget. Thomas Lord Paget sold these ma-
nors " to Sir Thomas Gresham. Having been settled by Sir Thomas on
Lady Gresham, they devolved to Sir William Reade, her son by a second
husband. Sir William had a daughter and heir, married to Sir Michael
Stanhope, who had three daughters, coheirs. Bridget, Countess of Des-
mond, one of the coheiresses, being possessed of two shares of these manors,
(one of which had been purchased, in 1640, of Lady Berkeley, another of
the coheiresses,) sold them, in 1648, to Edward Wilmot, Esq.; of whose
descendant, Sir Robert Wilmot, Bart., of Chaddesden, they were purchased,
in 1 80 1, by the late Edward Sacheverell Chandos Pole, Esq. ; whose son,
of the same name, is the present proprietor. Mr. Pole has a manor or
farm in this parish also, called Rough-Heanor. The remaining third
of these manors was sold, in 1648, by the heiress' of Sir William Withepol,

" Hundred Roll, 2 Edw. I. ' Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. i. p. 271.

" Pollock we believe excepted. See p. 228.

' Jointly with her husband, Leicester Devereux, afterwards Viscount Hereford.

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DERBYSHIRE. 227

who married the elder of Sir William Reade's grand-daughters, to Sir John
Curzon. It is now the property of John Leaper Newton, Esq. Incon-
sequence of a division of the manors, Mr. Newton has Mickle-Over, and
Mr. Pole Little-Over and Finderne.

The manor-house of Mickle-Over was sold by Sir Thomas Gresham to
William Gilbert, Esq., a younger son of the Lockoe family, whose heiress
brought it to Robert Newton, Esq. Mr. Newton died in 1619; his de-
scendant and namesake, the last heir male of the family, who died in 1789,
bequeathed this mansion, with the third of the manor which he had ac-
quired by purchase, to Mr. John Leaper, of Derby, now John Leaper
Newton, Esq., who was sheriff of the county in 1798. The house is occu-
pied by the tenant of the farm.

The church of Mickle-Over, with the chapels of Little-Over, Finderne,
and Potlac, were given to the abbey of Burton-on-Trent, by William the
Conqueror, and became appropriated to that monastery. Mr. Pole and
Lord Scarsdale are impropriators and patrons of the vicarage ; Mr. Pole
having two thirds of the impropriation, and two turns out of three in the
presentation. The vicarage is endowed with a third part of the great
tithes.

John Alsop, in 1765, founded a school at Mickle-Over, for children of
this village and Finderne, and endowed it with lands, now let at about
60I. per annum. John Erpe gave il. per annum for teaching children.
The late Robert Newton, Esq., who died in 1789, gave the sum of 200I.
for the endowment of a school at Mickle-Over. A school-house has been
built by the contributions of the vicar and principal inhabitants.

The parochial chapel of Finderne is about two miles and a .half from
Mickle-Over, and about five from Derby. Finderne was the seat of a very
ancient family, who held a capital messuage and lands by a chief-rent under
the Abbot of Burton. Thomas Finderne, the last of the family, died seised
of this estate in 1558; when it passed to his sister and heir, who married
Richard Harpur, one of the Justices of the Common Pleas, immediate an-
cestor of Sir Henry Crewe, Bart., the present proprietor.

In the parochial chapel is an ancient monument, most probably for one
of the Finderne family ; and memorials for Samuel Doughty, M.D., 1765,
Snowdon White, M.D., 1791 ; &c.

The Register at Finderne records a remarkable circumstance of a hus-
band and wife, John and Sarah Woollet, who lived together upwards of
sixty years and were buried in one grave on the 14th of January, 1747; he
being in the pad, and she in the 93d year of her age.

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228 DERBYSHIRE.

The Unitarians and Wesleyan Methodists have meeting-houses at Fin-
derne. At this place was a celebrated dissenting academy, over which the
learned Dr. Ebenezer Latham (buried at Finderne in 1754) presided for
many years. This academy seems to have originated in a grammar-school,
set up in 1693, '''y ^^' Benjamin Robinson, a native of Derby, and author
of some controversial tracts, sermons", &c. Among Dr. Latham's pupils
were, Ferdinando Warner, author of a Histoi*y of Ireland, and other works,
who conformed to the church of England, and became Rector of Barnes, in
Surrey ; John Taylor, author of a Paraphrase on St. Paul's Epistle to the
Romans, the Hebrew Concordance, &c. ; William Turner, minister of
Wakefield, and John Ward, minister of tlie congregation in Maid-lane,
London, both writers of some note in their day.

The parochial chapel of Little-Over is about two miles from Mickle-
Over, and about the same distance from Derby. In the chapel is the mo-
nument of Sir Richard Harpur, who died in 1635.

A good old mansion at Little-Over was the seat of a branch of the
Harpur family; the last of which, John Harpur, Esq., died in 1754. It
is now the property and residence of Bache Heathcote, Esq., whose
father, Samuel Heathcote, Esq., married the sister of John Harpur, Esq.,
above mentioned.

Two parts of the manor of Potlac or Potlock, which by the description
seem to have been on the Repton side of the river, belonged to Repton
Priory, to which they were conveyed in the reign of Edward III., by
Henry de Bakewell, and others. That part of the manor of Potlock which
is on the north side of the Trent was held under the abbot and convent of
Burton by the Findernes, who aftei'wards became possessed of the fee of it.
On this estate, which is now, by inheritance from the Findernes, the pro-
perty of Sir Henry Crewe, Bart., was an ancient mansion, and the chapel
mentioned below. The part of the manor of Potlock which lies on the
south side of the Trent has passed with the priory estate, and is now the
property of Sir Francis Burdett, Bart.

The ancient chapel at Potlock, within the parish of Finderne, was dedi-
cated to St. Leonard. To the support of this chapel, of which there
are now no remains, John de Toke or Touke (whose family resided at
Potlock for several generations) gave 14 acres of meadow, and 60s. rent,
in 1327.

■" See Wilson's History of Dissenting Churches, vol. i. p. 374.

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Packington is partly in Leicestershire and partly in the hundred of
Repton and Gresley, in Derbyshire. The church is in Leicestershire;
the greater part of the houses are in Derbyshire.

Pentrich, in the hundred of Morleston and Litchurch and in the deanery
of Derby, lies about two miles and a half from Alfreton and about twelve
from Derby. The parish comprises the township of Ripley and the village
of Hartshay.

The manors of Pentrich and Ripley were given, in the reign of Henry II.
by Ralph Fitz-Stephen, the King's Chamberlain, and Hubert Fitz-Ralph ",
to the Abbot and convent of Darley." King Edward VI,, in the year 1552,
granted it to Sir William Cavendish p, ancestor of his Grace the Duke of
Devonshire, who is the present proprietor.

In the parish church are memorials for Edward Home, captain in the
navy 1764 ; " Madam Mawer, wife of the Reverend Kaye Mawer, son of
John Mawer, of the ancient and illustrious house of Mawer," 1776 j and
of the family of Bradley, of Butterley-park, 1 701 -17 18, &c.

The church of Pentrich was given to the abbey of Darley by Ralph
Fitz-Stephen, and became appropriated to that monastery. The Duke of
Devonshire is now impropriator and patron of the vicarage.

The Independents have a meeting-house at Pentrich which formerly be-
longed to the Presbyterians.

The Abbot of Darley had, in 1251, a grant of a market at Ripley on
Wednesday, and a fair for three days at the festival of St. Helen the Queen.''
The market has been long discontinued ; there are now two fairs, on the
Wednesday in Easter- week, and on the 23d of October, for horses and
cattle : the latter is a great fair for foals. The manor of Ripley, which
had been given (as before-mentioned) to Darley-abbey, was most probably
granted to George Zouch, who died seised of it in 1556. Sir John Zouch,
in or about the year 1565, conveyed it to Thomas Boswell and George
Smith, and the heirs of Smith.' Isaac Smith died seised of it in 1638. It
is now divided into severalties. The Unitarians have a chapel, and there is
a meeting-house for the Wesleyan Methodists at Ripley : the Unitarian
chapel is now rebuilding.

n Hubert Fitz-Ralph was Lord of the fee. These manors were parcel of the Barony of
Ralph Fitz-Hubert at the time of the Domesday Survey.
" Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. iii. p. 58. f Rot. Pat. 6 Edw. VI.

1 Chart. Rot. 36 Hen. III. ' Hieron's Collections.

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S30 DERBYSHIRE.

The manor of Butterley belonged to the abbot and convent of Darley',
who had two parks there ' : the site of one of these, though long since dis-
parked, retains the name. The manor was granted to Sir William Caven-
dish, and has passed with that of Pentrich. The family of Home had, for
some descents, an estate with a park, at Butterley-hall, where they resided.
William Home, Esq., died, in 1747, at the age, as it is said, of 102." His
eldest son, WiUiam Andrew Home, Esq., was in the year 1759, ^^ the age
of 74, executed at Nottingham for the murder of an illegitimate child, in the
year 1724, by exposing it imder a hay-stack at Annesley in Nottingham-
shire. Charles Home, his brother, who was the principal evidence against
him, survived till the year 1784, when he died at an advanced age,
being the last of the family. Edward Warren, a nephew, who took the
name of Home in 1784, inherited the Butterley estate, which he sold, about
the year 1790, to Francis Beresford, Esq., and Benjamin Outram, Esq. It
now belongs to John Beresford, Esq., and Francis Outram, a minor. But-
terley-hall is in the occupation of Mr. William Jessop, a partner in the firm
of the iron-works at Butterley, which were established about the year 1793,
by Messrs. Wright of Nottingham.

WaingriflT, in this parish, was given by Fitz-Stephen to the Knights-hos-
pitallers, who have been supposed to have had a preceptory at this place."
It was the property, by marriage, of the late Robert Strelley, Esq., who
built a house upon the estate, now the property and residence of his
widow.

The manor or reputed manor of Padley, in this parish, belonged to Darley
Abbey, afterwards to the family of Zouch. The assignees of John Zouch,
Esq., sold it, in the reign of James I., to Mr. Smith, of whose descendant
it was purchased, in 1710, by the ancestor of the Reverend Henry Peach of
Derby, the present proprietor.

PiNXTON, in the hundred of Scarsdale and deanery of Chesterfield, lies
on the borders of Nottinghamshire about three miles from Alfreton, which

* Esch. 15 Edw. I. 34.

' Dodsworth's Collections and Hundred Roll, 2 Edvr. I., where it is stated, that one was at
Butterley, and the other at Hurtlay (Harsthay), both then newly made.
" Life and Trial of W. A. Home, Esq., 1759.

* The words of the grant are rather equivocal ; Ralph Fitz-Stephen grants, " bcatis pauperibus
Sancti Hospitalis Jerusalem, totam terram de Waingrif ad quandum domum restaurandum fra-
tribus ibidem Deo servientibus." Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. iii. p. 58. We find no mention in
any other record, of a preceptory at Waingrif.

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is the post-town. A considerable part of the parish is in Nottinghamshire.
The manor is supposed to have been the Snodeswic, which was given, by
Wulfric Spott as an appendage to Morton, to Burton-abbey ; and the Esno-
trewic of the Domesday Survey, which was held by Drogo imder William
Peverel. The manor of Pinxton has passed, for several centuries, with one
of the moieties of South-Normanton, and is now the property of D'Ewes
Coke, Esq., son of Heigham Coke, Esq., of Suckley, in Worcestershire, who
is patron of the rectory.

In the parish church are the monuments of D'Ewes Coke", Esq.,
1751, and Robert Lillyman, Esq., of Brookhill ^, in this parish, 1765.

Px-EASLEY or Peesley, in the hundred of Scarsdale and deanery of
Chesterfield, lies on the borders of Nottinghamshire, and on the road from
Chesterfield to Mansfield, at the distance of nine miles from the former. The
villages of Shirebrook and Stony- Houghton, are in this parish.

The manor of Pleasley belonged to Thomas Bee, Bishop of St. David's,
Lord Treasurer to King Edward I., who, in 1284, had a grant of a market
at this place on Mondays, and a fair for three days at the festival of
St. Luke.* The market has long ago been discontinued. There are now
two fairs. May 6, and October 29, for fat and lean cattle, horses, and sheep.

There are some considerable cotton factories at Pleasley.

Anthony Bee, Bishop of Durham and Patriarch of Jerusalem, (brother of
the Bishop of St. David's,) died in 13 10 or 131 1, seised of this manor" : it
was inherited by his nieces, married into the families of Harcourt and Wil-
loughby, who possessed the manor of Pleasley, in moieties, for several gene-
rations." The manor was afterwards in the Leakes, who appear to have
been possessed of it, in the reign of Henry VI." After the death of Nicholas
Leake, the last Earl of Scarsdale, it was purchased by Henry Thornhill,
Esq., great uncle of Henry Bache Thornhill, Esq., the present proprietor, to
whom it was given by his father, Bache Thornhill Esq., of Stanton.

'' He married, i. Frances daughter of William Coke, Esq., of Trusley ; z. Catherine, daughter
of Francis Hurt, Esq. of Alderwasley.

'■ Brookhill, which is in the Nottinghamshire part of the parish, belonged to the Lindseys,
from whom it passed by purchase to the Revels. Sir Eardly Wilmot sold it to Lillyman, of
whom it was purchased by Coke. It is now the seat of D'Ewes Coke, Esq.

» Chart. Rot. 13 Edw. I. b Esch. 4 Edw. II.

«^ Esch. Edw. II. Hen. VI.

•* See Esch. 9 Hen. VI., under the name of Roos.

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232 DERBYSHIRE.

A park in Pleasley, called Warsop-wood, was held for several generations
by the family of Roos, under the manor of Pleasley.^ This estate is now
the property of Edward Greaves, Esq.

On Sunday the 17th of March, 18 16, a large chasm was made in the
church steeple at this place, by the shock of an earthquake, which was felt
over a great part of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, &c.

The advowson of the rectory, which had passed for several centuries
with the manor, is vested in Bache Thornhill, Esq,, of Stanton. There is
a chapel of ease at Shirebrook, about two miles distant, at which divine ser-
vice is performed once a month by the rector of Pleasley or his curate. The
chapel is repaired by the inhabitants.

Radborne or Radburiste, in the hundred of Appletree and deanery of
Derby, lies about four miles west from Derby.

Radborne was one of the manors of Henry de Ferrars, at the time of the
Domesday Survey ; but it appears that Ralph Fitz-Hubert claimed a third.

The coheiresses of Robert Fitz-Walkelin, who lived in the twelfth cen-
tury, and was possessed of Egginton, Radborne, and other estates in this
county, married Chandos and Stafford as already stated in the account of
Egginton ; the whole of this manor (in consequence, probably, of the pur-
chase of Stafford's moiety) became vested in Chandos." After the death of
Sir John Chandos, the celebrated warrior, without male issue, in 1370, the
Radboine estate passed to his representatives in the female line, and eventu-
ally to Sir Peter de la Pole, who married his niece, Elizabeth, daughter of
Sir John Lawton. Sir Peter, who was one of the knights of the shire in
1400, is described as having been of Newborough in Staffordshire ; but it
appears that his ancestors had been, at an early period, of Hartington in

s Esch. Ric. II. Hen. VI.

'' Leland speaking of Sir John Chandos the celebrated warrior, says, " This Chandois dyed withe-
out yssewe, and left his two systars heires, whereof one was married to Bridgs and the othar to
Pole. Bridges had Cowberle and othar lands, to the some of 300 marks by the yere. Poole had
Radburne withein 4 myles of Darby, and othar 300 marks of land by yere. The olde howse of
Rodburne is no greate thinge, but the last Chandois began in the same Lordshipe, a mighty
large howse of stone, withe a wonderful! cost, as it yet aperithe by foundations of a mans height
standinge yet as he left them. He had thowght to have made of his olde place a colledge."
Itin. vol. viii. p. 25, 26. There are some errors in this statement. Sir John Chandos the
warrior died in 1370; the coheiresses of Sir John Chandos of another branch of the family
who died in 1427, married Brydges and Mattesdon. See Dugdale's Baronage. Coberly in
Gloucestershire was inherited by Brydges, not from the family of Chandos, but from the
Berkeleys.

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this county. Ralph Pole, son of Peter before-mentioned, was one of the
Justices of the King's-Bench, in the reign of Henry VI. Radborne is now
the property, and Radborne-hall the seat of his immediate descendant,
E. S. C. Pole, Esq. The parish of Radborne contains 2,125 acres of land,
of which more than 2000 belong to Mr. Pole, who is patron also of the
rectory.

In the parish church are some monuments of the family of Pole, two
ancient monuments already more particularly described'; a large marble mo-
nument, with a sarcophagus, for Sir German Pole, who was knighted for his
good services in Ireland, under Lord Mountjoy in 1599, he died in 1634;
German Pole, Esq., his son, who died in 1683, married Ann, daughter of Sir
Richard Newdigate, but having no issue, bequeathed his estate to Samuel
Pole, Esq., of Lees, descended from German, a younger son of Francis Pole,
Esq., which German settled at Lees in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. There
is a monument also for Mary, widow of George Parker, Esq., of Ratton in
Sussex, and daughter of Sir Richard Newdigate, ob. 1708.

German Pole, Esq., who died in 1683, founded a charity school at Rad-
borne: the present value of its endowment is 15I. los. per annum, besides
a moiety of the profits of a lime-kiln."

Ravenstone, in the hundred of Repton and Gresley and in the deanery of
Repington, is surrounded by Leicestershire, to which county a considerable
part of the parish belongs. It is situated about three miles south-east from
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, on the road to Hinkley.

When the Survey of Domesday was taken, the manor of Ravenstone
belonged to Nigel de Stafford, ancestor of the Gresley family. A manor
in this parish was given to the monks of Gerondon, by Hugh, son of Roger
de Herdberewe, before the year 1168.' Another manor belonged to the
Despencers, and having been forfeited, was granted to Henry Lord Beau-
mont. Elizabeth, widow of this Henry, died seised of it in 1427. The
manor of Ravenstone with the advowson, was granted by Henry VIII. to
Thomas Earl of Rutland, who, in or about the year 1542, conveyed it to
Henry Digby. Thomas Digby, great-grandson of Henry, died seised of it
in lexg." John Wilkins, Esq., who was possessed of this estate before the
year 1689, built a noble mansion, which, after his death, was sold with
the manor in 1726, to Roger Cave, Esq. After the death of Mr. Cave,

' One of these is for Ralph Pole, one of the Justices of the King's Bench, who died in 1452.
" See p. 216.

' See Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. i. p. 771- "" Nichols's Leiccstei'shirc.

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234, DERBYSHIRE.

in 1 741, it was purchased by the ancestor of Leonard Fosbrook, Esq., of
Shardelow, the present proprietor. Mr. Fosbrook, after his purchase of
the manor, pulled down the great house, and built one on a smaller scale
for his own residence. It is now occupied by the Reverend William Ward,
as undertenant to R. Creswell, Esq., who rents the estate under Mr.
Fosbrook.

In the parish church is a monument put up by the late Sir Joseph Maw-
bey, Bart., in memory of his family, who liad an estate at Ravenstone,
now the property of Joseph Alcock, Esq. Mr. Alcock's father purchased
this estate of his brother-in-law. Sir Joseph Mawbey. The King is patron
of the rectory.

The open fields in this parish have been inclosed under an act of parlia-
ment, passed in 1770 : an allotment was made in lieu of tithes.

At this place is an hospital, founded, in 1712, by Rebecca, wife of John
Wilkins, Esq., with the consent of her husband, for thirty blind, aged,
or impotent widows and three able women as servants." The foundation
is stated in the will of Mrs. Wilkins, to have been in memory of her son,
Francis Wollaston ° Wilkins, who died in 1 7 1 1 : she endowed it after the
death of her husband, with all her lands in Thorpe-Ernald, Higham,
and Sutton-Cheney in Leicestershire. The widows are to be of the parishes
of Ravenstone, Swanington, and Cole-Orton, or in default of proper
objects, of other neighbouring parishes ; to be fifty years of age at the least,
unless blind or impotent, of good fame, and members of the church of Eng-
land ; the servants of the hospital, if widows, may succeed to vacancies
although only forty years of age : if any widow marry, she is to be
removed ; any widow of kin to the founder or of reduced gentry to be pre-
ferred to all others. The widows to receive 3s. 6d. a week each, besides
clothes and coals ; increased rents, after defraying repairs, &c. to be ap-
plied either to encreasing the pensions, or the number of pensioners, at the
discretion of the trustees. There are ten trustees, under the founder's will,
which number is to be made up whenever they are reduced to five. There
is a master or chaplain of the hospital, who has a salary of 60I. per
annum. The present chapel and a house for the master were built out of the
savings of the fund in 1784. The present rent of the estates is about 940I.''

" There were originally only thirty habitations for the widows ; none, as it seems, having been
provided for the nurses ; there are now thirty-two habitations, which is the present number of
the pensioners, including the nurses.

° Mrs. Wilkins was heiress of the Wollfistons of Shenton-hall.

P The estates consist of about 800 acres of land, 200 of which are still held on a lease, made
before the date of the foundation.

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The widows now receive pensions of 4s. 6cl. a week each, a gown and
petticoat, and five tons of coal yearly.

Repton, anciently Repington, gives name to the deanery, and jointly
with Gresley to the hundred in which it is situated. Jt lies on the south
side of the Trent, four miles from Burton and se\ en from Derby.

This place is supposed to have been a Roman station, called Repan-
dunum. In the time of the Saxons it was called Repandum, and was the
capital of the Mercian kingdom. Before the year 660 ", there was a nun-
nery at this place, under the government of an abbess, in which Ethelbald
and other of the Mercian monarchs were interred." The Danes having
driven Buthred, King of the Mercians from his throne, wintered at
Repandum in 874.' It is probable that the nunnery above-mentioned was
then destroyed.

The manor of Repton (Rapendune) was part of the royal demesne
when the Survey of Domesday was taken. It soon after belonged to the
Earls of Chester. Maud, widow of Ranulph de Blundeville, Earl of Chester,
who died in 1153, founded a priory of black canons at Repton in 1172, or,
rather, in that year, removed them thither from Calke, where they were
first established. This priory was dissolved in the year 1538, when its
revenues were estimated at 11 81. 8s. 6d. clear yearly income. The site of
the priory was granted by King Henry VIIL, in 1540, to his servant, Tho-
mas Thacker, Esq., who had taken possession of it for the King's use in
1538, and purchased most of the furniture and stock. The furniture of
the high altar, and of St. John's, St. Nicholas's, St. Thomas's, " Our Lady's,"
" Our Lady of Pity's" chapels, with the images, &c. sold for fifty shillings :
the grave-stones were not then sold, nor the buildings.' It appears that
there was a shrine of St. Guthlac at this priory, to which was a great resort
of pilgrims, and his bell was applied to the head by superstitious persons,
for the cure of the head-ach."

Fuller relates in his Church History, on the authority of his kinsman,
Samuel Roper of Lincoln's-Inn, that one Thacker being possessed of
Repingdon-abbey in Derbyshire, " alarmed with the news that Queen

■» Edburga, daughter of Adulph, King of the East- Angles was at this time abbess of Repton.
Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. i. p. 88.

' Sax. Chron. « Ibid.

' Particulars of sale annexed to a copy of the Register of Tutbury-abbey, in the possession
of Sir Joseph Banks.

" Visitation of religious houses, temp. Hen. VIIL, at Chatsworth, printed by Dr. Peggc.

H h 2 Mary

236 DERBYSHIRE.

Mary had set up the abbeys again (and fearing how large a reach such a
precedent might have) upon a Sunday (belike the better day the better deed)
called together the carpenters and masons of that county, and plucked down
in one day (church work is a cripple in going up, but rides post in coming
down) a most beautiful church belonging thereunto, saying he would destroy
the nest for fear the birds should build therein again."

Sir Henry Spelman, in his history of Sacrilege, notices Mr. Godfrey
Thacker of Repingdon, as an instance of a person possessing church tithes
and lands, and making a very insufficient allowance to the minister of his
church, and remarks his having been reduced in his circumstances without
any assignable cause. Gilbert Thacker, Esq., tiie last of this family, died in
1 71 2, leaving an only daughter, who bequeathed the priory estate to Sir
Robert Burdett, Bart., grandfather of Sir Francis Burdett, Bart., the present
proprietor.

The remains of the priory have been converted into the school-room,
and offices belonging to Repton school. The mansion, which was the
seat of the Thackers, is rented of Sir Francis Burdett by the governors of
the school, and is occupied by the head master. Dr. Sleath.

The manor of Repton was divided among the coheiresses of Ranulph
de Blundeville, Earl of Chester, and passed through various hands in
severalties. The capital messuage of Repingdon was taken into the King's
hands in 1253.'' Before the year 1330, the greater part of the manor appears
to have passed into other hands from the representatives of the Earls of
Chester. John de Britannia, William de Clinton, and Juha his wife", the prior
of Repingdon, Robert de Becke, Philip de Strelley, William de Handesacre,
Emma, relict of Robert de Tateshall ^, John Swinnerton, and Christian,
relict of John de Segrave', were then joint owners. No mention is made in
the record " of the Baliols ; yet it appears that Mary de St. Paul, Countess
of Pembroke, who inherited from the Baliols, gave her share (one-third of a
fourth) of the manor of Repingdon, to the master and scholars of Pem-
broke-hall, (of her foundation,) and that the college exchanged this share
with the priory of Repton, for a rent-charge issuing out of the manor of
Grantesden in 141 1 or 1412.*' Before the year 1330, Bernard Brus, as

» Originalia, 38 Hen. HI-

> Daughter and heir of Sir Thomas Leybourne and widow of John Lord Hastings.
^ Grandson of iVIabil, one of the coheiresses of llanuiph de Blundeville, Earl of Chester.
' One of the Segraves married a sister of Henry de Hastings, who inherited part of the
manor of Repton.

^ Quo Warranto Roll, 4 Edw. HI. '^ Topographer, vol ii. p. 264.

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representative of David Earl of Huntingdon, who married one of the
coheiresses of the Earl of Chester, had given his share of the manor to the
prior and convent '', and in or about 141 3, Peter de Melborne gave them one-
third of a fourth part.' These formed afterwards a distinct manor, which,
by the name of the priory manor, passed with the site of the priory, and is
now the property of Sir Francis Burdett, Bart.

In the reign of Henry IV., John Finderne was seised of an estate called
the manor of Repingdou alias Strelley's {jart.*^ It is most probable that the
Finderne family became possessed of most of tiie lay shares, by purchase or
inheritance, for except in one instance, we find no mention of any other
manor than that of the priory, and tlie manor of Repton, which passed
with the heiress of Finderne to the Harpurs, about the year 1558, and
is now the property of their descendant. Sir Henry Crewe, Bart. There
was an extensive park belonging to this manor, the paling of which still
remains.

In the year 1554, William Westcote conveyed the manors of Repington
and Willington to Sir John Porte. This was probably that part of the manor
which belonged to the Segraves, and passed by inheritance to the Mowbrays.
The last-mentioned family possessed also the manor of Willington. This
estate at Repton became afterwards parcel of the endowment of the school
and hospital founded by Sir John Porte.

The proprietors of the manor in 1330 claimed to be lords of the hun-
dred, and to have within their manor a pillory, tumbrell, and gallows, for
the punishment of criminals: they claimed also by prescription a market at
Repton on Wednesdays, and a fair on the first of July.^ Both these have
long ago been discontinued. There is a statute fair at Michaelmas, for
hiring servants.

In the parish church, which is a handsome Gothic structure with a spire,
are some monuments of the Thacker family"; George Wakliii, of Bretby,
Gent, 1 614; that of William Bagshaw Stevens, D.D., late master of Repton

* Topographer. ' Inq. ad q. d. i Hen. V.

• Fin. 13 Hen. IV. 8 Quo Warranto Roll.

" Elizabeth Thacker (no date) ; Francis Thacker, Esq., with his bust, 1710. In the Topo-
grapher is an account of two monuments of this family which are not now to be seen in the
•church: Gilbert Thacker, Esq., 1563; Gilbert Thacker, Esq., 1712, married, i. Elizabeth,
daughter and heir of Walrond; 2. a daughter of Marbury, of Cheshire. In the church-yard is
the tomb of Mrs. Elizabeth Thacker, the only child of the last-mentioned Gilbert and the
last of the family, who died in 1728.

school.

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school, who died in 1800'; and a memorial for Catherine daughter of the
Reverend Thomas Whelpdale, who died in 1746, at the age of 100.

The church of St. Wistan, at Repton, was given to the priory, with all its
chapels, at the time of its removal from Calke. The rectorial estate belongs
to Sir Henry Crewe, Bart., who is patron of the donative curacy.

The parish was inclosed by act of parliament in 1766.

In the year 1556, Sir John Port devised all his estates in Lancashire and
Derbyshire, in trust, for the foundation and endowment of a grammar
school at Repton, and an hospital at Etwall. The Harpur family had the
direction of these institutions till the year 162 1, when Sir John Harpur
conveyed the superintendence to the Earl of Huntingdon, Lord Stanhope,
and Sir Thomas Gerard Bart., as right heirs of the founder. The present
hereditary governors are, the Marquis of Hastings, the Earl of Chester-
field, (now a minor), and Sir William Gerard, Bart. In the year last-men-
tioned the master of Etwall hospital, the schoolmaster of Repton, the poor
men, and poor scholars, were made a body corporate. The establishment
at Repton consists of a head master (the Reverend John Sleath, D.D.), two
ushers, and 20 scholars on the foundation.'' The master has a salary of
200I. i the first usher, lool.; the second usher, 80I. The improved rent of
the estates, which are now about 2500I. per annum, have long enabled the
governors to increase the number of pensioners in the hospital, to augment
the establishment of the school at Repton, and to give larger salaries to the
masters. The governors elect the master of the hospital, and the master
and ushers of the school : the Harpur family have, by the original charter,
a fourth turn with them in the appointment of the pensioners of the hos-
pital and the foundation-scholars.

Mr. Thomas Whitehead gave some land at Repton for the head-
master's use. Some land at Ticknall, now let at 5I. per annum was given
for the purchase of books : the name of the donor is unknown ; but it is
supposed to have been Philip Ward, a former master.

' Epitaph, by Miss Seward : —

" Reader, if thee each sacred worth inspires.
Learning's calm h'ght, and fancy's ardent fires,
Unsullied honour, friendship's generous glow,
Sky-pointing hope, that smiles on finite woe;
Such Stevens was, and thy congenial tear
Drop on the scholar, bard, and Christian's bier."
* These scholars have an allowance of 20!. per annum each, for seven years, towards their
maintenance at school out of the endowment.

John

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John Lightfoot, the learned divine and Hebraist, was appointed first
usher at the original establishment of the institution. Among eminent
persons educated at this school, may be noticed, Samuel Shaw, a learned
non-conformist divine, and master of the school at Ashby-de-la-Zouch j
Stebbing Sliaw, the historian of Staffordshire ; Jonatlian Scott, translator of
the Arabian Tales ; W. Lillington Lewis, M. A., the translator of Statins ;
and the late F. N. C. Mundy, Esq., author of the elegant poems of Need-
wood Forest, and the Fall of Need wood.

Mrs. Mtiry Burdett, in 1701, gave the sum of 200I., and Mrs. Dorothy
Burdett, in 1718, the same sum, for buying bread for the poor, and clothing-
and teaching poor children of Repton, Ingleby, and Foremark.

The parochial chapelry of Brethy lies about three miles from Repton.
The manor of Bretby, which had belonged to Earl Algar, was part of the
royal demesne when the Survey of Domesday was taken. It afterwards
belonged to the Earls of Chester, and passed with a portion of the manor
of Repton to the Segraves. Nicholas de Segrave, had a charter of free
warren in Bretby in 1291.' His son, John de Segreve, who was the King's
Lieutenant in Scotland, and was taken prisoner in the battle of Bannock-
burn, was summoned to Parliament as a Baron in 1295. In 1300, he had
the King's licence to castellate his mansion at Bretby.™ Bretby Castle
passed with the manor to the Mowbrays, Lords Mowbray and Dukes of
Norfolk. One of the coheiresses of this noble family brought Bretby to
the Lords Berkeley. Henry Lord Berkeley was possessed, in 1554, of the
manors of Bretby Collet and Bretby Preposita. From whence these names
originated we have not been able to discover, not having observed the name
of Collet among any records relating to the chapelry. In 1585, the castle
and manor of Bretby were purchased of the Berkeley family by Sir Thomas
Stanhope, grandfather of Philip, the first Earl of Chesterfield. In the
year 1639, a masque, written for the occasion by Sir Aston Cokaine, was
performed before this Earl and his second Countess, at Bretby, on Twelfth-
Day. In the month of November, 1642, the Earl of Chesterfield fortified
his house at Bretby, and garrisoned it with 40 musketeers and 60 horse.
Sir John Gell, having intelligence of it, sent 400 foot, with a party of dra-
goons and two sacres, under the command of Major Molanus. Sir John
Gell relates, that after a short defence the Earl and his party fled through
the park towards Lichfield ; that they took in the house 7 drakes, 30 steel
pikes, 20 or 30 muskets, 5 double barrels of powder, and good store of

' Chart. Uot. 20 Edw. I. " Pat. 29 Edw. I.

match

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match and bullets ; that" the officers entreated the Countess to give the
soldiers as. 6d. a piece, to save the house from plunder, as it was free booty ;
she said she had not so much in the house ; they proposed 40 marks as a
composition, to which she returned the same answer ; they then offered to
advance it for her, but she declared that she would not give them one
penny"; then, indeed, he adds, the soldiers plundered the house, but the
officers saved her own chamber, with all her goods." Philip, the second
Earl, resided much at Bretby ; his second Countess, daughter of the Duke
of Ormond, was one of the beauties of Charles II.'s court, and is celebrated
as such in the Memoirs of Count Grammont.

The Bretby estate now belongs to George Augustus Frederick, Earl of
Chesterfield, a minor, who succeeded to the title and estate on the death of
Philip the late Earl, in 18 15.

Bretby Castle, the site of which is still discernible near the church, is
said to have been standing in the reign of Queen Elizabeth j and we are
informed by Mr. C. Burton, steward of the late Earl of Chesterfield, that it
was then inhabited by Mr. John Mee, lord of the manor, and Mary his wife,
and that he has seen a receipt for a rent payable to them by the Stanhope
family. In the year 1569, Henry Lord Berkeley had demised the manor
and castle of Bretby for 41 years to Thomas Duport j and it is probable
that this John Mee might have married his heiress, in which case they
would have been jointly seised of the manor, &c., till the expiration of the
above-mentioned lease. Mr. Burton, on taking up the foundation of the
castle-walls found that it was a building of great strength, and consisted of
two large courts.

The old mansion at Bretby park, which most probably was built by the
first Earl of Chesterfield'', was pulled down by the late Earl in the year 1780.
There is a view of it, drawn by Knyff and engraved by Kip, in the " Nou-
veau Theatre de Grande Bretagne." Mr. Wolley, in his MS. account of
Derbyshire (17 12), speaks thus of Bretby. " The seat of the Earl of
Chesterfield is situated in the midst of a very large park, well wooded and
stored with several kinds of deer, and exotic beasts ; there are several fine
avenues of trees leading to the house, which is of stone, though not of the
modern architecture, yet very regular, convenient, and noble, with a very
curious chapel, and very good outbuildings; but the gardens, fountains,
labyrinths, groves, green-houses, grottoes, aviaries, but more especialjy the

■ This spirited lady was daughter of the loyal Sir John Pakington.

o Sir John Cell's MS. Narrative.

» The stones from the castle are supposed to have been used in this buifding.

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caipet walks, and situations of the orange-trees and water- works before the
marble summer-house, are all noble and peculiarly curious and pleasant,
suitable to the genius of the owner, who has also been the chief contriver
of them% the present Earl of Chesterfield, Philip Stanhope, the third, who,
now about 80 years of age, retains a great deal of that vigour and capacity
which has hitherto rendered him the glory of the nation." The chapel
here spoken of adjoined the house : it was of the Ionic order, and finished
in the year 1696; it had a handsome altar-piece of Italian marble.' This
chapel was pulled down with the house in 1780. It appears by the life of
John Hieron, an eminent non-conformist divine, that he preached a weekly
lecture on Fridays in the chapel at Bretby, for Catherine, Countess of
Chesterfield.' His biographer relates as an anecdote of this Countess, that
she claimed precedence for her gentlewoman above Baronets' daughters,
and that the Earl-Marshal, on being appealed to, gave it in her favour.

Bretby-hall is a castellated mansion, of a quadrangular form, which had
been several years in building, and was left unfinished at the death of its noble
owner, in 1815. The greater part of it had been fitted up and inhabited:
the building has been since discontinued. The park is well wooded, and in
some parts exhibits varied and picturesque scenery. On the east side of the
house is preserved a fine cedar of Lebanon, which probably is the oldest tree
of the kind in the kingdom. It appears by the gardener's bill, still in the
Earl of Chesterfield's possession, that it was planted in the month of Fe-
bruary, iGyS-j. We find by Evelyn, that the cedar had not been brought
into this country in 1664. The Enfield cedar was planted about the same

"i The water-works were began to be constructed in the year 1684, and finished in 170J,
most probably by the same artist who constructed those at Chat^wortli. They consisted of
numerous jets-d'eau, one of which, from a dragon's mouth, was thrown to the height of 50
feet. On the east side of the house was an oblong piece of water; in the centre of which was
a lofty pedestal, supporting a statue of Perseus : from the sides of the pedestal issued
numerous jets-d'eau, forming arches round its base. In tliis water were dolphins, swans, and
other animals, all throwing up jets-d'eau. The orangery was very extensive, its large and
lofty trees all growing in the natural soil, the conservatory having a lofty roof, and sides of
glass, removable in the summer. These gardens appear to have been preserved complete,
with the water-works, &c., till 1780, when they were all destroyed with the house. (From the
mforraation of Mr. Charles Burton.)

' From the information of Mr. Charles Burton.

' She was widow of Henry Lord Stanhope, and mother of Philip, the second Earl of Ches-
terfield. On the restoration of Charles II., by a patent bearing date the very day of his-
return, she was advanced to the rank of Countess of Chesterfield.

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time as that at Bretby ; those in the Physic-Garden at Chelsea, in 1683.
The Bretby cedar is 1 3 feet 9 inches in circumference.

The late Earl of Chesterfield, who resided wholly at Bretby during the
latter part of his Hfe, and dedicated a considerable portion of his time to
agricultural pursuits, had one of the most complete farming establishments
in this part of England. Plans and elevations of the farm-yard and offices
are given in the second volume of Farey's General View of the Agriculture
of Derbyshire.

The chapel of Bretby, with the tithes of the chapelry, w^ere parcel of
the rectory of Reptoii, which belonged to the priory at that place. It
passed with one of the coheiresses of Port to the family of Hastings, and
seems to have been brought into the Stanhope family by the marriage
of the first Earl of Chesterfield with a daughter of Francis Lord Hastings.

The minister of Bretby chapel, which is a donative, is appointed by the
Earl of Chesterfield.

The late Earl and Countess of Chesterfield supported a school for 30
boys, and another for 30 girls ; in which the children were clothed, and
instructed in reading, writing, and arithmetic. These schools are still kept
up by the trustees, at the request of the young Earl and his sisters.

The parochial chapelry of Foremark lies nearly two miles to the east of
Repton, and about seven miles from Derby. The manor, called in the
Survey of Domesday and other ancient records Fornewerche or Fornewerke,
belonged, when that Survey was taken, to Nigel de Stafl^ord. In the reign
of Henry II. it was given by Robert de Ferrars, Earl of Derby, to Ber-
tram de Verdon, in marriage with one of his daugliters.' It seems to have
continued in a younger branch of this family, after the extinction of the
elder branch in 1316 ; for we find that John de Verdon had a grant of free
warren in Foremark in 1327. It was purchased of the Verdons" before the
year 1387, by Sir Robert Francis, who obtained a confirmation of free-
warren from the crown in the year 1397." The heiress of Francis married
Thomas Burdett, Esq., of Bramcote, in Warwickshire, who was created a
Baronet in 1648. In consequence of this marriage, Foremark has been
ever since the chief country seat of the Burdett family ; but tlie present
possessor. Sir Francis Burdett, Bart., one of the representatives for West-
minster, has not resided there for several years. The hall was some time
in the occupation of Sir Hugh Bateman, Bart. 5 it is at present unoccupied.

' Dugdale's Baronage, i. 472.

" It was still held under the Verdons when William Francis died seised of it, in 1532.

' Pat. 20 Ric. II. pt. 2. ni. 16.

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Foremark has been noted by Burton, in his Anatomy of Melancholy, as a
pleasant, wholesome, and delightful situation. The present hall was built
about the year 1762, by the late Sir Robert Burdett, who pulled down the
old mansion of the Francis's.

At Knowle-hill, a little to the south-west of Foremark, was a house built
by a younger son of the first Baronet, and sold by him to the Hardinge
family. It was repurchased by the late Sir Robert Burdett, who inhabited it
while Foremark-hall was rebuilding. This house was afterwards pulled down.
There is a singular rock, about a quarter of a mile north-east of Foremark,
having at a distance the appearance of a ruin, with a rude door-way which
leads to several cells or excavations : it is called Anchor-church, and is said
to have been the residence of a hermit. Human bones have been found on
this spot."

The present chapel at Foremark was built by Sir Francis Burdett, the
second Baronet, and consecrated by Bishop Hackett, in 1662. In this
chapel are several monuments of the Burdett family.* The benefice is a
donative curacy in the patronage of Sir Francis Burdett, Bart. It was
endowed by his ancestor of the same name, in the reign of Charles II.,
with 20I. per annum ; and it has since been augmented with Queen Anne's
Bounty.

The manor of Ligleby*, formerly one of the chapelries of Repton, be-
longed, when the Survey of Domesday was taken, to Ralph Fitz-Hubert.
dementia, Countess of Chester, held it in dower in 1 255." In the year 1290
Edmund Earl of Lancaster granted the manoroflngleby toSir Robert Somer-
ville, whose family had some time before possessed lands in this chapelry.
Sir Robert gave it the following year to Repton priory." Having been granted
to the family of Francis, it has passed with Foremark, and is now the property
of Sir Francis Burdett, Bart. Ingleby-hall is in the occupation of Robert
Charles Greaves, Esq. The chapel has long ago been demolished. The manor
of Milton was parcel of the priory estate, and has long been in the Harpur

1 Topographer, ii. 40.

' Sir Francis Burdett, Bart., 1696; Robert Burdett, his grandson, who died (eleven days
before his father Sir Robert) in 17 15 — his widow, the Hon. Elizabeth Tracy, afterwards
married Robert Holden, Esq., of Aston: Francis Burdett, Esq., 1794 — he married the heiress
of William Jones, Esq., of Ramsbury manor; Sir Robert Burdett, Bart., (father of the said
Francis, and grandfather of the present Baronet,) 1797.

' It lies three miles from Repton on the banks of the Trent.

'' Dodsworth's Collections. « Topographer, vol. ii. p. 268.

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family being now the property of Sir Henry Crewe, Bart. The village h
about a mile east of Repton.

Measham, in the hundred of Repton and Gresley, and in the deanery of
Repington, which, though long esteemed a separate parish, is, more pro-
perly speaking, a parochial chapelry, within the parish of Repton, lies in
that detached part of Derbyshire which is surrounded by Leicestershire,
three miles from Ashhy-de-la-Zouch, and ten from Burton-upon-Trent.
Part of the townships and villages of Donisthorpe and Oakthorpe is in this
chapelry.

In the year 13 lo, a market at Measham on Tuesday, and a fair for three
days at the festival of the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, were
granted to WilHam de Bereford, who then possessed a manor in Measham."
A market house was built not many years ago by Mr. Joseph Wilkes ; but
there is now neither market nor fair. The market-house is converted into a
dwelling-house, the arches having been walled up.

The manor of Measham (Messeham) was in the crown, at the time of
taking the Domesday Survey. It was afterwards in the Earls of Chester,
dementia, widow of Ranulph de Blundeville, Earl of Chester, was pos-
sessed of it in 1235.' Edmund de Bereford, probably a son of William, died
seised of a manor in Measham in 1355, Joan de Ellesfield, John de Mal-
travers, and Margaret de Audley being his next heirs.' Sir William Babing-
ton, in 1454, died seised of Bereford's manor in Meysham, and of the
manor of Meysham called Dabridgecourts.^ John Babington was possessed
of the manor of Meysham in 1474.'' Sir Francis Anderson died seised of a
manor in Measham in 161 6. Only one manor is now known, which seems
to be that which, in 1563, belonged to Edmund Lord Sheffield, and in
171 2, to his descendant, Edmund Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham. The
manor of Measham is now the property of the Reverend Thomas Fisher,
who purchased it after the death of the late Mr. Joseph Wilkes. Mr.
Wilkes had purchased it of William Wollaston, Esq.

William Abney, Esq., who died in 1 800, built a good house at a place
called Measham field in this parish, now the property and residence of his
son, Edward Abney, Esq.

The chapel of Measham, was given as appendage of Repton, by Maud,
Countess of Chester, to Repton priory ; it is said to have belonged after-

'' Chart. Rot. 4 Edw. II. 301 ' Dodsworth's Collections,

f Esch. zgEdw. III. 41. « Esch. 33 Hen. VI.

* See Esch. 20 Edw. IV., when Lord Mountjoy died seised of the manor of Strefton held
under this manor.

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•wards to the priory of Gresley. Mr. Fisher is the present impropriator and
patron of the benefice, which is a donative curacy.

The Ashby canal passes through Measham, and there are two considerable
cotton factories there.

The manors of Donisthorpe and Oakthorpe have been spoken of under
Gresley. John Savage had a manor in Oakthorpe in 1200 : and the abbot
of Burton had an estate there. The Marquis of Hastings claims a manor by
descent from the Earls of Huntingdon.

The parochial chapelry of Newlon-Solnei/, in the hundred of Repton
and Gresley, and in the deanery of Repington, lies about three miles
from Burton-on-Trent, which is the post-town, and about nine fiom
Derby.

The manor was held, at an early period under the Earls of Chester, by
the ancient equestrian family of Solney, whose coheiresses married Sir
Nicholas Longford and Sir Thomas Stafford.' This manor was inherited
by the Longfords, of whom it was purchased by the Leighs, in or before
the reign of Henry VIH. The heiress of Leigh brought Newton-Solney
to the Every family, and it is now the property of Sir Henry Every, Bart.
The principal landed estate in Newton-Solney belongs to Abraham Hoskins,
Esq., who purchased of Sir Henry Every, about 1795, and resides at
Newton-Solney.

In the parish church are some ancient monuments of the Solney family ",
and tliat of Sir Henry Every, who married one of the coheiresses of Sir
Francis Russel, Bart., and died in 1709.

Newton-Solney being a chapel of Repton, the tithes were appropriated to
that priory, at that place. Sir Henry Every is the present impropriator and
patron of the donative curacy.

The parochial chapelry of Smithsby, lies near the road from Ashby-de-
la-Zouch to Burton-on-Trent, about two miles ' from the former, and seven
from the latter.

The manor of Smithsby, which in the reign of Edward the Confessor,
belonged to Earl Edwin, is described in the Survey of Domesday as the pro-
perty of Nigel de Stafford. It afterwards belonged to the family of Comin
whose heiress married Shepey. In the year 1 330, it belonged to John Shepey,
who, in his answer to a quo "warranto, stated, that his ancestors had from time
immemorial had a park within their manor there. The heiress of Shepey

Plea Roll, 15 Kic. II. •' See the account of ancient sepulchral monuments.

' One mile only by the footway.

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married Kendall, of whose family it was purchased, in 1660, by the ancestor
of Sir Henry Crewe, Bart., the present proprietor. Smithsby-hall, formerly
the seat of the Kendalls, is now a farm-house.

In the parish church are some monuments of the Kendall family."
The church of Smithsby, formerly a chapel to Repton, was given by Hugh,
Earl of Chester, to the priory of Calke. The great tithes are said in the
Liber Regis, to have been appropriated to Darley- Abbey. Sir Henry Crewe,
Bart., is now impropriator of the tithes and patron of the perpetual curacy.
The parochial chapelry of Tickenhall or Ticknall, in the hundred of
Repton and Gresley, and in the deanery of Repington, lies about ten miles
from Derby, which is the post-town, and about five miles from Ashby-de-la-
Zouch.

The manor was given by Wulfric Spott, in the reign of King Ethelred,
to the abbot and convent of Burton, under whom it was held by William
Francis, Esq., in 1528. His son, of the same name, was seised of it in fee
in 1538. Edward Abell, Esq., died seised of it in 1597 : in or about 1625
it was purchased of his son, Ralph Abell, by the immediate ancestor of Sir
Henry Crewe, Bart., the present proprietor.

In the chapel is the monument of Rachel, daughter of Gilbert Ward, and
wife of John Hanson, 1636.

The chapel of Tickenhall, as an appendage of the church of Repton, was
appropriated to the priory at that place. Sir Henry Crewe is now impro-
priator and patron of the donative curacy.

An hospital for decayed poor men and women of Tickenhall and Calke
parishes, was founded at Tickenhall, by Charles Harpur, Esq., (brother of
the late Sir Henry Harpur, Bart.,) who died in 1772. Mr. Harpur, by his
will bearing date 1770, bequeathed 500I. for the building, and the sum of
■2000I. to trustees for the endowment. There are now only women in
this hospital, seven in number. The pensioners under Mr. Harpur's will
were directed to be appointed by Sir Henry Harpur, Bart., and his heirs.

Sandiacre, in the hundred of Morleston and Litchurch and in the
deanery of Derby, lies about nine miles and a half from Derby, on the
borders of Nottinghamshire, and about half a mile from the Nottingham road."

The manor of Sandiacre was held under the King, at the time of taking
the Domesday Survey by Toll and Osmund. In the early part of
Henry III.'s reign, it was the property of William, a younger son of Henry

" William Kendall, Esq., 1500 ; Henry Kendall, Esq , 1627.
° It is seven miles from Nottingham.

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de Grey (ancestor of the Greys of Codnor and Wilton.) This William, or
a son of the same name, had a grant from King Henry HI., in 1268, of a
market at Sandiacre on Wednesdays, and a fair for eight days at the festival
of St. Giles." Alice, daughter and heir of William de Grey, married William
Hilary : their son John took the name of Grey, and was possessed of this
manor in 1392.' One of the coheiresses of Grey alias Hilary brought San-
diacre to the Leakes in the reign of Henry IV. This manor was sold
after the death of Nicholas Leake, Earl of Scarsdale, (which happened in
1736,) and is now the property of Francis Higginson, Esq.

William de Grey claimed a market and fair as above-mentioned, and the
right of having a gallows in his manor of Sandiacre in 1330.'

In the parish church, which is a beautiful specimen of enriched Gothic
architecture \ are memorials of the family of Charlton.'

The rectory of Sandiacre is the corps of a prebend in the church of Lich-
field : it is held on lease under the prebendary, who is patron of the per-
petual curacy. The present lessee is Mr. Benjamin Harrington. The
Bishop is patron of the prebend.

Sawlet, anciently called Salle, or Sallowe, in the hundred of Morleston
and Litchurch, and in the deanery of Derby, lies on the north side of the
Trent, about nine miles from Derby. The parish comprises the parochial
chapelry of Risley, which, with Breaston as a chapel of ease, is held as a
separate benefice ; and the parochial chapel of Little- Wilne, and the chapel
of ease of Long-Eaton, which are held with Sawley.

The manor of Sawley belonged to the Bishop of Chester when the Survey
of Domesday was taken. His successors, the Bishops of Lichfield and
Coventry", have ever since continued to possess it. The manor has been
long held on lease under the Bishop, by the Stanhope family. The Earl of
Harrington is the present lessee of the manor of Sawley, including Little-
Wilne, Long- Eaton, Wilstrop ", and Draycot.

P Chart. Rot. 53 Hen. III. It appears that the market and fair had not been used in 1330.
Quo Warranto Roll.

" Dodsworth's Collections. ' Quo Warranto Roll.

* See the head of Ancient Church Architecture.

' Thomas Charlton, lessee of the prebend, 1639, &c. (from 1614 to 1679.)
" The Bishops of Lichfield and Coventry, were styled Bishops of Chester, in the 11th and
1 2th centuries. Chester was within this diocese till King Henry VIII. made it a distinct See.

* Or Willesthorpe. Ralph Mackarel, Esq., held the manor of Willesthorpe under the Bishop
of Chester, 14 Hen. VI. Hieron's Collections.

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Bishop Longespee, in 1258, had a charter for a market on Tuesdays at
Sawley, and a fair for three days at Michaelmas.*' The market, which had
been long discontinued, was revived soon after the year 1760, but not
being much frequented was discontinued again before 1770: the market-
house, a small octangular building, still remains. The fair, which was held
on the 1 2th of November O.S., was some years ago noted for the sale of
mares and foals : the fair also has been discontinued.

In the parish church are two ancient monuments of ecclesiastics, without
inscriptions; that of Roger Bothe, Esq., who died in 1467, and Catherine
his wife, father and mother of Laurence Bothe, Bishop of Durham, (after-
wards Archbishop of York^,) and of John Bothe, Bishop of Exeter; and
that of Robert Bothe, son of Roger (described as brother of John Bothe,
Archdeacon of Durham, afterwards Bishop of Exeter', and Ralph Bothe,
Archdeacon of York,) which Robert died in 1478. In the south aisle is an
altar-tomb, in memory of Richard Shylton, merchant of the staple of
Calais, 1510, and a memorial of Edmund Edmonson, Gent., 1582, and his
wife Constance.

The rectory of Sawley has been from an early period the corps of a
prebend in the church of Lichfield. Cardinal Gauselin, prebendary of
Sawley, claimed, in 1330, assize of bread, &c., in the rectorial manor.
These privileges were taken away because he had neglected to keep a pil-
lory and tumbrell, but were restored on payment of a fine."" The Leech's
were many years lessees of the prebendal manor : the present lessee is the
Rev. Spencer Madan, D.D. The prebendary appoints the perpetual
curate. The Bishop is patron of the prebend. There was a chantry in
this church, founded by Ralph de Chaddesden, who was Treasurer of Lich-
field in 1259. The endowment was valued at 5I. per annum in 1547.

Harrington bridge over the Trent, in this parish, was built about thirty
years ago: the first stone was laid May 6, 1786, and it was finished in
1790.

The parochial chapel of Little- Wilne, in the hundred of Morleston and
Litchurch, and in the deanery of Derby, lies on the banks of the Trent,
about eight miles from Derby. The manor belongs to the Earl of Har-
rington.

v Chart. Rot. 43 Hen. III.

' Lawrence Bothe, was made Bishop of Durham in 1457, and translated to York in 1476;
he died in 1480.

* John Bothe was made Bishop of Exeter in 1465, and died in 1478.

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In this chapel is the burial place of the Willoughby family ; in which
are monuments of Hugli Willoughby', and Anne his wife (daughter of
Richard Wentworth, Esq.,) and Thomas, their son and heir, (no date ;)
Hugh Willoughby, Esq., 149 1, and his wife Isabella, daughter of SirGervas
Clifton, 1462; Hugh Willoughby, Esq., 1514; Hugh Willoughby, Esq.,
Serjeant at arms, 1558, and Margaret his wife, sister to Edmund Molineux,
151 1 ; Sir Jolin Willoughby, Knt., 1625, and Frances his wife, daughter and
heir of Henry Hawes, of Woodhall, Norfolk ; and Ann, daughter and coheir
of Sir Henry Willoughby, Bart., 1688. She married first Sir Thomas Aston,
Bart., and afterwards the Hon. Anchetil Grey", second son of Henry Earl of
Stamford. In the chancel is the monument of Henry Kayes, Esq., of
Hopwell, 1733 ; he married Mary, daughter of William Belasyse, of Owton,
in Durham.

The chapel of Little- Wilne is held with Sawley, of which the prebendary
is the patron.

Draycote, a populous village in this chapelry, is chiefly inhabited by stock-
ing-makers, and other manufacturers. The manor, which is held under the
Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, is in severalties.

The manor of Hopwell (Opewelle) was held by Ralph Fitz-Hubert at the
time of the Domesday Survey, under the Bishop of Chester. In the year
1296, it appears to have been held under the Earl of Lancaster, by Ralph
de Shirley. Some pedigrees of the Sacheverell fluTiily make Patrick Sache-
verell to have been lord of Hopwell in the reign of Edward I. ; and they are
said to have acquired it by marriage with the heiress of Hopwell ; but we
find no such match recorded in any of the pedigrees of the family, nor any
trace of its having been possessed by the family of Hopwell. Ferdinando
Sacheverell, Esq.% by his will, bearing date 1661, bequeathed it to his
cousin, Henry Kayes, Gent. Henry Kayes, Esq., sold it, in 1 731, to Bache
Thornhill, Esq., who in 1734 alienated it to Sir Bibye Lake, Bart., of
Edmonton, in Middlesex. It is now the property, and Hopwell-hall the
residence of Thomas Pares, Esq., whose father purchased it in 1784 of Sir
Bibye's grandson, Sir James Winter Lake, Bart.

Tlie chapelry of Long-Eaton lies about two miles from Sawley, and ten

' This Hugh was grandson of Hugh who first settled at Risley ; he bore tlie arms of his
mother, who was an heiress of Dabridgecourt. These arms (Erm., three bars humettee) ar^
on his tomb.

* Mrs. Elizabeth Grey, her only child by her last husband, died in lyai,

* Of Old Hays, in Leicestershire.

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fiom Derby. The manor was held on lease under the church of Lichfield,
by the Willoughby family, now by the Earl of Harrington. The chapel is
held with Sawley, as a chapel of ease.

The parochial chapel oi Risky, in the hundred of Morleston and Lit-
church, and in the deanery of Derby, lies on the road from Derby to Not-
tingham, eight miles distant fiom each. Roger de Busli appears to have
been lord of Risley when the Survey of Domesday was taken ; but in the
same record it is stated that Levinus possessed one-third of the manor, and
that he was succeeded by his son, who then held it. In the reign of Ed-
ward I., William Morteyne held this manor under the Pavely family. The
heiress of his son Roger brought it to Sir Richard de Willoughby, one of
the Justices, and some time Chief-Justice of the Common Pleas : his
younger son Hugh settled at Risley, where his descendants continued for
several generations. Henry Willoughby, Esq., elder son of Sir John Wil-
loughby, Knt., was created a Baronet in i6i i, and died without male issue
in 1649. This manor became the pi'operty of Anne, one of his coheiresses
by his first wife^ who married Sir Thomas Aston, Bart., and afterwards the
Honourable Anchetil Grey. The manor of Risley was purchased of Sir
Willoughby Aston, Bart., by Mr. John Hancock, uncle of the Rev. John
Hancock Hall, who is the present proprietor. The old hall at Risley, which
was the seat of the Willoughbys, has been taken down : in the gardens,
which belonged to this mansion, is a terrace nearly 300 yards in length,
with a hedge of box, and several remarkably fine trees of variegated holly.

Woodhall park, in this chapelry, belonged to the Babingtons, of Chilwell
in Nottinghamshire ; and afterwards to the Sheffield family. It was pur-
chased of Lord Sheffield in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, by Michael
Willoughby ; and having passed with the manor of Risley, is now the pro-
perty of Mr. Hall. The park has long ago been converted into tillage.

The parochial chapel at Risley was built by Michael Willoughby, Esq.,
in 1593. In the chancel is a memorial for John Proudman, B.D., first
master of the school, and minister of the united chapels, or as they are
improperly termed churches, of Risley and Breaston, who died in 1724.
The Earl of Stamford appoints the minister.

The above-mentioned Michael Willoughby, and Catherine his wife, gave
20 nobles (61. 13s. 4d.) per annum, which was increased by Sir Henry Wil-
loughby, their grandson, to 20 marks (131. 6s. 8d.) towards maintaining a
minister and schoolmaster at Risley. Mrs. Elizabeth Grey, their de-

' Sec the head of Extinct Baronets.

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scendant, having built a school-house, with a habitation tor the master and
usher, in the year 171 8 endowed the school with lands, then worth up-
wards of 50I. per annum, for the more comfortable maintenance of a school-
master and usher to teach all children of the inhabitants of Risley, and the
sons only oi' the inhabitants of Breaston, Sandiacre, Dale- Abbey, Stanton
near Dale, Wilsthorp, Draycote, Little- Wilne, and Hopwell : the boys to
be taught to read, write, and cast accounts, and so much of trigonometry
as relates to the more useful part of mathematics ; and the head-master to
teach grammar and the classics to such boys as are qualified and desirous to
learn : both masters to be constantly resident in the schooMiouse. The
minister of the chapel appears to have been head-master from the time of
Mrs. Grey's foundation. We have not been able to learn what is the pre-
sent value of the endowment ; but it was returned at lool. per annum in
1787. In the return of charitable donations then made to the House of
Commons, it is observed, that the grammar-school had been a sinecure for
many years ; that a bill in chancery was filed in Lord Bathurst's time
against the master, but it was dismissed. The grammar-school, in conse-
quence, remains still a sinecure.

The chapel of Breaston lies one mile from Risley, and seven from Derby.
The manor of Breaston (Braidestune) was held with Risley, when the
Survey of Domesday M-as taken, by Roger de Busli. It appears to have
been separated from Risley, and again united ; for we find that Michael
Willoughby, Esq., purchased it of the Babingtons in the reign of Queen
Elizabeth. It is now the property of the Rev. John Hancock Hall. Mar-
riages are solemnized and children baptized at Breaston, but the inha-
bitants have always buried their dead at Little- Wilne ; the chapel-yard at
Breaston not having been consecrated.

ScARCLiFFE, in the hundred of Scarsdale and deanery of Chesterfield,
lies on the borders of Nottinghamshire, about two miles from Bolsover.
The village of Palterton is in this parish.

At the time of taking the Domesday Survey, the manors of Scarclifle and
Palterton, which had belonged to Levenot, were held by Raynouard, under
Ralph Fitz-Hubert, ancestor of the Frechevilles. Lands in Scarcliffe were
given to the priory of Thurgarton by Hubert Fitz-Ralpli.*^ In the year
1275, the Prior of Newsted, in Nottinghamshire, and Robert de Grey (who
had been appointed keeper of the estates forfeited by Anker de Freche-
ville, in consequence of his having joined the rebellious Barons) appear to

* Dugdale's Monasticon, vol.ii. 92.

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have had each a manor in Scarcliffe. The Prior of Newsted had a park
here in 1330. The manor and park of Scarcliffe were granted to George
Pierrepont in 1544. Sir Henry Pierrepont died seised of it in 1616. This
estate was purcliased in 1690, by Sir Peter Apsley; from whom it- has
descended to Earl Bathurst, the present proprietor.

In the parish church is an ancient monument of a lady, concerning
which there are some idle traditions." It is most probable that she was one
of the Frecheville famil)^ The church of Scarclift'e was given to Darley-
Abbey by Hubert Fitz-Ralph, and appropriated to that monastery. The
rectory-manor and advowson, were granted in 1544 to Sir Francis Leake.
They are now the property of Earl Bathurst ; the vicarage is in the gift of
the crown.

The parish of Scarcliffe was inclosed under an act of parliament passed in
1726. The great tithes now belong to the land-owners ; the tithes of lambs
and wool to Earl Bathurst. Four acres of land at Scarcliffe were charged by
the inclosure act with buying bell-ropes for the use of the parish church.

The manor of Palterton was given by Wulfric Spott to Burton- Abbey
in the reign of King Ethelred. At the time of the Survey of Domesday
it was held with Scarcliffe by the ancestor of the Frechevilles, and after the
alienation of that manor, continued to belong to a younger branch, who
had a seat at Palterton. John Ulkerthorpe, who married one of the co-
heiresses of this branch died seised of the manor of Palterton in 1445. John
Columbell died seised of it in 1556. It was afterwards in the Leakes, and
has since passed with Scarcliffe. There was formerly a chapel at Palterton.

ScROPTON, in the hundred of Appletree and deanery of Derby, lies on
the north side of the Trent, about eleven miles from Derby, which is the
post-town. It comprises the hamlet or village of Foston.

The manors of Scropton (Scrotun) and Foston (Farulueston) belonged, at
the time of the Domesday Survey, to Henry de Ferrars. The paramount
manor, which was afterwards in the Earls and Dukes of Lancaster, was
granted, in 1628, to Wise, and others. It was purchased, in 1679, by Wil-
liam Bate, Esq., whose descendant, in 1784, sold it to the father of Charles
Broadhurst, Esq., the present proprietor.

The Agards were possessed of a considerable estate at Scropton and
Foston, and probably held the manor under the Duchy as early as the year
1310; their scat was at Foston. John Agard, Esq., in 1675, sold this
estate, by the name of the manor of Scropton, with the manor of Foston,

*' See the account of ancieut sepulchral monuments.

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to Richard Bate, Esq., of whose descendant, Brownlow Bate, Esq., they
were ^^uichased, in 1784, by John Broadhurst, Esq., father of Charles
Broadhurst, Esq., the present proprietor. Foston-hall is now the seat of
Mr. Broadhurst.

Arthur Agard, born at Foston in 1540, is spoken of by Camden as an
eminent antiquary ; he was deputy chamberlain of the exchequer, and mem-
ber of the original Society of Antiquaries. Hearne published his Essays,
read at this Society, in his collection of curious discourses. He wrote a
treatise on the obscure words in Domesday-book, which remains in MS.
among the Cotton collections at the Museum. Arthur Agard died in 1615.

The Agards, as feodaries or bailiffs of the honour of Tutbury, were pos-
sessed of a horn described in the third volume of the Archaeologia. This
horn passed with the office to Charles Stanhope, Esq., of Elvaston, who
married the heiress of Agard.

In the parish church is the monument of Barbara, relict of the
Honourable Colonel Samuel Newton, sometime of South-Winfield, after-
wards of the island of Barbadoes, who died in 1693 ; his son, John Newton,
was of King's Bromley in Staffordshire ; his daughter Mary married Richard
Bate, Esq., formerly of Barbadoes, afterwards of Foston.

The rectory of Scropton was appropriated to a chantry in the parish cliurch.
We find mention of the chantry of John the Baptist, founded by John Agard,
Esq. Mr. Broadhurst is impropriator and patron of the curacy.

Shirland, in the hundred of Scarsdale and deanery of Chesterfield, lies
about eight miles from Chesterfield, near the road to Derby.

The village of Higham and part of Sti'etton are in this parish.

The manor of Shirland (Sirelunt)is described in the Survey of Domesday,
as held by one Warner under Henry de Ferrars. In the reign of King
John it belonged to John de Grey, a younger son of Henry de Grey, of
Turrok in Essex ; and Shirland became, for some generations, the seat of
this branch of the family, who were afterwards denominated De Wilton,
from the principal seat of their barony.

In the year 1250, John de Grey had a grant of a market in this manor

on Wednesdays, and a fair for three days at the festival of St. Peter ad

vincula.' The market, which was discontinued about the year 1785, was

held at Higham in this parish on Friday. There is still a fair at Higham

on the first Wednesday after New Year's day, chiefly for the sale of horned

cattle.

' Chart. Hot. 35 Hen. III.

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The manors of Shirland, Stretton, and Higham continued for several
generations in the family of Grey. They belonged afterwards to the Tal-
bots", Earls of Shrewsbury, and were divided between the coheiresses of Earl
Gilbert, who died in 1628. The Earl of Thanet now possesses a third of
these manors, as descended from one of the coheiresses. William Turbutt,
Esq., of Ogston-hall, has a third and a sixth. The remainder is divided
between William Shore Nightingale, Esq., of Lea- wood house, and the family
of Hopkinson of Ufton-fijld farm. There was a park at Shirland in 1330.'

In the parish church is a handsome monument for one of the Grey family,
probably that of Sir Henry de Grey, of Shirland, who was summoned to
parliament as a Baron in the reign of Edward III. In the chancel are
several monuments of the family of Revel, of Shirland, and of Ogston "" in
the adjoining parish of Morton ; and that of Jonathan Burnham, 1797.

The advowson of the rectory was long annexed to the manor. Two-thirds
are still vested in the Earl of Thanet and Mr. Nightingale, as annexed to
their shares of the manor : the other third belongs to the heirs of the late
Reverend John Bourne. The proprietors of the advowson present in
rotation.

Edward Revel, Esq., of Ogston, gave the site of the school. Thomas
Fidler gave a rent-chai^e of 40s. to the schoolmaster. Mrs. Lydia Boot
gave 40s. per annum to a schoolmaster to teach six children ; 3I. to be
given to the children as rewards, and 20s. for books. John Laverack, Esq.,
gave 2I. and John Oldham, Esq., 4I. per annum. William Stock gave a
cottage and croft, now let at 15I. per annum, for the purpose of teaching
six poor children to read the bible and providing them with books. The
present income of this school, which is at Hatfield-gate, is about 25I. per
annum ; the number of poor children taught is about twenty.

Shirley, in the hundred of Appletree and deanery of Derby, lies about
ten miles from Derby, and about three and a half south-east from Ashborne.
The parish comprises the township of Stydd and the chapelry of Yeavely.

The manor of Shirly (Sirelei) belonged to Henry de Ferrars. In the
reign of Henry II., it was held under the Ferrars family by the immediate
ancestor of Earl Ferrars, who seating, himself here, took the name of Shirley.
The name of Saswallo or Sewall, the ancestor of this family, occurs in the
Domesday Survey as holding manors (but not Shirley) under superior Lords.
His grandson Sewall, who died in 11 29, is said, in the Peerages, to have

'' George, Earl of Shrewsbury, died seised of these manors, 33 Elia.

' Quo Warranto Iloli.

" John Revel, Esq., of Shirland, 1537 ; John Revel, Esq., of Ogston, 1699.

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been the first who took the name of De Shirley", but the pedigree in Glover's
Visitation, makes his great-grandson, Sir James de Shirley, who died in
1278, to have been the first who was so called. Sir Thomas Shirley, who
died in 1362, was a distinguished military character. His son, Sir Hugh,
was slain at the battle of Shrewsbury. Sir Ralph, son of Sir Hugh, was
one of the chief commanders at the battle of Agincourt. Their descendant,
Sir George, was created a Baronet in 16 1 1, and his great-grandson, who,
in 1677, had been declared Lord Ferrars of Chartley, in virtue of his
descent from that noble family, through one of the coheiresses of Devereux,
Earl of Essex, was, in 1711, created Viscount Tamworth and Earl Ferrers.
Siiirley has long ceased to be the seat of this noble family : the manor is now
the property of the Honourable Washington Shirley. There was formerly
a large park at Shirley.

In the parish church is a memorial for William Pegge, Esq., of Yeldersley,
(the last of that branch of the family) who died in 1768.

The church of Shirley was given to Darley- Abbey, by Fulcher de Ireton,
of a younger branch of the Shirley family, and confirmed by James de
Shirley, about the year 1230. Mr. Steeples is the present impropriator,
and Earl Ferrers patron of the vicarage.

The parochial chapelry of Yeavely lies about two miles from Shirley.

Ralph le Fun, in the reign of Richard I., gave the hermitage of Yeavely
to the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, on condition that he should inhabit
it during his life. It afterwards became a preceptory of that order, and its
revenues, with that of Barrow in this county, were valued at 93I. 3s. 4d.
clear yearly income. The site of Yeavely was granted by King Henry VIII,,
in 1543, to Charles Lord Mountjoy, conveyed by his son James Lord
Mountjoy, in 1557, to Ralph Brown, and by the latter, in 1559, to Francis
Colwich. It continued a considerable time in the last-mentioned family,
was afterwards in that of Hurd, and is now the property of John Walker,
Esq. There are considerable remains of the chapel of this preceptory,
called Stydd chapel.

The manor of Yeavely belonged, at an early period, to the Meynells, (by
whom lands at Yeavely were given to the Hospitallers.) Having passed
by marriage to the Shirleys, it is now the property of the Honourable
Washington Shirley, The minister of Yeavely chapel is appointed by the
vicar of Shirley.

" From a MS. pedigree in the British Museum, drawn up by Thomas Shirley.

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SoMERSALL, in the hundred of Appletree and deanery of Castillar, lies
about four miles from Uttoxeter. The parish is divided into Church-Somer-
sall or Somersall-Herbert, and Hill-Somersall. The village of Potters-
Somersall also is in this parish.

Church-Somersall and Somersall-Herbert belonged to Henry de Ferrars,
when the Survey of Domesday was taken ; one of them was held under him
by Ah-ic.

Somersall-Herbert belonged to the family of Fitzherbert from a very early
period. On the death of the late Richard Fitzherbert, Esq., the last heir male
of the elder branch, in 1803, it passed by bequest to his only surviving
maiden sister, Mrs. Frances Fitzherbert, and on her death, in 1806, to her
nephew, (being the son of an elder sister,) the Reverend Roger Jacson, of
Bebinston in Cheshire. Mr. Jacson sold the manor to the late Lord Vernon,
whose brother, Henry Venabies Lord Vernon, is the present proprietor.
Somersall-hall the old seat of tlie Fitzherberts was purchased by Lord St.
Helen's, descended from a younger branch of tliis family wliich has been long
settled at Tissington. It is now in tlie occupation of Mr. Jacson's sisters.

Hill-Somersall was, at an early period, in the Montgomery family, and has
passed with Marston and other estates to Lord Vernon, who is the present
proprietor.

In the parish church is a memorial for John Fitzherbert, Esq., who died
in 16 . . ; he married Mary, daughter of William Coke, Esq., of Trusley.
The Earl of Chesterfield is patron of the rectory.

Spondon, in the hundred of Appletree and deanery of Derby, lies about
three miles and a half from Derby. The parish comprises the village of
Locko, part of Burrow-Ash, and the parochial chapelries of Chaddesden
and Stanley.

The manor of Spondon belonged, when the Survey of Domesday was
taken, to Henry de Ferrars. After the attainder of Robert de Ferrars,
Earl of Derby, King Henry III. granted it to his son, Edmund Earl of
Lancaster. In the reign of Edward II., the Pipards held an estate at
Spondon and Chaddesden, under the Earl of Lancaster." The manor of
Spondon was granted, with that of Burrow- Ash, in 1563, to Thomas Stan-
hope: it was afterwards in the Gilberts of Locko, who, in 1721, sold this
manor, with Chaddesden and Locko, to Robert Feme, Esq. John Gilbert
Cooper, Esq., repurchased this estate in 1737, and in 1747, sold it for

f Esch. 3 Edw. 11,

13,000!.

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13,000!. to John Lowe, Esq. Richard Lowe, Esq., who died in 1785,
bequeathed these manors to his relation, William Drury, Esq., who took
the name of Lowe, and is the present proprietor.

The manor of Borough-wood, in this parish, has long been in the Wilniot
family : it now belongs to Sir Robert Wilmot, Bart.

In the parish church is the monument of Elizabeth " wife of Henry Gil-
bert, Esq., of Locke, 1665 ; there are memorials also of Isaac Osborne, of

" This lady was the eldest daughter of Sir John Bernard, Knt., of Abington, near
Northampton. There is a MS. life of her, written by her husband, (now in the possession of
her descendant, John Gilbert Cooper, Esq.,) by which it appears that she was a person of
extraordinary charity and piety. A few observations on this MS., with extracts, will be found
interesting, as throwing light on the domestic manners of the times. It appears that Mr. Gil-
bert was married to this lady on the i8th of February 1657-8. Their eldest son, who was born
on the 2ist of December following, was christened according to the forms of the Church of
England, the service of which, notwithstanding the hazard then attending such a practice, was
regularly performed in Mr. Gilbert's family. It appears, from several passages in the MS.,
that the physicians of that time always made visits, accompanied by their apothecaries, who
took with them a supply of such medicines as were likely to be wanted. In 1663, Mrs. Gilbert,
who had denied herself the proffered gratification of going to see the magnificent celebrity of
the coronation on St. George's day, 1661, in Westminster-Abbey, accompanied her husband to
London on business. They travelled with their own four horses, and arrived at their journey's
end the fourth day; their lodgings were at an upholsterer's shop, the sign of the Red-cross in Fleet-
street, over against the conduit, and the rooms were taken at the rate of 5osh. for a fortnio^ht.
" On Tuesday," says the writer, «' she din'd at the Pell Mell with my brother and sister Cooper,
from thence they would needs persuade her to go see a play in the afternoon : with much
difficulty she consented, and went to the Duke's playhouse by Lincolns-Inn fields; but would
notgoe into a box nor far into the pit, but sate at the entrance neare unto the door. I think the
play was the ' Five hours adventure ;' but I remember she was very weary of it, though it was
the first and last that she ever saw in her life. On Thursday she went again to my brother
Cooper's house, and he took her to Whitehall to let her see the King and Queen at dinner, and to
kisse their hands." It seems that she was so sick of the vanities of London, that she could not be
persuaded to stay more than a week, notwithstanding the landlord would not abate anything of
the 25s., for the second week for which their lodgings were engaged, and all her friends earnestly
urged her stay. It appears that it was then customary for the gentry as well as persons of high
rank to keep open Christmas. In 1663, Mr. Gilbert mentions his discharging and paying off
his cook, fidler, and all supernumerary servants whom he had engaged for the Christmas, in
consequence of Mrs. Gilbert's indisposition. Speaking of a journey to London in 1664, he
says, " She writ to me to buy her a white satin waistcoat, which I did, and because I bought her
a laced gorget, which she knew not til! I came down, she was displeased at it, and said I had
bestowed too much money on her at one time, though the gorget cost but 5I , when persons of
meaner quality than she wore them of above five times the value. I could instance the same
for her gowns and other apparell, which, though th y were very good and decent, yet never so
costly and gaudy as the fashionists had them." It appears that the usual dinner hour was then
about noon at Locko, the hour for family prayer was eleven, immediately after which they
went to dinner.

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258 DERBYSHIRE.

London, merchant, and others of his family. Bassano's volume of Church
Notes describes the tombs of Ralph Byrd, of Locko, Gent., 1526; Wil-
liam Gilbert, Esq., 1681 ; Bartholomew Wilcock, of Locko, Gent., 1650;
and Edward Wilmot", Esq., of Chaddesden, 1701.

The church of Spondon\vith all its appurtenances, was given by William
Earl Ferrars, to the hospital of Burton-Lazars, to which it was afterwards
appropriated. The rectory of Spondon was granted to John Dudley in
1544. In the early part of the last century, the whole or a part of the
rectory was in the Cotton family. George Stanhope, D.D., Dean of Can-
terbury became possessed of one-fourth by his marriage with a daughter of
Charles Cotton, Esq., and purchased one-fourth of Catharine Cotton, another
daughter, who was afterwards Lady Lucy. Mr. Lowe has now one quarter,
Mr. Osborne one quarter, and Sir Robert Wilmot, of Chaddesden, Bart.,
the remainder. William Drury Lowe, Esq., is patron of the vicarage. Wil-
liam Gilbert, Esq., of Locko, gave the tithes of Locko, valued at about
30I. per annum, to the vicar of Spondon. In consequence of an inclosure,
twenty-two acres of land on Morley common, now let at 37I. los. od. per
annum, were given in lieu of these tithes.

Henry Gilbert, Esq., in 1669, erected a school-house, and endowed it
with four acres of land, now let at 81. per annum, for the education of six
boys, who are nominated by the trustees of Mr. William Gilbert's charity,
mentioned below. Dean Stanhope gave 4I. per annum, out of the great
tithes, for the education of four boys, to be nominated by the vicar.

William Gilbert, Esq., of Dublin, surveyor of His Majesty's admeasure-
ments and plantations in Ireland, left by his will, in 1649, t^^ sum of loool.
to be laid out in the purchase of lands, (which lands were accordingly pur-
chased by his nephew, Henry Gilbert, Esq., of Locko, and are now let for
iiol. i6s. od. per annum,) for the purpose of giving two shillings each
to ten poor persons in the church every Sunday, one shilling after morning
service, the other after evening service. Twenty two persons now receive
this charity, which is given in various sums at the discretion of the trustees,
from IS. to 2S. 6d. The practice of giving it at the church has been lately
revived.

There is no doubt that Lock-hay, or as it is now called, Locko, took its

•> The epitaph stated, that Robert Wilmot, grandfather of Edward, who died in 1701,
married the heiress of Shrigley, of Shrigley in Cheshire, by whom he had four sons and two
daughters. Robert, the elder son, died unmarried, Edward, the second, who was D.D., married
Dorothy, daughter of Sir George Gresley, Bart., his son Edward married Susanna, daughter of
Richard Coke, Esq., of Trusley.

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name from the hospital or preceptory of the order of St. Lazarus ", which
existed there as early as the year 1296. We find no mention of it before
the existence of the hospital. A Lock was formerly used as synonymous
with a lazar-Iiouse ; hence the name of the Lock-hospital in London, and
an old-hospital at Kingsland near London, called " Le Lokes." The deriv-
ation is from the obsolete French word Loques, signifying rags.

The brethren of the order of St. Lazarus, had lands at Nether-Lockhay
or Locko, in 1296, which had belonged to Robert le Wyne. Other lands at
Locko belonged then to the families of Frechevilleand Poer, all held under
Edmund Earl of Lancaster.' King Edward IIL, in 1347, granted an
annuity which had been paid by the preceptory at Locko to a superior
house of the same order in France, (which annuity had been taken into the
King's hands during the war) to the master and scholars of King's-hall in
Cambridge towards the expence of building their house, so long as the war
should continue.' In 1544 the manor of Locko was granted to John Dudley,
as having belonged to the hospital of St. Lazarus, at Burton. There was
nevertheless, long before the Reformation, a lay manor at Locko.

Sir Robert Grene died seised of the manor of Locko in 1388, Alice
daughter of Sir Godfrey Foljambe, (afterwards wife of Sir Robert Plumpton,)
being his heir.'

We find the manor of Nether-Locko, belonging to the family of Birde or
Bride in the reign of Henry IV. In the reign of Queen Elizabeth, William
Bird, Esq., sold this manor to William Gilbert, Esq., then of Barrow, who
had married his father's widow, the daughter of William Coke, Esq., of
Trusley. The Gilbert family in consequence removed hither, and resided
at Locko park for several generations. Henry Gilbert, Esq., built a chapel
adjoining to his house at Locko, in 1673, for the use of his family and
neighbours, which is still used as a domestic chapel, and has lately been
put in repair. His son sold Locko as before-mentioned, and it is now the
seat of William Drury Lowe, Esq. Part of the present mansion is said to
have been built by Mr. Feme during his possession of the estate.

A younger branch of the Birds had a messuage and lands at Over or
Upper-Locko, which continued in that family after Nether-Locko had been
sold to the Gilberts. Thomas Bird was of Upper-Locko in 161 1 ; some
years before it had been in the Fielding family." Thomas Bird had four

' It is called in Pat. Rot. 21 Edw. III. pt. 3. m. 21., " Domusde la Maudeleynede Lokhay
erdinis milicie Sancti Lazari Jerusalem."

' Esch. 25 Edw. I. • Pat. 21 Edw. III. ' Esch. 12 Ric. II.

" Fausiinus Fielding died seised of Over-Locko 26 Eliz.

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sisters, who were his coheiresses. In 1560, Over-Locko belonged to the
Boothby family. This estate appears to have belonged afterwards to the
Walkers, whose heiress brought it to John Harpur, Esq., of Little-Over. It
is now the property of Mr. Drury Lowe.

The parochial chapel of Chaddesden is a mile and a half from Spondon
and two miles from Derby. Sir William Plumpton, who died in 1480, was
seised of the manor of Chaddesden by inheritance from Sir Robert Grene
before-mentioned. From one of the coheiresses of Sir William Plumpton,
this manor descended to the family of Clifford, and was sold by George
Clifford, Earl of Cumberland to Francis Curzon. In the year 1593, Robert
Newton, Esq., died seised of the manor of Chaddesden, which he had
acquired of Francis Curzon, Esq., of Keddleston, leaving Thomas his son
and heir. This manor has been long united to that of Locko. The prin-
cipal landed property belongs to Sir Robert Wilmot, Bart., whose ancestors
have had their seat here for several generations. Edward Wilmot, M. D.,
of Chaddesden, physician to King George II., and during a great part of
his reign, to his present Majesty, was created a Baronet in 1759, and was
grandfather of Sir Robert Wilmot the present Baronet.

In the cliapel of Chaddesden is a cenotaph in memory of Sir Edward
Wilmot above-mentioned, who died in his 94th year, at Herringstone in
Dorsetshire, and was buried at Monkton in that county : he married
a daughter of the celebrated Sir Robert Mead, M. D. There is a memo-
rial also for Sir Robert Mead Wilmot, Bart., (father of the present Baronet,)
who died in 1793. The chapel of Chaddesden is annexed to the vicarage of
Spondon.

In the reign of Edward III. a chantry was founded in the chapel of
Chaddesden, for a warden and two chaplains, by Henry de Chaddesden,
TVrchdeacon of Leicester, to the intent that divine service might be daily
performed there : certain lands were conveyed as the endowment of this
chantry by his executors. Sir Nicholas and Geffry de Chaddesden in 1362."
Besides the original endowment, sixty acres of land were given to the
■chanters at the altar of the Virgin Mary at Chaddesden, in 1380." Robert
Newton, Esq., before mentioned, died seised of the chantry in Chaddesden
in 1593.

It appears by the register of burials, that Thomas Hams, aged 107 years,
was buried February 29, 1659 : there is no mention in the register of John

" EscJ). 36 Edw. Ill, 2d numbers, * See Esch. 4 Jlic. U.

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Pick, a pensioner of the Gilbert family, who is said to liave died in May
1 666, at the age of 105/

The school atChaddesden was founded, in 1705, by Robert Walker, who
gave a piece of land, now let at il. 4s. per annum, for the education of
three children. Robert Wilmot, Esq., in 1737, gave a house and garden
to the master. It has no other endowment.

Adjoining the school is an alms-house, founded, in 1634, by Robert Wil-
mot, Esq., for six poor persons, who receive 2s. a week each, charged on
the tithes of Denby; and 13s. 8d. each at Christmas for coals. Sir Robert
Wilmot is sole trustee, and appoints the pensioners.

John Berrysford of Nevvington-Butts, in 1813, gave 600I. 3 pw cents,
now, after deducting the legacy tax, &c., 540I. the interest of which is to
be given to the poorest orphans and widows of the parish of Chaddesden.

The parochial chapelry of Slanlei/, lies about three miles and a half from
Spondon and four and a half from Derby. William Fitz-Ralph, Seneschal
of Normandy, having purchased the manor of Stanley from Nicholas Child,
gave it to the Premonstratension canons, who had been by him removed to
the present site of Dale-Abbey, (then within Stanley park.) It is probable
that the manor was granted after the Reformation to the Powtrells, who were
possessed of it in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and in 1624. In 1697, Joseph
Vicars, Gent., sold a moiety of this manor to Paul Balidon, Esq., from
whom it passed by marriage to the Cokes of Trusley. The manor after-
wards belonged to the Rev. Dr. Chambers, and is now the property of Sir
Hugh Bateman, Bart.

In the chapel is the tomb of Sir John Bentley, Knt., of Breadsall Priory,
who died in 1622. The chapel of Stanley is annexed to the vicarage of
Spondon.

Stanley has a right of sending eight children to the free-school at West-
Hallam.

Stanton-by-bridge, in the hundred of Repton and Gresley, and in the
deanery of Repington, lies on the banks of the Trent, about six miles from
Derby, which is the post-town, eight from Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and nine
from Burton. It is near the ancient bridge, commonly called Swarkston-
bridge, though by far the greater part of it is in this parish.

A moiety of the manor which had belonged to the monastery of Burton
was in the Francis family in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and is now

» TMS. Life of Mrs. Gilbert.

•the

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the property of their descendant, Sir Francis Burdett, Bart. The other
moiety belongs to Sir Henry Crewe, Bart, probably by descent from the
Findernes.

In the parish church is the monument of Katherine, wife of Wil-
liam Francis, Esq., who died in 1530. Bassano's volume of Church
Notes, describes the tomb of William Sacheverell, Esq., 1558, and Mary
his wife, heiress of Clement Lowe, of Derby. Among these notes is the
copy of an inscription on the chancel wall, which states, that " having been,
through fanatical profaneness, inhabited by owls and spiders, it was rebuilt
for the use of Christians, by Augustine Jackson, rector, in 1682;" it re-
minded the parishioners also of the obligation they were under by the
canons of receiving the communion thrice in the year, and that any mi-
nister who should willingly administer the sacrament to any but such as
should kneel, was liable to suspension.

Sir Henry Crewe, Baronet, is patron of the rectory.

Stanton-by-Dale, in the hundred of Morleston and Litchurch, and in
the deanery of Repington, lies about nine miles nearly east from Derby, on
the borders of Nottinghamshire. The manor of Stanton-by-Dale, other-
wise Davers, belonged in the fifteenth century to the family of Mackerell.'
It was afterwards in the Babingtons, from whom it passed by sale in the
reign of Queen Elizabeth to Michael Willoughby, Esq. Earl Stanhope is
the present proprietor.

In the parish church are memorials for Edward Holt who died in 1606,
aged 100 ; Katherine, daughter of Humphry Wolferston, and wife of Ralph
Thicknesse, Esq., 1662; Matthew Pilkington, L.L.B., Prebendary of Lich-
field, 1785, and others of his family.

The church of Stanton belonged to Dale-Abbey, to which monastery
three bovates of land in Stanton had been given by Geffiey and Ralph de
Salicosamare." Sir Henry Willoughby, Bart., gave the titlies of hay to the
minister, reserving a rent of 5s. yearly to himself and his heirs. The pa-
tronage of the benefice, which is a perpetual curacy, is vested in four trustees
appointed by Earl Stanhope, who nominate a minister for his Lordship's
approbation.

Alms-houses for four persons were built at Stanton in 171 1, by Mrs.
Winefred Middlemore, pursuant to the will of her husband, Joseph Middle-

* Esch. Hen. VI. & Edw. IV. '' Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. ii.

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more. At the same time she gave up her life-interest in the lands with
which he had endowed them after her decease. Two other houses were
built in 1735 by Mr. George Gregory, executor of Mrs. Middlemore. The
present value of the lands belonging to these alms-houses, being situated
at Fulwood in the county of Nottingham, and at Allington in the county
of Lincoln, is lool. per annum. George de Lign Gregory, Esq., of Hun-
gerton-house, in Lincolnshire, is the sole trustee.

Stapenhill, in the hundred of Repton and Gresley, and in the deanery
of Repington, lies on tlie banks of the Trent, and is by the road about a
mile, across the bridge, from Burton, which is nearly opposite. The parish
comprises the chapelry of Caldwell, and the townships of Stanton and New-
hall. The parish of Burton extends on the Derbyshire side of the river,
and is much intermixed with Stapenhill, both in the village and else-
where.

The manor of Stapenhill was given to the monastery of Burton by Bri-
teric, the second abbot ; and that of Caldwell soon afterwards by William
Rufus.*" King Henry VHL gave these manors, with others, to the col-
legiate church which he founded on the site of the dissolved monastery ;
which college being soon afterwards dissolved, the manors of Stapenhill
and Caldwell were granted, in 1545, to SirWilliam Paget; and that of Sta-
penhill now belongs to his descendant, the Marquis of Anglesea.

In the parish church are the monuments of William Dethick, Esq., who
died in 1490 ; Susanna, daughter of William Inge, Esq., by Frances, daugli-
ter of Sir Thomas Gresley, Bart., 1720; John SelHck, Esq., 1724, &c. &c.

The church of Stapenhill was appropriated to the monastery of Burton,
to which it had been given, with the manor, by Abbot Briteric. The Mar-
quis of Anglesea is impropriator and patron of the vicarage.

The Reverend John Hieron, an eminent non- conformist divine and critic,
who made collections towards a History of Derbyshire, was born at Stapen-
hill in 1608.

The chapelry of Caldwell lies nearly four miles from Stapenhill. The
manor of Caldwell was sold by William Lord Paget, in 1 565, to Peter Col-
lingwood, Esq. ; from whose family it passed, by successive marriages, to
those of Sanders and Mortimer. It was the property of Dr. Cromwell
Mortimer, secretary to the Royal Society, whose son, Hans Winthorpe

' Dugdale's Monasticon, vo]. i. p. 272.

Mortimer,

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Mortimer, Esq., sold it to Henry Evans, Esq., of Burton-on-Trent, to
whose widow it now belongs.

King Edward II., with his army, attended by the Earls of Surrey, Rich-
mond, Pembroke, and others, halted at Caldwell, when in pursuit of Tho-
mas, Earl of Lancaster, who was then with his adherents at Burton-on-
Trent. This was not long before the battle of Borough -bridge, in 1322.''

In the chapel at Caldwell are some monuments of the family of Sanders.^

There was formerly a Presbyterian meeting at Caldwell, of which the
celebrated Dr. Ebenezer Latham was minister. There is now a meeting-
house of the General Baptists at this place.

The manors of Nevvhall, Stanton-Ward, and Heathcote-Ward, belonged in
the reign of Edward I. to the family of Ward, whose heiress brought them
to the Meynells. Two of the coheiresses of Meynell married into the De-
thick family. The heiress ofDethick, of Newhall, brought these manors to
the family of Reddish, one of whose coheiresses married Sir Robert Darcy.
The coheiresses of Darcy brought this estate to Sir Erasmus Philipps,

Bart. Sir William Rokesby, Barnes, and Milward. The Earl

of Chesterfield purchased the shares of the two former, and the remainder
having passed into the Stanhope family, the whole was sold in parcels by
the late Earl Stanhope, and his son, then Lord Mahon. There was for-
merly a chapel at Newhall, which was given by William the Conqueror to
Burton Abbey. '^

Stavely, in the hundred of Scarsdale and deanery of Chesterfield, lies
about four miles and a quarter from Chesterfield. The parish comprises
the villages of Middle, Nether, and West-Handley ; Netherthorpe, Wood-
thorpe, and Stavely-fbrge ; and the chapelry of Barlow.

The manor of Stavely belonged, when the Survey of Domesday was
taken, to Ascoit Musard, ancestor of the ancient baronial family who gave
nanie to Musarden, now Miserden, in Gloucestershire. Two of the sisters
and coheirs of Nicholas, Baron Musard, brought their shares of Stavely,
in the reign of Edward II., to, Cromwell and Frecheville. Sir John de

" Holinshed.

' Christopher Collingwood Sanders, lord of Caldwell, ob. 1653, married Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of Edmund Sleigh; the said Elizabeth died in 1688; Major Henry Sanders, of London,
1666.

f Sec Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. i. p. 271.

7 Ireland,

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£65

Ireland, in 13 15, conveyed a third of the manor and church of Stavely to
Ralph Frecheville ' : probably he was a trustee of Margaret, the third sister
who died unmarried. Cromwell's share (a third of the manor) passed to
the Clifford family soon after the year 1400."- On the attainder of John
Lord Clifford, it was forfeited to the crown, and was granted by Kin<r
Edward IV. to Sir John Pilkington, who died seised of it in 1479.' u
seems to have escheated again to the crown, and to have been granted
by King Henry VIII., in 1544, to Francis Leake, who the next year con-
veyed It to Sir Peter Frecheville, already possessed of two-thirds by inhe
ritance. In the year 1552, Henry Clifford, Earl of Cumberland, quitted
claim to the third which had been in his family. Stavely was for many
generations the chief seat of the Frecheville family. Ralph de Freche-
ville was summoned to Parliament in the reign of Edward I. Sir Peter
Frecheville was knighted for his services at the battle of Musselborough
Sir John Frecheville, who was a most active royalist, garrisoned his house
at Stavely in the civil war; he distinguished himself on various occasions
particularly m a skirmish with Captain Revel's and two other troops'
which he drove for shelter into Mr. Eyre's house at Hassop, and having
procured some reinforcements, took them all prisoners. In the month of
August, 1644, Stavely-house was taken by Major-General Crawford and a
party of the Earl of Manchester's army, by capitulation : it is said to have
been strongly garrisoned; 12 pieces of ordnance, 230 muskets, and 150 pikes
were taken in the house.^ After the restoration, Sir John Frecheville was (in
1 664) for his good services created a peer, by the title of Lord Frecheville of
Stavely. In 168 1, a year before his death, he sold the manor and estate at
Stavely to the first Duke of Devonshire, from whom it has descended to
the present Duke. There was formerly a park at Stavely. The barony of
Stavely was held by the service of finding two soldiers for the King's armv
in Wales. . ° ^

The principal monuments in the parish church are. a marble sarcophamis
in memory of John Lord Frecheville, the last of that ancient family, who
died m 1682, aged 76 ' ; a handsome monument, with her effigies in white

« Inq. ad q. d. 9 Edw. II.

^ See Esch. ,2 Hen. IV. The reversion is said to have been in the Cliffords so early as
4Edw.III. See Quo Warranto Roll. ^

' Each. 19 Edw.IV.

* Vicars's Parliamentary Chronicle, part iv. p. 9.

• Anne Charlotte Lady Frecheville, his widow, survived him many years, and was one of
the ladies of the bedchamber to Queen Anne.

Vol. v. M iTi 1.1

^^'^ '" marble,

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marble, in a recumbent posture, with a new-born infant in her arms, for
Christian, daughter of John Frecheville, Esq., (afterwards Lord Frecheville)
and wife of Charles Lord St. John of Basing ; she died in childbed of her
first child (a son), who survived her only seven days, 1653. There are
mural monuments, or tablets, for Bruce, wife of John Fi'echeville, Esq.,
and daughter of Francis Nicolls, Esq., of Ampthill, in Bedfordshire, 1629 j
Sir Peter Frecheville", Knt., 1634; John Bullock, Gent., 1691 ; the Rev.
John Gisborne, rector of Stavely and prebendary of Durham, 1759, and
Lieutenant-General John Gisborne, his son, a member of the Irish House
of Commons, and governor of Charlemont, ob. 1778. Bassano's volume of
Church Notes describes several monuments of the Frechevilles : that of
Piers Frecheville sometime one of the Esquires of the body to King
Henry VII., who died in 1503 ; and Maud (Wortley) his wife ; John Fre-
cheville, Esq., (son of Piers,) 1509, and others uninscribed.

The east window of the chancel was fitted up with painted glass by Lord
Frecheville in 1676, with the arms and quarterings of Frecheville, &c.
This window is said by Bassano to have cost 40I.

Ascoit, or Asculf Miisard gave a moiety of the church of Stavely to the
Hospitallers." The patronage of the rectory has been long attached to the
manor. There was formerly a chantry chapel of St. John in this parish,
founded by one of the Frecheville family for the use of the manor : the
revenues of this chantry were estimated in the reign of Edward VI., at
2I. 13s. 4d. per annum. The site of the chapel is not known, but an or-
chard belonging to the hall still goes by the name of the chapel orchard.

In the year 1572, Margaret, wife of Peter Frecheville, Esq., founded
a charity-school at Netherthorpe, and endowed it with 81. per annum.
Francis Rodes, one of the Justices of the King's Bench in the reign
of Queen Ehzabeth, gave 81. per annum to this school, and 81. per
annum for poor scholarships." Francis Sitwell, Esq., in 1599, gave
61. per annum to the school; in 1734, Lady Cavendish gave the sum
of lool.; in 1742, Lord James Cavendish a rent-charge of 61. per annum ;
and in 1749, Mrs. Anne Jacson the sum of lool. The present income
of the school at Netherthorpe is 30I. per annum. The school-house
was rebuilt in the year 1698. The remainder of the income, arising from

■" He married Joyce, daughter of Sir Thomas Fleetwood, of the Vache, in Bucking-
hamshire.

" Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. ii. p.547.

° He gave also 4I. per annum to maimed soldiers of the parishes of Stavely, Barlborough,
.nnd Elmton.

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benefactions is given to school-mistresses for teaching poor children at
Stavely, Handley", and Woodthorpe.

Woodthorpe-hall, about a mile from Stavely, was the ancient seat of the
Rodes family before they removed to Barlborough ; they acquired it in
marriage with the heiress of Cachehors before the year 1290. It was pur-
chased of Sir John Rodes, in or about the year 1599, by the Countess of
Shrewsbury, and passed afterwards to the Earl of Newcastle, from whom
it has descended to his Grace the Duke of Portland. The ancient seat of
the Rodes family was in part pulled down", and most of the materials used
for the building at Bolsover. Judge Rodes, who began Barlborough-hall,
died at Woodthorpe ; his son, Sir John, removed to Barlborough.

Sir Peter Frecheville, in 1632, founded an hospital with a chapel at Wood-
thorpe, for five aged men and four women, to each of whom he gave 4I.
per annum. In 1777, Mr. Richard Robinson, school-master, gave 18I. per
annum to this hospital ; and Dr. Thomas Gisborne, who died in 1806, tiie
same sum annually. The hospital and chapel were repaired in 1678. The
best reader among the old men officiates as chaplain. The Duke of Devon-
shire is patron.

The manor of Handley belonged to the family of Rodes, having been
purchased by Francis Rodes, Esq., in or about 1577.' Handley is now the
property of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, and the manor has long
merged in that of Stavely.

The parochial chapel of Barhw, an appendage of Stavely, lies about six
miles and a half from Stavely, (from which parish it is detached by the
intervention of the parish of Whittington,) and between three and four
miles from Chesterfield. The manor of Barlow was held with Stavely by
the Musards. It was afterwards in the ancient family of Abitot ; a branch
of which, on settling at Barlow, is supposed to have taken their name from
that place. This family of Barlow, or Barley, possessed it for several gene-
rations. James Barlow, Esq., sold it in 1593 to George, Earl of Shrewsbury.
The Earl of Newcastle purchased it of the Shrewsbury family, in the reign
of James or Charles I. Having passed by descent to his Grace the Duke
of Portland, it was, in 18 13, exchanged with the Duke of Rutland for the
manor of Whitwell.

' An annuity of 9I. per annum was purchased with subscriptions, by Ralph Heathcote,
rector, and others, in 17 14, for the purpose of teaching six poor children of Handley-quarter.
*> Part of the house still remains, with an ancient chimney-piece.
' See Pegge's Beauchief- Abbey, p. 214.

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In the chapel is the tomb of Robert Barley, Esq., 1464 : there were
other memorials of this ancient family, but the dates, and the greater part
of the inscriptions, are either obliterated or concealed.

The chapel was augmented with Queen Anne's Bounty in 1725, when
Edward Earl of Oxford gave a rent-charge of lol. per annum. The rector
of Stavely appoints the minister.

In 1752, Susanna Stevenson gave the sum of 40I. (since laid out in land,)
for teaching five boys of this chapelry. We are informed that the present
endowment of the school consists of the moiety of a piece of land which
lets for 61. per annum, a dweUing-house adjoining the school, with half an
acre of land, and seven guineas per annum given by the Duke of Rutland.

Stretton-in-the-Fields, in the hundred of Repton and Gresley, and in
the deanery of Repington, lies on the borders of Leicestershire (in which
county part of the parish is situated,) five miles from Ashby-de-la-Zouch,
and about eight from Burton-on-Trent.

The manor belonged to Ferrars, Earl of Derby, under whom it was held
by a family, who took their name from the place of their abode, during the
greater part of the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries. In
1465, Nicholas Finderne, who married one of the coheiresses of Stretton,
was in possession of it, in consequence of an arbitration, after a long law-suit,
in which one of the heirs male of the Stretton family was a party.^ It was
sold by him to Walter Blount, Lord Mountjoy, who died seised of it in
1474,' Charles Browne, Esq., who was possessed of this manor as early as
the year 1600, rebuilt the manor-house; William Browne, Esq., the last
heir male of this family, died in 1744; his coheiresses married Cave and
Chambers. John Cave, Esq., who possessed this estate by inheritance
from his maternal grandfather, took the name of Browne. On the death
of the late Reverend Sir Charles Cave, Bart., in 1806, William Cave
Browne, Esq., succeeded to the title by virtue of his descent from Sir
Roger Cave, Bart., who died in 1703. Stretton is now the property, and
the hall the seat, of Sir William Cave Browne, Bart.

In the parish church are some ancient tombs of ecclesiastics, uninscribed ;
Walter Savage, rector, 15 18; George Gretton, M. A., 1750, ast. 92, 44
years rector of Stretton, and 64 years vicar of Marston-on-Dove. There
are several memorials for the family of Browne : John Browne, Esq.,' 1669,

' See Nichols's Leicestershire, vol. iii. pt. ii, p. 1028.
' Esch. 14 Edw. IV.

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who married Magdalen, daughter of Anthony, Earl of Kent j) Thomas
Browne, Esq., 1703, &c. Sir WilHam Cave Browne, Bart., is patron of
the rectory.

Sudbury in the hundred of Appletree, and in the deanery of Castillar,
lies thirteen miles from Derby, nine and a half from Ashborne, about five
from Tutbury, and about twelve from Burton-upon-Trent, which is the
post-town. The parish comprises the villages of Aston and Hill-Somersall.

The manor of Sudbury belonged, when the Survey of Domesday was
taken, to Henry de Ferrars, who had a park there. It was held at an early
period with Aston, under the Ferrars family, by the ancient family of
Montgomery." In the reign of Henry VIII., a coheiress of Sir John
Montgomery brought these manors to Sir John, son of Sir Henry Vernon, of
Haddon-hall. John Vernon, grandson of Sir John, dying without issue,
this branch of the family became extinct, and the manors of Sudbury and
Aston, with other estates, passed under his will to his widow, Mary, daugh-
ter of Sir Edward Littleton, with remainder successively to her sons by her
first husband, Walter Vernon, of Houndshill, descended from one of the
elder brothers of Sir John Vernon, who married the coheiress of Mont-
gomery. From Sir Edward Vernon, the elder of these sons, Sudbury and
Aston passed to his immediate descendant, George Venables Vernon, who
in 1762 was created Lord Vernon. It is now the property of the Right
Honourable Henry Venables, Lord Vernon, who succeeded his late brother,
in title and estates in the year 18 13. The Montgomery family had a park
at Sudbury in 1330.* Sudbury-hall, the seat of Lord Vernon, was built by
Mrs. Mary Vernon above-mentioned, who died in 1622.

In the parish church are some ancient monuments of the Montgomery
family*, and several of the family of Vernon.^ In the south aisle is the

monument

" John, who gave part of his demesne at Sudbury and Aston to the priory of Tutbury, in the
reign of Henry II., which gift was confirmed by Robert Earl Ferrars, the younger, is supposed
to have been the immediate ancestor of this family. — See Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. i. p. 35c.

' Quo Warranto Roll. '

y See the head of Ancient Sepulchral Monuments.

^ John Vernon, Esq., 1600; Mary his wife, daughter of Sir Edward Littleton, 1622; Henry
Vernon, Esq., 1658 — he married the heiress of Sir George Vernon, of Haslington, in Cheshire;
Mary, wife of George Vernon, Esq., and daughter of Edward Onely, Esq., of Catesby in
Northamptonshire; George Vernon, Esq. 1702 ; Sir Thomas Vernon, Knt,, many years one of
the representatives in parliament of the city of London, 1 709 ; Henry Vernon, of Sudbury,

7 Esq.,

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monument of the Reverend Dr. Addenbroke, Dean of Lichfield, 1776.
Lord Vernon is patron of the rectory.

Hill-Somersall, in this parish, is the property of the Right Honourable
Lord Vernon.

Sutton-in-the-Dale, in the hundred of Scarsdale and deanery of Ches-
terfield, lies about four miles from Chesterfield. The manor was given by

Esq., 1713) and Anne his wife, whose mother was sister to Peter Venables; George Venables,
the first Lord Vernon, 1780, and his three wives — Mary, daughter and heir of Thomas Lord
Howard, of Effingham, Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Lee, Bart., and Martha, daughter of
Sir Simon Harcourt; the Honourable Catherine Venables Vernon, 1775, and the Honourable
Martha Venables Vernon, 1808. The following epitaph on Catherine is from the pen of
William Whitehead, poet laureat.

" Mild as the opening morn's serenest ray.

Mild as the close of summer's softest day;

Her form, her virtues, frani'd alike to please,

With artless charms and unassuming ease.

On every breast their mingling influence stole,

And in sweet union breath'd one beauteous whole.

This fair example to the world was lent

As the short lesson of a life well spent :

Alas ! too short ! but bounteous Heav'n best knows

When to reclaim the blessings it bestows."
The following epitaph on her sister Martha was written by their elder sister, Elizabeth
Venables, Countess Harcourt.

" Accept, lov'd shade, the tributary tear

That fond aflSiction sheds upon thy bier.

Ah, justly lov'd ! thine was the noblest mind,

Thine manly sense with female softness join'd;

Thine warm benevolence, the generous heart,

Anxious to all its blessings to impart ;

Bright beam'd in thee affection's purest rays.

With modest diffidence that shrinks from praise.

Oh ! while we mourn thy loss, thy worth revere,

May holy hope, faith, piety sincere.

Teach us, like thee, our wishes to resign.

In meek submission to the Will divine."
A monument has been lately put up for George Venables, Lord Vernon, who died in 181 3,
with an amiable character of the deceased, drawn up by his brother the Archbishop of York.
Lord Vernon married, i. the heiress of Bussy, Lord Mansel, by whom he had no issue, 2. a
daughter of William Fauquier, Esq, by whom he left one daughter, his sole heiress, married to
the Honourable Edward Harbord.

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"Wtilfric Spott, in tlie reign of King Ethelred, to Burton- Abbey." When
the Survey of Domesday was taken, it belonged to Roger de Poictou. In
the year 1255, ^^ ^^® granted to Peter de Hareston.'' The heiress of Robert
de Hareston brought it to Richard de Grey, of Sandiacre. A coheiress of
Grey, alias Hilary", brought it to the Leakes in the reign of Henry IV.,
and it became the chief seat of that family. Francis Leake, of Sutton, was
created a Baronet in 161 1, and Lord Deincourt of Sutton in 1624. In
1643, (the beginning of April,) Lord Deincourt began to fortify his house
at Sutton. Sir John Gell sent his brother. Colonel Thomas Gell, with 500
men and three pieces of ordnance, to besiege it. Lord Deincourt was
summoned, but refused to surrender, and for some time obstinately defended
himself. The house was taken, and Lord Deincourt and his men made
prisoners : the works were demolished, and Lord Deincourt set at liberty,
on giving his word that he would repair to Derby within eight days, and
submit himself to the Parliament. Sir John Gell observes, that the for-
feiture of his word, on this occasion, was revenged by the garrison at Bol-
sover, who some time afterwards, when that castle was in the hands of the
Parliament, plundered Lord Deincourt's house at Sutton. "^ In 1645, Lord
Deincourt was created Earl of Scarsdale. Having rendered himself very
obnoxious to the Parliament, by his exertions in the royal cause, durino- the
civil war, his estates were sequestered ; and as he refused to compound,
they were sold. His son procured some friends to be the purchasers, he
paying the sum of i8,oool., fixed by the Parliamentary commissioners as
tlie composition. The title became extinct by the death of Nicholas, the
fourth Earl, in 1736. After this event, the large estates belonging to this
family were sold for the payment of debts." After an intermediate sale,
Sutton was purchased by Godfrey Clarke, Esq., who was in possession in
1740. The sister and heir of Godfrey Bagnall Clarke, Esq., who died in
1786, married Job Hart Price, Esq., who took tlie name of Clarke, and left
a daughter and heir, now Marchioness of Ormond, the present possessor
of this estate.

Sutton-hall, which stands on an elevated spot near the church, was
built by the last Earl of Scarsdale. It is now the occasional residence of
the Marquis and Marchioness of Ormond.

> Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. i. p. 268. " See Quo Warranto Roll, 4 Edw. III.

* See the account of Sandiacre.

"* Taken from two MS. Narratives of Sir John Cell's.

■= An act of parliament for the better securing of these sales was passed in 1741.

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Owlcote or Oldcotes in this parish, was one of the mansions built by
Elizabeth Countess of Shrewsbury. This estate passed with the Countess's
daughter, Fi-ances, to Sir Henry Pierrepont, and is now the property of
his descendant Earl Manvers. There are no remains of the Countess of
Shrewsbury's mansion, which was taken down, probably, after the death of
Mr. Francis Pierrepont, mentioned below.

In the parish church is a memorial for John Foljambe, son and heir apparent
of Godfrey Foljambe, 1499 ; the monument, with his bust, of Francis Pierre-
pont, Esq., second son of the Honourable George Pierrepont, sixth son of
the Earl of Kingston, 1707, and that of Thomas Freeman, Gent., 1684.
In the windows of the church are some remains of painted glass, put up by
John Leake, Esq., who died in 1505.

The rectory of Sutton was consolidated with the vicarage of Duck-
manton, (the church of which has long ago been taken down,) about the
year 1558. The Marchioness of Ormond is patroness.

SuTTON-ON'THE-HiLL, in the hundred of Appletree and in the deanery of
Castillar, lies about eight miles from Derby. The parish comprises the
townships of Osleston and Nether-Thurvaston, and the villages of Ash and
Cropo-top.

The manor of Sutton was given by Wulfric Spott, in the reign of King
Ethelred, to Burton-Abbey.^ When the Survey of Domesday was taken,
it belonged to Henry de Ferrars. In the twelfth century it was in
the family of Boscherville ; in the fourteenth century it was held under the
honor of Tutbury by the Beresfords." Francis Bonnington, Esq., died seised
of the manor of Sutton in 1585. It was afterwards in the Vernons. In 1676,
Mr. James Chetham, great nephew of Mr. Humphrey CItetham, the mu-
nificent founder of the Blue-coat Hospital and library at Manchester,
bought it of George Vernon, Esq., as part of the estates directed to be
purchased for that endowment by the founder's will.'

In the parish church are memorials of Judith, wife of Samuel Sleigh,
Esq., (daughter of Edward Boys, of Betsh anger, Kent,) 1634J Sir Samuel
Sleigh, Knt., 1679 ; and others of the family.'' Bassano's volume of Church
Notes mentions the tomb gf Margaret Lady Sleigh, daughter of Sir Richard

« Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. i. p. 268.

1^ Esch. 2 Edw. II. CI. Rot. 3 1 Edw. III.

' From the information of the Reverend J. T. Allen, librarian of the hospital.

" Gervas, his elder son, 1649 '< Samuel Sleigh, Esq., 1675.

Drury j

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])rury ; Gervase Slcigli, ofRadborue, (no dates,) and several of the family
of Rowe ' of Windley-hill, in this parish.

The church of Sutton belonged to the prior and convent of Trentliam in
Staffordshire, to whom it was given, between the years 1162 and 1181, by
Ralph de Boscherville." William Cotton, Esq., is now impropriator and
patron of the vicarage.

There is a charity-school at Sutton, endowed by Mrs. Anne Jacson, in 1726,
with 4I. per annum.

The manor of Ash (Eisse) was held when tlie Survey of Domesday was
taken by one Robert, under Henry de Ferrars. Robert, son of Sarle,
possessed it in the reign of Henry H." Ralph de Rochlbrd held it under
the Earl of Lancaster, at the time of the Earl's death in 1296.° In the
reign of Richard H., it appears to have been in the Mackworth family." In
that of Henry VII., it appears that the Beaumonts were succeeded by the
Fitzherberts.'' At a later period Ash was the property and seat of the family
of Sleigh. The elder daughter and coheir of Sir Samuel Sleigh, who died
in 1679, brought it to James Chetham, Esq. in consequence of the death
of his sons, without issue, it passed to the family of Cotton of Bellapoit in
Shropshire, into which the other coheiresses married, and is now the property
of William Cotton, Esq., of Etwall.

John, who is supposed to have been ancestor of the Montgomery family,
gave half the tithes of his demesne of Osleston and Nether-Thurvaston, to
Tutbury priory. These manors passed from the Montgomery family to the
Vernons, and are now the property of Lord Vernon. The Rowes had a
house and estate at Osleston, which passed by marriage to Mr. Newell,
Chancellor of Lincoln. This estate has been since sold in lots.

SwARKSTON, in the hundred of Repton and Gresley and in the deanery of
Repington, lies on the north bank of the Trent, adjoining the bridge to
which it gives name, on the road from Ashby-de-la-Zouch to Derby, five
miles from the latter, which is the post-town, nine from the former, and ten
from Burton-on-Trent.

The Survey of Domesday describes a manor of Sorchestun which belonged

' Robert Rowe, Gent., 1 640 ; John Rowe, 1 640 ; Margaret, wife of Robert Owen, Gent.,
end daughter and coheir of John Rowe, 1668.

" Madox's Form, Ang. No. 4, and 507. " See Dugdale's Monasticon, rol.i. p. 355.

" See Esch. 25 Euw.I. ■• Flues, 8 Ric. 11.

'' Hieron's Collections.

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274 DERBYSHIRE.

to Henry de Ferrars, and Suerchestune which was in the crown.*" The
manor of Swarkston was granted to Robert de Holand in 1307.' Joan,
then late the wife of John de Beke, died seised of it in 1322, leaving John her
son and heir.' John Roleston, Esq., died seised of the manor in 1482.'
Richard Harpur, Esq., one of the Justices of the Common-Pleas, who
appears to have purchased this estate, died in 1576. It is now the property
of his descendant Sir Henry Crewe, Bart., who has a small villa here
on the banks of the Trent, built about the year 1808, on the site of an
old mansion formerly the residence of the Harpur family,

In the parish church are the monuments of John Roleston, Esq., 1482 ;
Sir Richard Harpur, one of the Justices of the Common-Pleas, and his wife
Jane, heiress of Finderne (no date) ; Sir John Harpurlinson, 1622; and his
wife Isabella, daughter of Sir George Pierrepont ; and that of Frances
daughter of William Lord Willoughby, of Parham, married, first, to Sir
John Harpur, Bart., secondly, to Henry Kirkhoven, Earl of Bellamont, and
thirdly, to Henry Heveningham, Esq., ob. 17 14. Sir Henry Crewe, Bart.,
is patron of the rectory.

The bridge over the Trent, commonly called Swarkston-bridge, lies
for the most part " in the parish of Stanton. This bridge, which is con-
structed so as to secure a passage over the low grounds, usually flooded in the
winter, was originally not more than eleven or twelve feet in width, and the
old parts, chiefly over the arches, still continue of that width ; but it has
been widened, wherever there has been occasion to rebuild or repair, so that
carriages can now pass each other at very small intervals. The span of the
bridge over the river* is only 138 yards, but the whole length is little less
than three quarters of a mile (1304 yards.) It appears by an inquisition
taken in 1503, that there was an ancient chantry chapel on Swarkston-
bridge, endowed with some meadow land, lying between Swarkston-bridge
and Ingleby."

About the latter end of the year 1642 or the commencement of 1643,
Colonel Hastings fortified Sir John Harpur's house at Swarkston, and threvt-
up some works at the bridge, to secure the passage of the Trent. Sir

•I Thomas Bee or Beke held the manor of Swarkston in 25 Edw. I.
' Chart. Rot. I Edw. II. « Eggh. i j Edw. II.

' See his epitaph. « Nineteen twentietiis,

^ This part which has been newly built, is 22 feet wide.

' Topographer, vol. ii. p. 271. From a deed in the collection of Mr, Adam WoIIcy of
Matlock.

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Johu Gell having intelligence of these proceedings, marched to Swarkston
with Sir George Gresley's troops and two sacres. The house was abandoned
on his approach, the garrison at the bridge made a considerable defence,
but were at length driven from their works with loss.' The battle of
Swarkston-bridge is spoken of in the parish register of All Saints in Derby,
as having taken place on the 5th of January 1643.

Thorpe, in the wapentake of Wirksworth and deanery of Ashborne,
lies about three miles from Ashborne, in a picturesque situation not far
from the entrance of Dovedale. The remarkable conical hill called Thorpe-
cloud is in this parish.

The manor was in the crown when the Survey of Domesday was taken.
Ralph de Hormanwell was seised of it in 1245. ^^ ^^^^ afterwards in the
family of Wythen, from whom it passed to the Cokaines. John Cokaine,
Esq., possessed it in 1359 ; his descendant sold it, about the latter end of
Elizabeth's reign, to John Milward, Esq., of Bradley-Ash, from whom it
descended to Charles Bowyer Adderley, Esq., the present proprietor.

Hunsdon or Hanson-grange in this parish, which had been given, in the
reign of Henry lU., by Roger de Huncyndon, to the monastery of Burton-
on- Trent", was granted by Henry Vlll. to Sir William Pagett, and con-
veyed by him, in 1546, to John Flackett, whose descendant sold it, in or
about the year 1638, to Robert Boothby, Esq. Some time afterwards it
was in the family of Borrow, of Castlefield near Derby, by whom the house
and some of the lands were sold to Mr. William Gould, the present pro-
prietor. A part of tliis estate was purchased by Matthew Baillie, M. D.,
and is now his property.

In the parish church is an altar-tomb with the effigies of two men and
two women ; the inscription is gone, but it appears by Bassano's volume of
Church Notes, taken in 1 707, &c., that it is the monument of John Milward,
Esq., who died in 1632, aged 82, having two sons and two daughters. Bas-
sano relates, on the authority of the then rector of Thorpe, that Robert Mil-
ward, one of the sons, fought a single combat in Spain with a Spaniard,
" he and his adversary were first to fight with a quarter-staff) in which he
was wounded ; they then betook them to sword and dagger, the Spaniard
hereby soon lost the use of his lefl arm and aflerwards his life."

The church of Thorpe was appropriated to the priory of Tutbury : it is,
nevertheless, now a rectory, of which the dean of Lincoln is patron."

^ Sir John Cell's Narrative. * Dugdale.

'* Register of Tutbury Priory, in the possession of Sir Joseph Banks.

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276 DERBYSHIRE.

TiBSHELF, in tlie hundred of Scarsdale and deanery of Chesterfield, lies
about four miles from Alfreton and about eleven from Chesterfield. The
small village of Biggin is in this parish.

The manor of Tibshelf (Tibecel) was held by one Robert under the
King, at the time of the Domesday Survey, when William Peverell is said
to have been keeper of it for the crown. In the reign of King John, it was
in the baronial family of Heriz, from whom it passed by successive female
heirs, to Belers and Swillington. R. de Swillington was seised of it in
1429." There was after this a great law-suit between Lord Cromwell and
the Pierrepont family, about the inheritance of the estates which had be-
longed to the Heriz family ; the latter succeeded as to this manor, and
Sir William Pierrepont was possessed of it in 15 13.'' It now belongs to St.
Thomas's hospital, to which it was given by the founder. King Edward VI ,
in 1.552, being then described as parcel of the endowment of the dissolved
Hospital of the Savoy.

The parish church was rebuilt in 1729. The church of Tibshelf was
appropriated to the Nuns of Brewode in Staffordshire in 1315.° The impro-
priation is now vested in St. Thomas's Hospital. William AUwood Lord,
Esq., is patron of the vicarage.

TiDESWELL, in the hundred and deanery of the High-Peak, is a small mar-
ket town, about tliirty-three miles from Derby, sixteen from Chesterfield, and
about one hundred and sixty from London. The parish comprises the
townships of Litton and Westown or Wheston : the chapelry of AVormhill,
and the villages of Timstead and Hargate-wall.

The market at Tideswell was granted to Paulinus Bampton in the year
1250 % to be held on Wednesdays, together with a fair for two days at the
festival of the Decollation of St. John the Baptist.^ There was a confirm-
ation of this grant to Richard Stafford about the year 1392, and to Sampson
Meverell in 1432.*'

The market is still held on Wednesdays for butchers' meat, &c. There
are now three fairs. May 15th, the second Wednesday in September, and

' Esch. 8 Hen. VI.

" So Thoroton in his History of Nottinghamshire, p. 301. We otherwise have supposed that
it descended from the Swillingtons to the families of Cromwell and Lovell, and that it was for-
feited by the attainder of Francis Lord Lovell in 1487, then given to the hospital of the Savoy
founded pursuant to the intentions of King Henry VH.

• Inq. ad q. d. 9 Edw. IL 122. ' Rot. Chart. 35 Hen. HL

« Rot. Chart. 15-17 Ric. H. " Rot. Pat. 11 Hen. VL pt. i.

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October 29, for horned cattle, sheep, &c. A considerable quantity of cheese
is sold at the two last fairs : the October fair was noted for the abundance
of calves offered for sale, but it has lately fallen off in this particular. Six
acres of land were allotted for holding the fairs at Tideswell, under the
inclosure act of 1807.'

The manor of Tideswell was in the crown when the Survey of Domesday
was taken : it afterwards belonged to the Peverells. King John granted it,
in 1205, to Thomas Armiger and his heirs." It is probable, that it passed
by female descent to the Bamptons, who had the grant of a market in 1250,
the Daniells, to whom the manor was confirmed by King Edward I. in
1304', are stated to have been representatives of Thomas Armiger ^ above-
mentioned. In 1330 it was vested in the coheiresses of Daniellj in 1337,
Elizabeth Meverell, one of the coheiresses, died seised of a third of it :
the other coheiresses married Marchinton and Turvill." It is probable that
Richard Stafford, to whom the market was confirmed in 1392, was de-
scended from one of these. The whole appears to have centered by gift or
purchase in the Meverells. The heiress of Meverell brought this manor to
the Cromwell family. In 1 654, Winfield Lord Cromwell sold it to Robert
Eyre, Esq., of Highlow. William Eyre, his grandson, took the name of
Archer, and was father of John Archer, Esq., who died in 1800. It was
purchased, in 1802, of his heirs under a decree of chancery by the late
Duke of Devonshire, and is now the property of the present Duke.

In the parish church, which is a handsome Gothic structure, built about
the middle of the fourteenth century ", are the monuments of John, son of
Thomas Foljambe, 1358 ; Sir Sampson Meverell, 1462 ''j Robert Pursglove,

Bishop

' Act for inclosing certain lands in Tideswell. " Chart. Rot. 7 John, 3 dors.

' Chart. Rot. 33 Edw. I. « See Pat. 14 Hen. VI. pt. z. m. 11.

" Quo Warranto Roll, 4 Edw. III.

" John Foljambe above-mentioned is said to have been a principal contributor to the
building.

P Inscription : — " Under thys stone lyeth Sampson Meverell, whych was borne in Stone in
the feaste of St. Michaell the Ardiangell, and there christened by the Pryor of the same hous,
and Sampson * of Clifton, Esq., and Margaret, the daughter of Phillip Stapley, in theyeareofour
Lord MCCCnilVUI., and so lived under the service of Nicholl Lord Audley and Dame Eli-
zabeth his wife, the space of xviii years and more ; and after, by the assent of John Meverell, his
fader, he was wedded in Belsor, the King's man'', to Isabel, the daughter of the wor'pful knight,
Sir Roger Leche, the xvii day of Pasche, and after he came to the service of the noble Lord,
John Mountegu, Earl of Salsbury, the which ordeyned the said Sampson to be a capitayne of

• " Meverell" seems to have been omitted here, probably, when the brasses which had been taken away were replaced,
as, by an inscription annexed to the monnment, tkay appear to hare been at the expence of John Statbam, Esq.

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278 DERBYSHIRE.

Bishop of Hull% 1579 J Thomas Statham', no date; Samuel Eccles,
Gent., who married one of Ids daughters, 1731; Robert Freeman, Esq.,

diverse wor'pfull places in France ; and after the death of the said Earl, he came to the service of
John Due of Bedford, and soe being in his service, he was at xi greate battayles in France
within the space of two yeares, and at St. Luce, the said-Due gave him the order of knighthood ;
after that the said Due made him Knt. Constable, and by his commaundement he kept the Con-
stable Court of this land till the death of the said Due ; and after that he aboade under the ser-
vice of John Stafford, Archbyshop of Canterbury, and soe endureing in great wor'p, departed
from all worldly service, unto the mercy of our Lord Jesu Christ, the which d'ed his soul
from his body in the feast of Mar ... in the yeare of our Lord MCCCLXIL, and soe his
worde may be prouved, that grace paseth cunning. Amen. Devoutly of your charity sayth
a paternoster with an ave for all Christian soiiles, and especiall for the soule whose bona rests
under this stone."
■J Inscription : —

" Under this stone as here doth ly, a Corps some time of fame,

In Tiddeswell bred and born truely, Robert Pursglove by name ;

And there brought up by parents care, at schole and learning trad ;

Till afterwards, by uncle deare, to London he was had,

Who, William Bradshaw bight by name, in Paul's which did him place.

And y" at schoole did him maintain full thrice 3 whole years space ;

And thereunto the Abbereye was placed as I wisse.

In Southwark call'd, where it doth ly. Saint Mary Overis.

To Oxford then, who did him send, into that college right,

And there 14 yeares did him find, which Corpus Christi bight.

From thence at length away he went, a clerk of learning great,

To Gisborne- Abbey, streight was sent, and plac'd in Prior's seat.

Bishop of Hull he was also, Archdeacon of Nottingham,

Provost of Rotheram college too, of York eke suffragan.

Two grammar-schools he did ordain with land for to endure ;

One hospital for to maintain twelve impotent and poor.

O Gisbourn, then, with Tiddeswell town, lament and mourn you may,

For this said clerk of great renown lyeth here compact in clay.

Though cruel death hath now down brought this body which here doth lye,

Yet trump of fame stay can he nought to sound his praise on high."
" Qui legis hunc versum crebro reliquum memoreris,
Vile cadaver sum, tu que Ga4av£r eris."

Sound the slab : —

•' Crist is to me, as life on earth, and death to me is gaine,
Because I trust through him alone, Salvation to obtain.
So brittle is the state of man, so soon it doth decay,
So all the glory of this world must pas and fade away.''

" This Robert Pursglove, sometymme Bishoppe of Hull, deceassed the 1 daye of Maii, the
yeare of our Lord God, »579."

' Inscription: — " Thomas Statham, son and heir of th^ loyal Gentleman Stathara,of Edenstall
and Tansley, captain of a troop of horse, which he raised at his own charge, for the royal King

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of Wheston-hall, 1763 ; Robert Charlton, Esq., who married his niece and
heiress, 1787.

Tideswell, being then a chapel of Hope, was given to the church of
Liclifield in the reign of Richard I., by John Earl Moreton, afterwards
King of England.' A vicarage having been subsequently endowed, Tides-
well became a separate parish. The Dean and chapter of Lichfield are ap-
propriators of the great tithes, an(J patrons. Queen Anne's Bounty was
procured for the vicarage by subscription, in 1739.

There was a chantry at Tideswell founded by John Foljambe, who died
in 1358 ; the endowment was valued at 9I. 9s. 4d. per annum in 1547.*

There is a meeting-house at Tideswell for the Wesleyan Methodists.

Near the church is *' the grammar-school of Jesus," founded by Robert
Pursglove above-mentioned. The rent of the estates belonging to Purs-
glove's charity was, in 18 15, 222I. 6s. per annum. Three-fourths of this
rent is received by the schoolmaster ; the remainder is distributed to the
poor on Christmas-day, by the vicar and churchwarden. The hospital
mentioned in the epitaph is not at Tideswell.

Litton, in this parish, was the property and seat of the ancient family of
that name. Rowland Litton, Esq., sold it to John Alsop, in 1597: it
passed from Alsop to Bagshaw, in 1606 ; to Bradsliaw, in 1620 ; to Upton,
in 1686 ; and to Statham, in 1707. It is now the property of the Right
Honourable Lord Scarsdale, whose grandfather, Sir Nathaniel Curzon, pur-
chased it of Sir John Statham,

William Bagshaw, an eminent non-conformist divine, called " the Apostle
of the Peak," author of a work called " De Spiritualibus Pecci, or Notes
concerning the work of God, &c. in the High-Peak," and some devotional
tracts, was born at Litton in 1628: he was ejected from the vicarage of

Charles I , and was afterwards a patient sufferer of the tyrannies and sequestrations of those
impious regicides ; lineally descended from the ancient and loyal family of Statham, lords of
Morley in this county, and of Statham and Barton in Cheshire. Three of his ancestors, Sir
John, Sir Nicholas, and Sir Robert, were Judges. He married three wives : i. Barbara,
daughter and heir of Cromwell Meverell, of Tidswell, near kinsman of Thomas Cromwell,
Earl of Ardglass, lineally descended from Francis Meverell, of Throwsley, by Anne, daughter
and coheir of Sir John Denham, who had by the said Barbara three sons — Sir John Statham,
his heir, Thomas, a captain, and Charles, a merchant ; and one daughter, Barbara. His
second wife was Mary, relict of Nicholas Shirtcliffe, M.D. ; by whom he had one son, William,
and three daughters, Mary, Elizabeth, and Frances." The descent from the Stathams of Mor-
ley, spoken of here, cannot be ascertained.

' See Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. iii. p. 234. * Chantry Roll.

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Sa9 DERBYSHIRE.

Glossop in 1662, and died at Great-Hucklovv, in the parish of Hope, where
he was minister of a congregation of Dissenters, in 1702.

Wheston or Whetstone-hall is the property of the Duke of Norfolk, and
in the occupation of Mr. John Shaw.

The parochial chapelry of WormJiill lies two miles and a half from Tides-
well, and seven from Bakewell. The manor of Wormhill (Wruenele) be-
longed, when the Survey of Domesday was taken, to Henry de Ferrars.
Sir William Plumpton, whose father married the heiress of Foljambe", died
seised of it in 1480. Having passed with Hassop, it is now the property
of the Earl of Newburgh.

In the year 1320, John Wolfhurt, son and heir of John Wolf hurt, held a
house and lands in Wormhill by the service of chasing and taking all wolves
which should come into the King's forest of the Peak." Sir William Cham-
bers Bagshaw is now the principal proprietor of lands in Wormhill.

The chapel of Wormhill was in the patronage of certain trustees, of
whom the present minister, the Reverend William Bagshaw is the only
survivor."

Thei'e is a small school here, built by the mhabitants, and endowed with
the interest of 40I.

Trusley, in the hundred of Appletree and deanery of Castillar, lies
between six and seven miles from Derby.

The manor of Trusley (Toxenai) was held by one Hugh, under Henrj
de Ferrars, when the Survey of Domesday was taken. In the reign of
Henry II., Hugh le Arbalester, most probably his son or grandson, appears
to have been lord of the manor.^ Oliver de Odingsells purchased it of Ralph
de Beufey in the reign of Henry III. The coheiresses of this family
brought it in moieties to Richard Piper" and Thomas Coke. Piper's daugh-
ter and heiress married John Cowdale : their moiety passed (probably by

•

" Thomas Foljambe held lands in Wormhill by the service of keeping the King's forest dc
Campana, on horseback, attended by a footboy. — Dodsworth's Collections from Exchequer
Records.

* Dodsworth's Collections from Exchequer Records.

» Mr. Bagshaw supposes that the trust was created in the reign of Queen Elizabeth ; it is
about to be renewed.

* Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. i. p. 355.

* The pedigree in the Visitation makes the coheiress of Odingsells marry John FreemaD,
by whom she had a daughter, married to Richard Taylor. The statement given above, cora^
municated by Adapn Wolley, Esq., is taken from authentic evidences.

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sale) to the Vernons, and was purchased of the Manners family, in 1569,
by Richard Coke, Esq., for 520I., and a douceur of lol. to Mrs. Manners.
John Coke, a younger brother of Sir Francis Coke of Trusley, who died in
1639, was Secretary of State to King Charles I. George, another younger
brother, became Bishop of Hereford, and was ancestor of D'Ewes Coke,
Esq., oi' Brookhill, in the parish of Pinxton. Richard Coke, Esq., of
Trusley, was one of the intended Knights of the Royal Oak, in the reign
of Charles II. One of the coheiresses of William Coke, Esq., who died in
17 16, brought the manor of Trusley to Edward Wilmot, Esq., and it is
now the property of his grandson, the Reverend Francis Wilmot, who is
also patron and incumbent of the rectory. The manor-house, which was
the seat of the Cokes, has been taken down.

In the parish church are some monuments of the families of Coke and
Wilmot."

Grange-field, in this parish, which belonged to the monastery of Croxden,
was successively in the families of Fitch, Curzon, Kinersley or Kinardsley,
and Hope ; from the latter it passed by marriage to Docksey : it is now
in seveialties.

The grange of Thursmanlegh, alias Nunsclough, now called Nuns-field,
which belonged to the nuns of Derby, was in the family of Kinersley in
the reign of Queen Elizabeth. It is now, or was lately, the property of
Mr. Thomas Cox, of Derby.

Walton-upon-Trent, in the hundred of Repton and Gresley, and in the
deanery of Repington, lies, as its name imports, on the banks of the Trent;
and is distant from Burton about five miles. The chapelry of Rosleston
is in this parish. King Edward II. is supposed to have forded the Trent at
Walton, when in pursuit of Thomas Earl of Lancaster, and the rebellious
barons."

The manor of Walton was in the crown when the Survey of Domesday
was taken: it was afterwards given to Hugh Lupus. In 1235 it belonged
to dementia, widow of Ralph de Blundeville, Earl of Chester.'' Robert
de Montalt was possessed of this manor in 1273'; Emma, his widow, in

" Sir Francis Coke, 1639 ; Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of George Curzon, Esq., of'Croxall,
1632; Bridget, daughter of George Curzon, Esq., 1628; William Coke, Esq., 1716; and Ed-
ward Wilmot, Esq., who married one of his daughters.

•^ See Holinshed, vol. ii. 865.

'' Dodsworth's Collections, from Records in the Exchequer.

P Hundred Roll, 2 Edw, I.

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1330*^: the reversion then belonged to Queen Isabella. That Queen
granted it, in 1337, to Henry de Ferrars, of Chartley^; from whom it passed
by descent to the late Marquis Townshend, and is now vested in the de-
visees in trust under his will.

AValton-hall was formerly a seat of the Ferrers family ; and was pur-
chased of John Ferrers, Esq., of Tamworth, by the great-grandfather of
William Taylor, Esq., who was sheriff of Derbyshire in 1727. It is now
the property of Edward Disborowe, Esq., M.P., Vice-Chamberlain to her
Majesty, who succeeded as heir at law on the death of the last surviving
sister of William Taylor above-mentioned, in 1773. Walton-hall is in
the occupation of Edward Mundy, Esq.

In the parish cliurch are some ancient tombs of ecclesiastics, Robert
Morley, rector, without date, &c. &c. ; Penelope, wife of George Ferrers,
Esq.; Thomas Bearcroft, rector, with his bust, 1680; Richard Taylor, Esq.,
1692 ; William Taylor, Esq., 1733 ; and a handsome monument by Rossi,
of Lady Charlotte, daughter of George, Earl of Buckinghamshire, and wife
of Edward Disborowe, Esq., 1798. The advowson of the rectory has
passed with the manor.

In the year 1760, a free-school was founded at Walton by Mrs. Levett
and Mrs. Baylie", and endowed with lands at Linton, now let at 18I. per
annum. The Rev. William Bedford and Bridget Bedford gave il. 15s. per
annum for bread and for teaching children.

The manor of Rosleston, or Rolston, was given by King Edward I. to
Alan de Usser.' Not long afterwards (1335) it was in the baronial family
of Segrave. Having passed through the Movvbrays to the Berkeley family,
it was sold, in or about the year 1570, by Henry Lord Berkeley, to Sir Wil-
liam Gresley. It is now vested in the several freeholders, Eusebius Horton,
Esq., Mr. Hamp, of Catton, and others. The chapel, which is about two
miles from Walton, is annexed to the rectory.

Weston-on-Tuent, in the hundred of Morleston and Litchurch, and in
the deanery of Derby, lies on the banks of the Trent, between six and
seven miles from Derby. The manor was given by Wulfric Spott to Burton

f Quo Warranto Roll. « CI. Rot. 1 1 Edw. III.

'' From the information of the Vicar. The return of Charitable Donations in 1787 says,
Mrs. Taylor, (probably a mistake for Levett,) Ann Taylor, and Mrs. Bayly. The lands were
then let at i il. us. per annum.

' Dodsworth's Collections from Records in the Exchequer.

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Abbey in the reign of King Etlielred, but was in the crown at the time of
the Domesday Survey. It was given afterwards to Hugli Lupus, and by
him to the abbot and convent of Chester." After the reformation, the
manor of Weston cim membris was granted to Sir Wilham Paget. It is
now the property of the Reverend Charles Holden, in whose family it has
been for a considerable time. Sir Robert Wilmot, of Osmaston, Bart., is
tlie chief landholder in this parish, his ancestor having purchased a con-
siderable estate here-in 1649.

Weston-hall, a large old mansion, now occupied as a farm-house, was a
seat of the Roper family, by whom it was built in the early part of the
seventeenth century. It was afterwards in the family of Lee ; of whom it
was purchased, about the year 1790, by Thomas Pares, Esq., the present
proprietor.

In the parish church is the monument, with his effigies, of Richard Sale,
L.L.B., Prebendary of Lichfield, and Rector of Weston, who died in 1625 >
he married Dorothy, daughter and coheir of William Wilne, Esq., of Mel-
bourne: the monument was repaired in 1764, by his great-grand-daughter
Elizabeth, daughter and heir of William Sale, of Willington, Gent. Bas-
sano's volume of Church Notes describes the tomb of the wife of George
Pulton, Esq., 1640. Sir Robert Wilmot is patron of the rectory.

Whittington, in the hundred of Scarsdale and deanery of Chesterfield,
lies two miles from Chesterfield. In the Survey of Domesday Whittington
is described as a hamlet of Newbold. The paramount manor, which had
been in the Peverels, was granted by King John to William Briewere, from
whose family it passed to the Wakes. The Boythorps, and after them
successively the Bretons and Foijambes, appear to have held under the fa-
milies before mentioned as mesne lords j but the immediate possession was
from an early period in the family of Whittington', whose heiress married
Dethick. Geffrey Dethick was seised of the manor as early as the year
1320. A coheiress of Dethick brought it, about the year 1488, to the
Poles, who held under Foljambe. George Pole had two daughters, co-
heirs, who, towards the latter part of the seventeenth century, brought
this manor in moieties to Frith and Chaworth. Frith's moiety passed by

'' It appears that the Bishop of Carlisle and the Abbot of Chester were joint lords, and
claimed the right of having a gallows, &c. 2 Edw. I. Hundred Roll.

' The account of the manor of Whittington is chiefly taken from Dr. Pegge's Collections, in
the Heralds' College.

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284 DERBYSHIRE.

marriage to Sir Charles Sedley, who sold to Gillett. The late Mr. Richard
Gillett, of Chesterfield, sold this moiety, in or about 1813, to Mr. John
Dixon ; and it is now the property of his great nephew, Mr. Henry Dixon.
The Chaworth family possessed three-fourths of the other moiety in 1769 :
this portion passed afterwards to the family of Launder, and having been
since purchased by Mr. John Dixon, is now the property of his great
nephew above-mentioned, who is possessed of seven-eighths of the manor.
The remaining eighth belongs to the children of the late Samuel Hinde,
who inherited one-sixteenth and acquired one-sixteenth by purchase.

In the parish church is the monument of the late Samuel Pegge, L.L.D.,
the well-known antiquary, author of the Life of Bishop Grossetete j a His-
tory of Beauchief- Abbey, Bolsover and Peak Castles; Dissertations on
Coins, and other antiquarian subjects " ; he collected also considerable
materials for a History of Derbyshire, now deposited in the Heralds' Col-
lege. Dr. Pegge was 45 years rector of Whittington, where he died Feb.
14, 1796, in the 92d year of his age. In the church-yard is the monument
of Christopher Smith, Esq., of London, who died in 1752, and left 550I. to
the corporation for the relief of disabled and wounded seamen. The Dean
of Lincoln is patron of the rectory.

In the parish register is the following remarkable entry : — " Thomas
Ashton, son of Mr. Arthur and Mrs. Jane Bulkeley was baptized July i,
1 644. — Godfathers ; Edward Downes, great-great-great-uncle ; Dr. Charles
Ashton, great-great-great-uncle ; Joseph Ashton, Gent., great-great-great-
uncle. — Godmothers ; Mrs. Wood, great-great-great-aunt ; Mrs. Wain-
wright, great-great-grandmother ; Mrs. Green, great-grandmother."

The school at Whittington was founded in 1674, when Peter Webster
gave 20I. towards the building ; at his death, in 1678, he bequeathed the
sum of 200I., to be laid out in lands for its endowment, tor the purpose of
teaching 20 poor boys : Joshua Webster, his son, gave Plumtree farm for
the purpose of teaching 10 more. The present value of the endowment is
32I. I2S. per annum.

Katherine Wright, a native of Whittington, was one of the persons whom
John Darell pretended to dispossess of devils in the early part of the seven-
teenth century. He was attacked as an impostor by Samuel Harsnett,
afterwards Archbishop of York, and wrote a pamphlet in reply.

■" Several of his papers on antiquarian subjects are printed in the Archoeologia, and he was
a frequent contributor to the Gentleman's Magazine.

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Tlie great revolution of 1688 is said to have owed its origin to the meet-
ing of a few friends to liberty and the Protestant religion, held in the early
part of that year on Whittington-moor, at which the Earl of Devonshire
(afterwards Duke), the Earl of Dauby (afterwards Duke of Leeds), Lord
Delamere, and Mr. John Darcy (son and heir of the Earl of Holder-
ness), are known to have attended. It is said, that in consequence of
a shower of rain, they adjourned to a public-house on the moor, called the
Cock and Pynot (or Magpie), which acquired from this circumstance the
name of the Revolution-house ; and the small room where these distin-
guished guests retired, that of the Plotting-Parlour. The arm-chair in
which the Duke of Devonshire sat still forms part of the furniture of this
room. When the centenary of the revolution was observed in Derbyshire
with much celebrity in 1788, the committee dined on the preceding day at
the Revolution-house. On the anniversary, the venerable Dr. Pegge
preached on the occasion at Whittington church, before the descendants of
the illustrious revolutionists above-mentioned, and a large assemblage of
persons of the first families in the county and neighbourhood, who were
met together for the purpose of commemorating this great event. After
divine service, they went in procession to partake of a cold collation at the
Revolution-house, whence they proceeded to Chesterfield to dinner. A
subscription was opened for the purpose of erecting a column on Whitting-
ton-moor, in memory of the Revolution ; but in consequence of the turbu-
lent scenes in which all Europe was soon afterwards involved, it was de-
ferred, and the intention has not yet been carried into effect.

There is a chalybeate spring at Whittington, which was formerly much
resorted to. A cold bath was inclosed in 1769.

Whitwell, in the hundred of Scarsdale and deanery of Chesterfield, lies
on the borders of Nottinghamshire, twelve miles from Chesterfield, on the
road to Worksop. The parish comprises part of Cresswell village and
manor.

The manor of Whitwell was given by Wulfric Spott, in the reign of King
Ethelred, to Burton- Abbey." When the Survey of Domesday was taken, it
belonged to Ralph Fitz-Hubert. Ralph de Rye, who was lord of the manor
in 1330, stated, in answer to a quo warra?ito, that his ancestors had possessed
a park at Whitwell from time immemorial. Edward Rye, Esq., sold Whit-
well, in the year 1563, to Richard Whalley, whose grandson of the same
name conveyed it, in 1592, to John Manners, Esq., (afterwards Sir John

" Dugdale's Monasticon, vol.i. p. 268.

8 Manners,)

286 DERBYSHIRE,

Manners,) ancestor of the Duke of Rutland. In 1813, a treaty was begun
with the Duke of Portland, for the exchange of this manor for that of
Barlow. The Ryes had a park at Whitwell in 1330.° The old manor-
house, which was the seat of Sir Roger Manners in the reign of Charles I.,
is still remaining, and occupied as a farm-house.

Robert de Meynell, Lord of Whitwell was one of the early benefactors to
Welbeck- Abbey. '' The heiress of Meynell married Hathersage, and the co-
heiresses of Hathersage, Goushill and Longford, who held the Whitwell es-
tate in moieties. Nicholas de Longford, who was one of the representatives
of Meynell held a manor in Whitwell, in the reign of Edward II., under
the Stotevilles. This manor continued in the Longford family in the reign
of Henry VIII. It passed with Goushill's moiety to the Pipes or Pypes,
and was sold by Humphrey Pipe, Esq., in 1593, to John Manners above-
mentioned. The Goushill family had a park at Whitwell in 1330.''

The manor of Cresswell which was given to Welbeck-Abbey by Ralph
Cordi, is'now the property of his Grace the Duke of Portland.

In the parish church are the monuments of Ralph de Rye, Lord of the
manor, 1482 ; Sir Roger Manners, Knt.', lord of the manor, 1632, and some
memorials for the family of Clayton 1 666- 1 75 1 • Bassano's volume of Church
Notes mentions some memorials for the family of Rhodes of Steckley ;
Captain William Rhodes, 1683, &c. &c. The Duke of Portland is patron
of the rectory.

An act of parliament for inclosing this parish passed in 1813.

Steetley or Stetely, about a mile from Whitwell, appears to have been
anciently a distinct parish and a rectory ; it is now deemed part of Whitwell.
The Vavasor family and the Frechevilles, who succeeded them in the pos-
session of the manor of Steetley, presented to the rectory in 1348, 1355,
and 1370. The manor was conveyed by the Frecheville family to that of
Wentworth, in or about 1571. It is now the property of his Grace the
Duke of Norfolk, being parcel of the Worksop estate.

The curious Saxon church at Steetley, long since desecrated, has been
already described.

o Quo Warranto Roll. i* Thoroton. <* Quo Warranto Roll.

' Inscription : —

" A living academic was this knight,

Divinity, the arts, the toungs, what might
In learned schooles exactly be profest,
Tooke up their lodginge in his noble breste ;
Till death, like church despoilers, did pull down
Manners true labricque and the arts renowne."

WiLLESLEY,

DERBYSHIRE. 987

WiLLESLEY, in the hundred of Repton and Gresley and in the deanery
of Repington, lies on the borders of Leicestershire, about two miles from
Ashby-de-la-Zouch. The manor was given by Wulfric Spott to the abbey
of Burton % under which it was held in the thirteenth and fourteenth cen-
turies, by the family of Ingwardby ; the heiress of Ingwardby married
Abney early in the fifteenth century. The Abneys resided at Willesley for
many generations, and became eventually possessed of the manor whicli
had belonged to Burton-Abbey, and which, after the Reformation, had
been granted to the Sheffield family. Willesley is now the property and seat
of General Sir Charles Hastings, Bart., who married the daughter and
heir of the late Thomas Abney, Esq., and grand-daughter of Sir Thomas
Abney, one of the Justices of the Common-Pleas. Sir Thomas Abney
of Stoke-Newington in Middlesex, some time Lord- Mayor of London, and
one of the first founders of the Bank of England, was of this family, and
born at Willesley in 1639. The manor-house, which is in the form of the
letter H, appears to have been built in or about the time of Charles I.

In the parish church, which is a remarkably small structure close to the
manor-house, are some memorials of the Abney family, (George Abney and
Catharine his wife, 157 1, 1578,) &c. &c. : some of the inscriptions are
mutilated. There is a mutilated monument also of Sir John Wylkins, a
priest.

Sir Charles Hastings is impropriator of the tithes, which belonged for-
merly to Burton-Abbey, and patron of the curacy. The late Thomas Abney,
Esq., about 1782, settled 20I. per annum on the curate.

WiLLiNGTON, in the hundred of Morleston and Litchurch and in the
deanery of Derby, lies about seven miles from Derby, on the banks of the
Trent, opposite to Repton. The manor, at the time of taking the Domes-
day Survey, belonged partly to the King and partly to Ralph Fitz-Hubert.
King Henry II., gave a manor in Willington to Burton- Abbey ; George
Finderne, Esq., held this manor under Burton- Abbey in 1539 ; John
Meynell, Esq., died seised of it in 1561 ; it was purchased of Hugo
Meynell, Esq., in the year 1760, by the father of Sir Henry Crewe, Bart.,
who is the present proprietor. There are no remains of the manor-house,
which was a seat of the Meynells.

The other manor appears to have been given with the church by the
family of Willington (who held probably under the Barony of Fitz-Hubert)
to the prior and convent of Repton, to whom the tithes were appropiiated

' Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. i. p. 268.

288 DERBYSHIRE.

in 1223. William Westcote conveyed this manor, in or about the year 1 554,
to Sir John Porte, founder of Repton school, and the hospital at Etwall, and
it now forms part of the estate belonging to those foundations to which the
impropriation and the advowson of the vicarage are attached.

In the parish church are memorials for John Stephenson, Gent., 1669, and
some of the family of Sale.

NoKTH-WiNFiELD, in the hundred of Scarsdale and deanery of Chesterfield,
lies about four miles and a half from Chesterfield, and about a mile from the
road to Derby. The parish comprises the townships of Clay-lane, Pilsley,
Tupton, and part of Stretton ; and the villages of Ford, Hanley, Henmore,
Williamsthorp, and Woodthorp.

Winfield is described as an appendage to Morton, given by Wulfric Spott
to Burton- Abbey % Walter Deincourt held North- Winfield (Winnefelt)
when the Survey of Domesday was taken. The Deincourts gave the whole
or a moiety of this manor to Welbeck-Abbey. Sir Ralph Longford is said
to have possessed a moiety, in 1513, by descent from the Deincourts.*^
After the Reformation, tlie Leakes were possessed of the whole. It is now
the property of Mrs. Anne Greaves, widow, having been purchased by the
ancestor of her late husband not long after the death of Nicholas Leake, the
last Earl of Scarsdale.

In the parish church is a memorial for Thomas Wilson, Esq., of Ford.

The church was given by Ralph Deincourt to the priory of Thurgarton."
Mr. William Pagett is patron of the rectory, which, till after the death of
the last Earl of Scarsdale, had, fi-om the time of the Reformation been
attached to the manor.

There is a charity-school at North-Winfield, to which Mr. Thomas Lud-
dington gave 2I. per annum, and Mr. William Stocks los. per annum.

The manor of Pilsley (Pinneslei) and Williamsthorpe (Wilelmestorp)
belonged, when the Survey of Domesday was taken, to Walter Dein-
court. Oliver de Barton, who married the heiress of Roger Deincourt,
appears to have been possessed of the manor of Williamsthorpe in 1378.''
In 141 5, William Babington conveyed it to Sir Thomas Chaworth ", who
died seised of it in 1458.^ George Chaworth died seised of it in 1522.*

' Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. i. p. 268. ' Thoroton.

" Thoroton, 303. and Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. ii. p. 92.
* Dodsworth's collections from Records in the Exchequer.
» CI. Rot. 3 Hen. V. » Esch. 37 Hen. VI.

' Hieron's Collections.

DERBYSHIRE. 289

In 1561, it belonged to Edmund Lord Sheffield j in 1638 to Sir WiUiam
Cope. The trustees of Sir i\nthony Cope, Bart., sold this manor, in 1676,
to Sir Henry Hunloke, Bart., and it is now the property of his descendant,
Sir Henry. Hunloke", a minor. The manor of Pilsley was in the Foljambes,
from whom it passed by marriage to the Plumptons : Sir William Plumpton
died seised of it in 1480. It was afterwards in the Leake family, and after
the death of the last Earl of Scarsdale, was purchased of his trustees, in 1743,
by the Caltons of Chesterfield : the manor was sold, in 1799, to Mr. Thomas
Wilson, and is now the property of Mr. Richard Wilson : the lands which
were attached to the manor have been sold in parcels.

Tupton-hall is the property and seat of William Allwood Lord, Esq. :
whose grandfather acquired it by a marriage with the family of Gladwin.

The manors of Stretton and Clay-lane belonged to the Earls of Shrews-
bury, and having passed through the same hands as that of Shirland, are
now the property of the Earl ofThanet, William Turbutt, Esq., and others.

A charity-school at Dear-leap in this parish, was founded, in 1790, by
Anthony Lax Maynard, Esq., of Chesterfield, Isaac Wilkinson, Esq., and
others "", who built the school-house and subscribed 450I. with which lands
were bought, charged with 15I. 15s. per annum, for teaching twenty-five
poor children.

South- WiNFiELD, in the hundred of Scarsdale and deanery of Chester-
field, lies eleven miles from Chesterfield near the road to Derby, from
which it is distant fourteen miles, and three miles from Alfreton, which is
the post-town. The village of Oakerthorp (anciently Ulkerthorpe) is in
this parish. The manor of South-Winfield was held, at the time of
the Domesday Survey, by one Robert, under Alan, Earl of Britanny,
who held under William Peverel. The paramount lordship was con-
veyed, before the year nog, by William Peverel to Robert de Pavely,
whose descendants continued to possess it for several generations,
and as late as the reign of Henry VI. The baronial family of Heriz
held this manor under the superior lords at a very early period, and
are supposed to have been descended from Robert mentioned in the Sur-
vey of Domesday. The heiress of Heriz married De la Riviere about the
year 1330; a coheiress of Riviere married Belers, and a coheiress of

t" The Hunloke family have given deputations also for Woodthorpe and Tupton.

' Thomas Milwaid, of Hockerton, Notts., John Brocksop of Stretton-liall, the Reverend Wil-
liam Webster of Tibshelf, Jeremiah Higginbotham of Woodliead, and Edward Towndrow of
Nottingham.

Vol. V. P p Belers

290 DERBYSHIRE.

Belers, Swillington. In the reign of Henry VI., Ralph, Lord Cromweil,
Lord Treasurer, as nearest of kin "^ to Margaret Swillington, ac-
quired this manor by compromise, after a long law-suit with Sir Henry
Pierrepont, the heir-at-law of John de Heriz who died in 1330. Lord
Cromwell sold the reversion to John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury. It con-
tinued in the Shrewsbury family till the year 161 6, when it was divided
between the coheiresses of Gilbert, the seventh Earl, married to the Earls of
Pembroke, Kent, and Arundel. The Earl of Pembroke's share passed
through the Savilles to the Tuftons, and is now the property of the Earl of
Thanet. The Earl of Kent's share having been conveyed to Edward
Earl of Shrewsbury ■*, continued in that family till the Duke of Shrewsbury
sold five-sixths of it, in 1710, to Thomas Leacroft, of Wirksworth, Gent. :
this share is still in the Leacroft family. About the same time, the Duke
sold the remaining sixth to Mr. Immanuel Halton. The Earl of Arundel's
share was sold by the Duke of Norfolk, in 1678, to Immanuel Halton and
others. This third part and one-sixth of the other third before-mentioned,
are now the property of his descendant, Winfield Halton, Esq.'

Winfield manor-house was built in the reign of Henry VI., by Ralph Lord
Cromwell, the Lord Treasurer. It seems probable that it was not finished
at his death, for in the steward's accounts, after it came into possession of
John Talbot, the second Earl of Shrewsbury, who lost his life at the battle
of Northampton, there are large charges for covering the manor-house,
plumber's work, &c. It appears from the same accounts, that this Earl
kept house here, and there is no doubt that Winfield-inanor was one of the
principal seats of his five immediate successors. George, the fourth Earl,
died there in 1541. His grandson, George, the sixth Earl, had for seven-
teen years the custody of Mary Queen of Scots, who, during that period,
resided at Chatsworth, Winfield, and Shefiield, but chiefly at the latter, as
appears by the dates of numerous letters ', written by herself and the Shrews-
bury family during this period, which are still preserved. She was at Win-
field for some months in the year 1569. " In the year 1569," says Camden,
" Leonard Dacres contrived a way how to convey the captive Queen out of
the custody wherein she was kept, at Winfield in the county of Derby, under

' His ancestor married a sister of Roger Belers.
"• Several farms belonging to this share were sold by the late Earl.

' Most of the particulars relating to the manor are taken from Mr. Blore's History of Win-
field-manor.
f She dates her letters from South-Winfield in May and July 1569.

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DERBYSHIRE. 291

the Earl of Shrewsbury. Northumberland being a partner in the plots dis-
covered the same to the Duke, (of Norfolk,) but the Duke forbad it to be put
in execution, fearing lest they should deliver her to the Spaniard for wife,
and hoping ere long to procure Ehzabeth's consent." The Queen of Scots
was at Winfield in the months of November and December, 1584. She was
removed thence to Tutbury-castle on the 13th January 1585.^ It appears
from Sir Ralph Sadler's Papers, published in 1809, that there were in all 210
gentlemen, yeomen, officers, and soldiers employed in the custody of the
Queen of Scots at Winfield in the month of November 1584.''

At the commencement of the civil war, Winfield manor-house was gar-
risoned for the parliament. The Earl of Newcastle took it towards the close
of the year 1643.* It was then made a royal garrison, and the command
given to Colonel Roger Molineux : it seems that he had been succeeded by
Colonel Dalby before the month of July 1 644, when Winfield was besieged
by Lord Grey, of Groby, and Sir John Gell. It appears to have stood a
siege of some length ; for, in the month of August, the King sent General
Hastings to its relief, but his troops were beaten by the Earl of Denbigh and
Sir John Gell, who then conducted the siege." Vicars relates that the gar-
rison was surrendered about the 20th of that month, on the approach of the
Earl of Manchester's army, after the battle of Marston-moor.' Sir John Gell's
account is, that when Major-General Crawford came with his ordnance to
Winfield, they both opened their batteries and having^ commenced a joint
assault, after three hours' bombardment took the garrison, in which were then

8 See p. 107.

•" The Queen's domestic establishment then consisted of five gentlemen, 14 servitors, three
cooks, four boys, three gentlemen's men, six gentlewomen, two wives, 10 wenches and children.
"The diet of the Queen of Scots on both fishe and fleshe days is said to have been about 16
dishes at both courses, dressed after their awne manner, sometimes more or less as the provision
servithe. The two secretaryes, master of her houshold, the physicion, and Du Prean have a
messe of 7 or 8 dishes, and do dyne alwayes before the Queene, and there awne servants have
there reversion ; and the rest of her folke dine with the reversion of her meat. Also her gen-
tlewomen and the two wyves and other maids and children being 16, have two messes of meat of
9 dishes at both courses for the better sort, and five dishes for the meaner sort." The Queen
and her train are said to have consumed " about 1 o ton of wine a year." — Sadler's State
Papers, vol. ii. p. 431. Wheat was then about 20s. a quarter, malt about 16s.; a good
0X4I. ; mutton 7I. a score ; hay about 13s. 4d. a load; oats 8s. the quarter, peas about 12s.
the quarter.

• The Duchess of Newcastle, in the Life of the Duke, her husband, says, "by storm in the
month of November 1643 >' Sir John Gell says, " after a siege of four days, in December 1643."
MS. narrative.

* Whitelockc. ' Vicars's Parliamentary Chronicle.

P p 2 320

292 DERBYSHIRE.

220 men: Colonel Gell left two companies in Winfield."' Colonel Dalby
was killed during the siege, after which Sir John Fitzherbert was governor.
The garrison of Winfield-manor was dismantled by order of parliament in
1646. The old mansion appears to have been inhabited, in 1678, by Mr.
Immanuel Halton, then steward to the Duke of Norfolk, who, at the time of
his purchasing the Duke's share, was described of Winfield manor-house. In
1 774, in consequence of a partition of the estate, the whole of the manor-house
became the property of Immanuel Halton, Esq., who pulled down a consi-
derable part of this beautiful and interesting Gothic mansion, and made use of
the materials in building the house, which is now the residence of his son,
Winfield Halton, Esq., at the bottom of the hill. A description of the
present state of the ruins of Winfield manor-house has been already given.

There were formerly two parks belonging to Winfield manor, the larger
of which, extending into the parish of Pentridge, contained nearly 1000
acres.

In the parish chuj'ch are some monuments of the Halton family." Mr.
Immanuel Halton, who died in 1699, was the first of the family who settled
in Derbyshire ; he was born at Greenthwaite, in the parish of Greystock in
Cumberland, and educated at the grammar-school at Blencowe ; he was
afterwards a student at Grays-Inn, " whence he was called to the service
of Henry Duke of Norfolk ; the last years of his life were spent in the
studies of music and mathematics, in which noble sciences he attained a
great perfection." Some of his mathematical treatises are printed in the
Appendix to Foster's mathematical Miscellanies ; and an Account of the
Eclipse of the Sun observed at Winfield, in the Philosophical Transactions
for 1676.

The church of South-Winfield was given to the monks of Darley by
Ralph Fitz-Stephen, Chamberlain to King Henry II.° and became appro-
priated to that convent. The Duke of Devonshire is the present impropriator
and patron of the vicarage.

The sum of 200]. given by Mr. John Newton, in 1683, for charitable
uses, having been laid out in the purchase of lands, now let at 30I. 5s. per
annum, twenty pounds per annum, part of the rent, is now given to a school-
master for instructing twenty-six children.

" Sir John Cell's Narrative, MS.

" Immanuel Halton, who died in 1699, niarried Mary, daughter of Mr. John Newton of
Oakerthorpe; Immanuel Halton, Esq., 1784; Miles Halton, M.A. 1792.
• Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. iii. p. 58.

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DERBYSHIRE. 293

The manor of Oakerthorp or Ulkerthorpe was given by Ralph Fitz-Stephen
above-mentioned to the monks of Darley, and has passed with the rectory
of South- Winfield to the Duke of Devonshire. Philip Strelley of London,
citizen and goldsmith, by will, in 1603, charged an estate here, then called
the manor of Ulkerthorpe, with certain charitable payments ; this estate, or
part of it is now the property, and Ulkerthorpe-hall the residence, of his
descendant, Mr. Benjamin Strelley.

The manor of Ufton belonged to the Heriz family, and afterwards to the
Earls of Shrewsbury. It was part of the purchase of Mr. Immanuel Halton,
and is now the property of his descendant, Winfield Halton, Esq. The site
of the manor of Ufton was near the Peacock-Inn, on the road from Chester-
field to Derby, adjoining to which stood the chapel of Limbury. There were
some remains of this chapel in 1 76 1 . John de Heriz had a licence from the
abbot of Derley to have divine service performed in the chapel of Limbury.
This must have been before the year 1330."

A considerable and increasing trade of stocking-making is carried on in
this parish. There were ninety-four stocking-frames in the year 1793'', and
there are now about 190.

WiRKswoRTH, an ancient market-town in the deanery of Ashborne, gives
name to the wapentake in which it is situated. It is distant from Derby
14 miles, and from London 140. The parish contains the townships of
Callow, Hopton, Ible, Ivenbrook, and Middleton, the villages of Bull-hill,
Steeple-house, and Wigwell, and the chapelry of Cromfbrd, in the wapen-
take of Wii'ksworth ; and the townships of Alderwasley, Ashley-hay, Alton,
Itheridge-hay, and Biggin, in the hundred of Appletree.

A market on Wednesdays, and a fair for three days at the Nativity
of the Virgin Mary, were granted to Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, in 1305.'
The market is now held on Tuesday, chiefly for butchers' meat, butter,
eggs, and pedlars' ware. The corn-market is small. The present fair-days
are Shrove-Tuesday, May 12, Sept. 8, and the second Tuesday in October,
for horned cattle, sheep, horses, and pedlars' ware. The last-mentioned
fair is also for hiring servants. The town-hall was built in 1773, by the
direction of Thomas Lord Hyde, Chancellor of the Duchy.

In the year 1547, there were 1000 houseling people' in the parish of
Wirksworth: the population of the township of Wirksworth only, in 181 1,
was 3474.

'' Topographer. i Pilkington.

' Chart. Rot. 34 Edw. I. 5 ggg „. g.

The

294 DERBYSHIRE.

The touTiship of Wirksworth contains two manors besides that of the
rectory. The chief, or paramount manor, belonged in the year 835 to the
abbey of Repton.' It is probable that in consequence of the destruction of
that monastery by the Danes, it became vested in the crown, to which it
belonged at the time of taking the Domesday Survey. King John, in the
fifth year of his reign, granted this manor to William de Ferrars, Earl of
Derby. Having been forfeited by the attainder of Robert, Earl of Derby,
in 1265, it was granted, together with the wapentake, by Edward I. to his
brother Edmund, Earl of Lancaster. It has ever since formed part of the
earldom or duchy of Lancaster. It is now held under the duchy, by Ri-
chard Arkwright, Esq., to whom it was granted on the expiration of a
lease held by the Jodrell family.

Courts-barons are held twice a year at Wirksworth, for this manor :
courts-leet for the wapentake, and barmote-courts for the better conducting
of the mines and mineral concerns within the wapentake, are held also at
Wirksworth.

The manor of Holland, otherwise Richmonds, was given by Thomas,
Earl of Lancaster to Sir Robert Holland. It continued in different
branches of the Holland family, till it was forfeited by the attainder of
Henry Holland, Duke of Exeter, in 1461. King Edward IV. granted it
to his sister Anne, Duchess of Exeter. This manor afterwards belonged
to Margaret, Countess of Richmond, mother of King Henry VII. ; on
whose death it devolved again to the crown, and was granted in 1553 to
Ralph Gell, Esq., ancestor of Philip Gell, Esq., of Hopton, M.P., the
present proprietor. This manor extends into the townships of Ashley-hay,
Middleton, Carsington, Hognaston, and Kirk-Ireton. A court-baron is
held for it at Middleton.

In the parish church are monuments of the families of Vernon', Gell",

' Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. i. p. 20.

' At the east end of the north aisle is a chapel founded by the Vernons. The brass plate in
memory of Roger Vernon, Esq., (a younger son of Sir Richard Vernon, of Haddon, 1468,) was
on an altar-tomb in this chapel.

" In the Gell chapel, at the end of the north aisle — the monument of Ralph Gell, Esq.,
(with the efiSgies of the deceased and his two wives,) son of John Gell, of Hopton, 1564; the
monument of Anthony Gell, Esq., founder of the school and alms-house, (with the effigies of
the deceased in a gown and ruff,) 1583; Sir John Gell, Bart., 1671, (he married Elizabeth,
daughter of Sir Percival Willoughby) ; Sir John Gell, Bart., i688, (married Catherine, daugh-
ter of John Packer, Esq., of Shillingford, Berks); Sir Philip Gell, Bart., 1719, (married Eli-
zabeth, daughter of Sir John Fagg, Bart.) ; Mrs. Temperance Gell, daughter of Sir John, and
sole surviving sister of Sir Philip Gell, Bart,, 1730.

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BlackwalP, VVigley', Lowe^ and Hurt'; Anthony Hopkinson, Gent. 1618;
Anne, relict of Thomas Parker, and one of the daughters and coheirs of
Robert Venables, of Wincham, Cheshire, 1699; George Turner, Esq., of
the ancient family of that name at Swanwick, in thk county, 1768; and
Francis Green, Esq., 1782.

Bassano's volume of Church-Notes describes a little chapel or quire in
the aisle on the south side of the steeple, which was supposed to have be-
longed to the lords of Callow, but it had not then any arms or monument j
and two such quires on the west side of the steeple, one dedicated to St.
Catherine, founded by the Wigleys of the Gatehouse, and then the property
of Michael Burton, proprietor of that house ; the other founded by the
lords of Ible, then belonging to Sir John Statham. It had been defaced in
the civil war, and had then no monuments remaining. The same volume
describes memorials for John Feme, Esq., 1509, (in the chancel ;) Henry
Gee, 1 61 9; John Stuffin, Gent. 1696; &c.

In the cliurcli-yard is the tomb of Matthew Peat, of Alderwasley, who
died Dec. 11, 1751, aged 109 years and 10 months.

The rectory of Wirksworth was granted by King Henry I. to the church
of Lincoln. The rectorial manor and impropriate tithes are vested in the
Dean of Lincoln, under whom they are held on lease by George Henry
Errington, Esq. The Dean is patron of the vicarage. The vicar is by
custom entitled to the tithes of lead ore. John Beresford, sometime vicar

'^ In a chapel at the end of the north aisle, which belonged to the Blackwalls of Alton, after-
wards to the Cells, is a slab with brass plates for Thomas Blackwall, 1525, and Maud his wife.
The more ancient burial-place for the Blackwalls was in a chapel called the Alton quire, after-
v,ards used as a vestry. In this chapel were, in 1710, the tombs of John Blackwall, 1520, and

Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Blackwall, and wife of Wigley, 1500. — Bassano's Church-

Notes.

y In the chancel is the monument of Henry Wigley, of Wigwell, lineally descended from
John de Wigley, who lived in the reign of King John, ob. 1684; he married Mary, sister and
coheir of John Spateman, Esq.,of Roadnoke: he left three daughters, coiieirs — Anne, married
Gervas Rosel) ; Bridget, Sir John Statham, Knt. ; and Mary, Michael Burton. Bassano's
volume of Church-Notes describes the tombs of Henry Wigley, of Middleton, 161 8, and
Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Ralph Cell; and Henry Wigley, who died in 1690' xt. 13.

^ An altar-tomb in the chancel, with the effigies of the deceased in armour, for Anthony
Lowe, Esq., servant to King Henry VII., Henry VHI., King Edward VI., and Queen Mary.
ob. 1555 ; John Lowe, Esq., 1690.

' Elizabeth, sister and sole heir of John Lowe, and wife of Nicholas Hurt, 1713; Francis
Hurt, Esq., 1783 ; and Francis Hurt, Esq., 1801.

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of Wirksworth, founded two fellowships and two scholarships at St. John's
college in Cambridge, for his kinsmen, parishioners, or countrymen.

The revenues of the Rode chantry, in this church, founded by Sir Henry
Vernon, were valued in 1 547, at 5I. 3s. 8d. per annum ; that of St. Ellis,
founded in 1504 by Richard Smyth, vicar, were valued at 4I. los. Sd."

There was formerly a Presbyterian meeting-house at Wirksworth, now
occupied by a congregation of Independents. Mrs. Sarah Wood, in 1707,
left 40s. per annum to the minister of this meeting. There are also at
Wirksworth a Baptists' meeting, and a chapel of the Wesleyan Me-
thodists.

In the year 1574, Mrs. Agnes Feme gave five marks per annum to a free-
school, when such should be founded, and 40s. per annum to an alms-house
when founded. It is probable that she knew of the intentions of Anthony
Gell, Esq., who in 1576 founded a grammar-school, and endowed it with
lands, now let at about 170I. per annum, and an alms-liouse for six poor
aged men, to which he gave a rent-charge of 20I. on the manor of Hollands.
Mr. Henry Gee, in 1619, gave 5I. per annum to the school, and 5I. per
annum to the alms-house. Mr. Anthony Bunting, in 1685, gave 5I. per
annum to tlie alms-house.

The manor of Callow or Caldlow, (which township forms a joint con-
stablery with Ible) was an appendage to the King's manor of Wirksworth.
It was held at a very early period by the family of Okeover. In the reign
of Edward I. it belonged to the De la Laundes ; from whom it passed suc-
cessively to the Stathams of Morley, and the Sacheverells. Henry Sache-
verell, Esq., who died in 1620, gave it to his natural son, Valens Sacheverell,
whose son George gave a moiety of it to his great nephew, George Sache-
verell Chadwick : this moiety is now the property of George Chadwick,
Esq. The other moiety was given by George Sacheverell, Esq., to the ce-
lebrated Dr. Henry Sachevereir, rector of St. Andrew's, Holborn. The
Doctor's widow gave it to her third husband, Charles Chambers. It after-
wards became the property of Mr. Chambers's daughter, who married Mac-
kenzie, and gave a moiety of this share to Miss Jane Mackenzie, her hus-

*> Chantry Roll.

' We have already mentioned that Dr. Sacheverell does not appear to have been of the
Derbyshire family. (See the account of ancient families.) He was, however, desirous of being
thought a relation; and it appears that some of the family were proud of the connexion. Hut-
ton mentions that Dr. Sacheverell was chaplain to his cousin George Sacheverell when Sheriff,
and preached the assize-sermon at All-Saints' church in 1709. It appears, by the gift above-
mentioned that he received from him a more substantial proof of his attachment.

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band's sister, and the other to Mary Kirkby, who married Mr. Thomas Ro-
binson. In 1775 these parties joined in selhng the moiety of the manor of
Callow to Piiiiip Gel), Esq., father of Philip Cell, Esq., M.P., tlie present
proprietor. 'J he duchy manor exercises a paramount jurisdiction over the
manor of Callow. In consequence of a partition of the estate, Callow-hall
and de.Tiesne are the property of Mr. Chadwick.

In or about the reign of Edward I., certain lands in Ibole or Ible, de-
scribed as a third part of the lordship, were sold by Henry de Barton to
Ralph de Snitterton, from whom this estate passed to the Sacheverells.
Tiiomas Sacheverell sold it, in or about the year 1498, to Sir Henry Ver-
non. In or about the year 1565, Sir George Vernon sold the manor of
Ible to Henry Mather, whose grandson conveyed it to Anthony Hopkinson.
John Hopkmson, Esq., of Bonsall, sold it in 1689 to the Reverend William
Osborne; by him it was, in 1696, conveyed to William Buckley, yeoman,
whose grandson sold it in parcels. The duchy manor of Wirksworth
has a paramount jurisdiction over this lordship.

• The township of Hopton adjoins the village of Carsington about a mile
and a half from Wirksworth. A family who were called De Hopton, from
the place of their abode, had the chief landed property in Hopton as early
as the reign of King John. William de Hopton, who lived in the reign of
Edward II., left a daughter and heir married to Nicholas de Rollesley.
The heiress of Rollesley brought this estate in the reign of Queen Eliza-
beth to Sir William Kniveton ; fiom whom it passed successively to
the families of Greatrakes, Feme, and Stuffin. Johanna, daughter and
heir of another branch of the family, is said to have brought all her estates
in Hopton and Carsington to Ralph Gell, whose ancestors had then resided
for some generations at Hopton. A descendant of the same name died
seised of the manor of Hopton in 1564. Sir John Gell, who had been
created a Baronet in 1642, was from the very commencement of the civil
war a most zealous officer on the side of the Parliament." He took Lich-
field, and rendered very important services to his party in his native county
and elsewhere, for which he several times received the thanks of the

" Mrs. Hutchinson, who allows that Sir John Gell " very early put himself into the service
of Parliament," accuses him of having been, before the commencement of the war, one of the
most zealous abettors of the King's arbitrary measures ; and says, tliat when sheriff of Derby-
shire, he had exacted most rigorously the obnoxious tax of ship-money, particularly against
Sir John Stanhope. This lady makes pretty free with his character, and attributes his early
and active zeal for the Parliament to his fear of being called in question for his arbitrary pro-
ceedings. See her Memoirs, p. 106, 107.

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House. It appears that after the termination of the war, he was much dis-
satisfied with the treatment he received from the Parliament. In the
possession of his descendant, Philip Gell, Esq., M.P., at Hopton-hall, are two
narratives of the principal transactions in which he had been engaged, and
the services he had rendered to the Parliament, drawn up as it appears by
way of memorials% to confute certain calumnies of which he complains.
He states, that he was the first in that county, who declared for the Par-
hament ; that he had received from them only 64I., and that he had ex-
pended above 5000I. of his own property, besides the loss he sustained when
his house was plundered by the enemy. Among Sir John Gell's papers is an
order of the Earl of Leven, dated April 21, 1646, enjoining the Scottish forces
not to plunder Hopton, or any]of Sir John Gell's houses or lands. There is a
bill, also, for the the cure of a severe wound in his neck, from which some
items are given in the note as a specimen of the practice and charges of
that time.' The first charge is on the 7th of July, 1646 ; the cure appears
to have been completed before August 22. There is no intimation in the
narrative, which is brought down to October 1646, where this wound was

^ One of these is entitled, " A true relation of what service hath been done by Colonel
Sir John Gell, Bart., for the King and Parliament, in defence of the town and county of
Derby, and how aiding and assisting he hath been to the adjacent counties, viz. Nottingham-
shire, Staffordshire, Cheshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire, from October 1642 to
October 1646." Notwithstanding all which, he complains that his forces were disbanded with
4I. 6s. each to the privates of horse, and il. 6s. each to the foot, with nothing to the officers,
whose pay was two years in arrear. The other narrative is «' A true account of the raising and
employing of one foot regiment, under Sir John Gell ;" and is in substance much the same as
the other.

L. s. d.
^ Balsam for the head - - - - -046

Perfume for the head - - - - -046

A spiritual balsam - - - - -oioo

Five papers of bezoar and raagist. powders - - o 15 o

A cordial syrup to take them in- - - -020

A cordial julep, with confect. alkermes - - -066

A plaister to stop bleeding - - - -010

A plaister for the spleen - - - -036

Cordial lozenges - - - - - -0126

For applying leeches =• - - - -050

Aqua paralitica magist. - - - - -050

Aqua salvias et betonicae - - - - -010

Among other items are several gargarisras, and vesicatories for the neck. There are charges
also for broth, each time is. The total of the charge was J3I. 9s. The surgeon's name was
Ralph Bowring.

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received ; it appears to have been wiien the war was nearly over, and after
Newark, the last fortress in that part of the country, had capitulated. Sir
John Gell's colours, being the family arms, with the cross of St. George
on a canton, are at Hopton in good preservation ; together with some of
the small artillery used in the civil wai', and the leathern doublet worn by
Sir John in the field : in the neck is a flaw, which seems to have been made
by the ball fiom which Sir John received his wound. The doublet weighs
1 1 pounds.

In 1650 Sir John Gell incurred the displeasure of the then ruling powers,
and was sentenced by the High Court of Justice to be imprisoned for life,
and his estates to be confiscated ^ ; but two years afterwards he procured
his pardon. Sir Philip Gell, the third Baronet, purchased, of the StuflSns,
the estate at Hopton, which had belonged to the other branch of the
Hoptons. Upon his death, in 1719, the title became extinct, and Hopton,
with other estates, passed under his will to John Eyre, a younger son of his
sister Catherine", who, in pursuance of his uncle's directions, took the name
of Gell, and was grandfather of Philip Gell, Esq., M,P., of Hopton-hall,
the present lord of the manor.

Sir Philip Gell above-mentioned founded an alms-house at Hopton for
two poor people of Hopton and two of Carsington. It was completed and
inhabited in 1722. Certain lands are charged with the payment of as. a
week to each pensioner.

The manor of Ivenbrook (a small village about four miles north from
Wirksworth) was given by Henry Studley, who died about the year 11 65,
to the abbey of Bildewas, in Shropshire. It was granted by King Henry
VIII. to Edward Grey, Lord Powis j from whom it has passed by inherit-
ance, through the Ludlows and Vernons of Stokesley, to the Right Honour-
able Lord Scarsdale, who is the present proprietor.

Cromford, about two miles north of Wirksworth is a populous village, or
rather as it may now be called, a town, inhabited chiefly by manufacturers
belonging to the cotton-mills : it nearly adjoins to Matlock-bath. A mar-
ket for corn, butchers' -meat, &c., was established at Cromford in 1790:
the market-day is Wednesday. Sir Hugh Meynell had a grant of free-
warren in his lands at Cromford in the year 1350.' These lands, which
are supposed to have constituted what is now the manor of Cromford, were
afterwards in the family of Leche, from whom they passed by sale to the

8 Several Proceedings in Parliament, Oct. 3, 1650.

" She married William Eyre, Esq., of Highlow. ■ Chart. Rot, 24 Edw. III.

Q q 2 Agards j

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Agards " j and from the latter, in like manner, to Sir William Cavendisli*
Henry Talbot, Esq., (third son of George, Earl of Shrewsbury,) died seised
of the manor of Cromford in 1596. From Mary, LadyArmyne, his
daughter and coheir, it passed to Evelyn, Duke of Kingston, descended
from her sister Gertrude. The Duke sold it, in 17 16, to William Soresby,
Gent. William Soresby, the grandson, dying unmarried, his two sisters
became his coheirs : Mary married William Milnes, Esq., and Helen the
Reverend Thomas Munro. Mr. Milnes purchased Munro's moiety, and in
1776 sold the whole to Peter Nightingale, Esq., of Lea, of whom it was
purchased in 1789, by Sir Richard Arkwright, father of Richard Ark-
wright, Esq., M.P., the present proprietor.

Cromford became very populous in consequence of the cotton-works es-
tablished by the late Sir Richard Arkwright at this place, and in the adjoin-
ing parish of Matlock. The first cotton-mill was erected in 1771 ; the
second, or lower mill, a few years afterwards ; and the large mill, called
Masson-mill, between Cromford and Matlock-bath, in 1783.

Soon after Sir Richard Arkwright purchased the manor of Cromford he
began to build a chapel on a piece of ground called the Green, which was
finished by Mr. Arkwright after his fither's death. This chapel was con-
secrated in 1797, and endowed by Mr. Arkwright with 50]. per annum.
It has since, by Mr. Arkwright's further benefaction, been augmented with
Queen Anne's Bounty. The patronage is vested in Mr. Arkwright and
his heirs. There had been an ancient chapel at this place, many years ago
demolished.

Between Cromford and Wirksworth is an alms-house for six poor widows,
founded by Dame Mary Armyne, lady of the manor of Cromford, in 1651.
The pensioners have 40s. per annum each, and a gown.

The Wigley family had for several generations a considerable estate at
Middleton : the manor belongs to Philip Gell, Esq., of Hopton. A branch
of the Gell family was some time settled here.

Wigwell-grange was given in the reign of Henry III,, by William le
Foune and others, and confirmed by William de Ferrars, Earl of Derby,
to the abbot and convent of Derley ; and it is said to have been the fa-
vourite summer residence of the abbots of that house. King Henry VIII.
granted this estate to Thomas Babington, Esq., of Dethick. Anthony
Babington Esq., in 1585, sold it to Mr. Henry Wigwell, of Middleton. A
coheiress of Wigwell brought it to Sir John Statham, whose son sold it to

'^ Thomas Agard died seised of it in 1 548.

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the trustees of Mr. John Mander, of Bakewell. It was purchased of the
latter, m 1774, by Francis Green, Esq., and is now the property of his
grandson, Francis Green Goodwin, Esq.

Alderwasley, commonly called Arrowsley, lies about two miles south-east
from Wirksworth. The manor anciently belonged to the Ferrars family,
and was aftei-wards annexed to the earldom and duchy of Lancaster. The
family of Le Foune, or Fawne, had an estate here as early as the reign of
Henry III. Thomas Fawne, their descendant, the last of the male line,
left a daughter and heii', married to Thomas Lowe, father of Anthony
Lowe, who procured from King Henry VIII., in 1528, a grant of the
manor, which had belonged to the duchy. Elizabeth, the sister and heir
of his descendant and namesake, who died in 1690, brought this manor and
estate to Nicholas Hurt, of Castern in Staffordshire, great-great-grandfather
of Francis Hurt, Esq., of Alderwasley-liall, the present proprietor. In the
civil war (1643) this manor was sequestered as the property of Edward
Lowe, a royalist, and in 1 646 leased to Richard Chad wick. It appears by
one of the grants to the family of Le Foune, that the Earls of Lancaster
had a hunting-seat near Alderwasley.

The chapel at Alderwasley was built in the reign of Henry VIII., by the
joint contributions of Thomas Lowe and other principal inhabitants. It is
not subject to ecclesiastical jurisdiction, has no parochial duties performed
in it, and has no endowment. The minister is paid an optional salary by
Mr. Hurt, who has the sole appointment. Alderwasley forms a joint con-
stablery with Ashley-hay and Miln-hay.

The townships of Alton and Biggin form a joint constablery. Alton is
situated about two miles south from Wirksworth. William de Ferrars, Earl
of Derby, conveyed the manor of Alton, in the reign of Henry III., to
Richard Burun, or Byron, whose descendant. Sir Nicholas Byron, died
seised of it in 1503. It was afterwards successively in the Blackwalls' and
Iretons. Henry Mellor jjurchased it of the latter about the middle of the
seventeenth century : his brother and heir sold it to the Honourable An-
chetil Grey. In 1 747, George Grey, Earl of Stamford, sold it to Dr. (after-
wards Sir Edward) Wilmot, grandfather of Sir Robert Wilmot, Bart., of
Chaddesden, who is the present proprietor.

Both Biggin and Iderich-hay or Ithersay are parcel of the manor of Duf-
fiekl, belonging to Richard Paul Jodrell, Esq. There was anciently a
chapel at Biggin, or as it was called, Newbiggin, which was esteemed to be

' VViJliain Blackwall died seised of it in 1597.

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in the parish of Kniveton, as appears by an old grant of a chantry in this
chapel to Sir Robert de Essebourn. It has, for nearly four centuries, been
deemed part of the parish of Wirksworth.

A family of the name of Mellor, supposed to be a branch of the Mellors
of Mellor, held a considerable estate in the township of Iderich-hay, from
the reign of Henry VII. till the death of Mr. Samuel Mellor in 1 795. His
grand-daughteis and coheirs married Cresswell and Cock.

Henry Jackson, in 1752, left the sum of 15I. for the purpose of teaching
two children of the township of Iderich-hay.

The manor of Griffe, partly in this parish and partly in that of Bradborne,
has long been in the family of Gell.

YouLGRAVE, in the deanery of the High-Peak, lies about three miles from
Bakewell, which is its post-town ; thirteen from Chesterfield and thirteen
from Ashborne. It comprises the townships of Middleton and Smerrill, and
the chapelry of Elton in the wapentake of Wirksworth, and the townships of
Birchover, Gratton, and Stanton ; the villages of Alport and Conksbury,
and the chapelry of Winster in the hundred of the High-Peak. The town-
ship of Youlgrave is partly in the hundred of the High-Peak and partly in
the wapentake of Wirksworth.

Youlgrave (Giolgrave) was one of the manors belonging to Henry de
Ferrars, when the Survey of Domesday was taken. In the reign of Edw. I.
it was held under the Earl of Lancaster by Ralph de Shirley." It afterwards
became the property of the family of Gilbert alias Kniveton, who had been
settled at Youlgrave from a very early period, and had married the heiress of
Rossington. Eleanor, heiress of the Gilberts, brought it in 1629, to Charles
Barnesley, Esq. It was afterwards in the Buxtons, of whom it was pur-
chased in 1685, by John Earl of Rutland, and is now by descent, the property
of his Grace the Duke of Rutland.

In the parish church are, the tombs of Robert Gilbert, Esq." (no date) ;
his wife Joan, (Statham) 1492 : one of more ancient date (without inscrip-
tion) of the family of Cokaine of Herthill ; and that of a crusader, said to
be Sir John Rossington. There are monuments also of Roger Rooe, Esq., of
Alport, 1612; Charles Greaves, Esq., of Woodhouse, 1720; John Eley, Esq.,
of Alport, Major-Commandant of the Artillery, in the East India Company's
service, and others of his family.

Bassano's volume of Church Notes, describes memorials for Frideswide
Gilbert, sister of John Gilbert, merchant-taylor, of London (no date) ;

» Esch. 25 Edw. I. " In a chapel built by the said Robert Gilbert.

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Roger Rooe, of Alport, Esq., 1613 ; and Francis Fox, of Youlgrave, Gent.,
1660.

Tlie church of Youlgrave was given to the abbey of Leicester, in or before
the reign of Henry II., by Robert, son of Robert, the son of Col°, which
Col was one of the lords of the manor in the reign of Edward the Confessor.
King Edward VI., in 1552, granted the rectory and advowson of the
vicarage to Sir William Cavendish", from whom they have descended to his
Grace the Duke of Devonshire. The vicarage was augmented by Queen
Anne's bounty in 1722, the money i-equired for that purpose having been
raised by a subscription, to which the Dukes of Devonshire and Rutland
contributed 30I. each.

An act of parliament for inclosing Youlgrave and Middleton passed in
1 8 15. The Duke of Devonshire is stated in the act to be impropriator of
corn, &c. in Youlgrave and Middleton ; the Duke of Rutland of wool and
lambs in Middleton.

The following remarkable entries relating to the seasons of 161 5, are
copied from the parish register.

" A memoriall of the great snow."

"This year, 1614-5, Jan: 16, began the greatest snow which ever fell
uppon the earth, within man's memorye. It cover'd the earth fyve quarters
deep uppon the playne. And for heapes or drifts of snow, they were
very deep, so that passengers, both horse and foot, passed over yates,
hedges, and walles. It fell at ten severall tymes, and the last was the
greatest, to the greate admiration and feare of all the land, for it came from
the foure p" of the world, so that all c'ntryes were full, yea, the south p"te as
well as these mountaynes. It continued by daily encreasing untill the 12'"
day of March, (without the sight of any earth, eyther uppon hilles or val-
leyes) uppon w'" daye, being the Lordes day, it began to decrease ; and
so by little and little consumed and wasted away, till the eight and twentyth
day of May for then all the heapes or drifts of snow were consumed, except
one uppon Kinder-Scout, w'" lay till Witson week.

" Hyndrances and losses in this peake c~ntry by the snowe abovesayd.
I. It hindered the seed tyme. 2. It consumed much fodder. 3. And
many wanted fewell, otherwise few were smoothered in the fall or diowned
in the passage ; in regard the floods of water were not great though

many."

" The name of our Lord be praysed."

» Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. ii. p. 315. «" Rot. Pat. 6 Edw. VI.

7 " There

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" There fell also ten lesse snowes in Aprill, some a foote deep, some lesse,
but none continued long. Uppon May day, in the morning, instead of
fetching in flowers, the youthes brought in flakes of snow, w"" lay above
a foot deep uppon the moores and mountaynes."

This extraordinary snow is thus mentioned by Stowe in his Chronicle.
The dates somewhat vary.

" The 17th of Januarie, 1 614-5, began a great frost with extreame snow,
which continued until the 14 of February ; and albeit, the violence of the
frost and snow some dayes abated, yet it continued freezing and snowing
much or little, untill the 7 of March, whereby much cattel perished, as
well old as young : and in some places, divers devised snow-ploughes to
cleare the ground, and to fodder cattell j this snow was very dangerous to
all travailers."

1 61 5. "A dry summer."

" There was no rayne fell uppon the earth from the 25"" day of March
till the 1^ day of May, and then there was but one shower ; after which
there fell none tyll the 18'" day of June, and then there fell an other ;
after y' there fell none at all till the 4"" day of August, after which tyme
there was sufficient rayne uppon the earth ; so that the greatest p' of this
land, especially the south p" were burnt upp both corne and hay. An ordi-
nary sumer load of hay was at 2I., and little or none to be gott for money.

" This p' of the peake was very sore burnt upp, onely Lankishyre and
Cheshyre had rayne ynough all sum~er ; and both corne and hay sufllicient.

" There was very little rayne fell the last winter but snowe onely."

There is a chapel at Youlgrave for the Wesleyan Methodists.

A school is supported here by voluntary subscriptions ; the schoolhouse
was built in 1765. A small benefaction for the purchase of books was given
by Mrs. Ellen Webster.

The manor of Middleton belonged to theHerthills, and passed with their
heiress to the Cokaines. About the close of the sixteenth century, it was
sold by the latter to the Fulwoods, who possessed it for a considerable time.
In 1719 it belonged to Sir John Curzon and Elizabeth Bateman. Sir John
Curzon's part passed successively to Sanders and Howe. In 1771 this
manor was the joint property of Lord Viscount Howe and Matthew Roper,
Esq. It now belongs to Thomas Bateman, Esq., by purchase from the
coheiresses of Viscount Howe.

Smerrill grange passed with the manor of Herthill, in Bakewell, from the
Herthills to the Cokaines, and from the latter, by sale to the ancestor of the
Duke "of Devonshire, who is the present proprietor.

12 The

DERBYSHIRE. 305

The parochial chapelry of Elton hes about two miles and a half from
Youlgrave, and one and a quarter from Winster. The manor, from the reign
of Edward III. to that of Queen Elizabeth, belonged to the Foljambes. In the
former reign it was held under the Tibetots, who had succeeded the Bar-
dolfs as Lords paramount, by the render of a pair of gilt spurs.'' It is now
in moieties between Bache Thornhill, Esq., and Hylton Joliffe, Esq. The
latter derives his title from a coheiress of the Stevensons by marriage.''
Mr. Thornhill's moiety was purchased of the other coheiress.

The minister of Elton chapel is appointed by the majority of householders
in the chapelry : the curacy has been augmented by Queen Anne's bounty.
An act of parliament for inclosing lands in the townships of Elton and
Winster, was passed in 1809, when allotments were made in lieu of tithes.
Two bovates of land in Gratton were given, in the year 1358, to the warden
of the altar of St. Margaret at Elton, by Godfrey Meynell and William de
Saperton.' .; .

The manor of Gratton belonged to the Middle'tons in the reign of
Henry VIII., and they continued to possess it in 1675 : about that time it
passed by marriage to the Lowes. In 1723, it was purchased by John,
grandfather of Bache Thornhill, Esq., who is the present proprietor.
Mr. Thornhill possesses also the manors of Stanton and Birchover. Stanton
belonged to the Foljambes, and passed, by marriage, to the Plumptons. Sir
William Plumpton died seised of it in 1480. It was the joint property of the
Duke of Rutland and Mr. Thornhill till the year 1809, when, in consequence
of an exchange made under the Inclosure Act, the whole became vested in
Mr. Thornhill. Stanton-hall, the seat of Bache Thornhill, Esq., was for
two centuries or more the residence of his ancestors, the Baches. Mr.
Thornhill rebuilt the hall in 1799, and has lately made a deer-park, and ex-
tensive plantations.

Thomas Allen, yeoman, who died in 1574, was seised of a moiety of the
manor of Stanton-hall, and the manor of Stanton-Ley. This estate now
belongs to the Duke of Rutland, who has fitted up an old mansion on it,
called Stanton-Woodhouse, (formerly the residence of the Aliens) as a place
of occasional resort during the shooting season.

Lands in the township of Stanton have been inclosed by an act of parlia-

■i Esch. II EcUv. I, As a remnant of this service, tlie King, in right of the Duchy of Lan-
caster, is entitled to palfrey silver in this manor. See the Inclosure Act.

^ The grandfather of Mr. Joliffe, the present proprietor, married Miss Jane Holden, whose
mother was one of the coheiresses of Stevenson of Elton.

* Esch. 32 Edw. III. 56. second numbering.

Vol, v. R r raent

306 . DERBYSHIRE.

ment passed in 1809. The Duke of Rutland and Mr. Thornhill had allot-
ments as joint impropriators of tithes. The Marchioness of Sligo was
entitled to certain modus's for tithes of hay.

The chapel at Rowtor in the hamlet of Birchover, was built by Thomas
Eyre, Esq., of Rowtor, who died in 17 17, and endowed with 20I. per
annum, for the performance of divine service on the first Sunday in every
month. The service is now generally performed every Sunday. The minister
of this chapel is appointed by the possessor of the estate at Rowtor, for-
merly belonging to the Eyres. It is exempt from ecclesiastical jurisdiction,
and is repaired by the voluntary contributions of the inhabitants of Birch-
over, that hamlet being about two miles distant from the parish church.

Conksbury and Meadow-Pleck, or Meadow-Place, lying to the north of
Youlgrave, near Over-Haddon, in Bakewell, belonged to the abbey of Lei-
cester. Conksbury was given to that monastery (and probably the grant
included Meadow- Place) by William Avenell.' King Edward VI., in 1552,
granted the manor of Meadow-Pleck to Sir William Cavendish", from whom
it has descended to his Grace the Duke of Devonshire.

Winster is a small market-town, about three miles from Youlgrave, about
19 miles from Derby, and about 145 from London. The market, which
appears to have been held by prescription, (as we can find no grant for it
on record,) is held on Saturdays, chiefly for butchers'-meat. There is no
fair now held.

Winster (Winsterne) was one of the manors belonging to Henry de Fer-
rars, when the Survey of Domesday was taken. It was, at a later period, in
the Mountjoys, who were succeeded by the Meynells. The latter sold it
to the freeholders in the reign of Queen Elizabeth.

Mrs. Ann Phenney and Mr. Henry Fenshaw, in 1702, gave one-fourth
of the tithes of corn and hay in this township to the minister of the chapel,
who is appointed by the resident freeholders. The chapel was augmented
by Queen Anne's Bounty, in tlie early part of the last century ; the inha-
bitants having subscribed 200I. for that purpose : the lands were purchased
in the year 1728.

There is a chapel at Winster for the Wesleyan Methodists.

Thomas Eyre, Esq., of Rowtor, in 1717, gave 20I. per annum to the
minister of Winster, on condition of his teaching 20 children to read the
Bible. Mr. Moore, of Winster, in 1718, gave 5I. per annum for the purpose
of teaching poor children.

' Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. ii. p. 314. " Rot. Pat. 6 Edw.VI.

( 307 )

ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS.

GENERAL HISTORY.

T) iv. It is stated in Farey's Agricultural Survey *, that in 1803, there
were 267 friendly societies or benefit clubs in Derbyshire, of which
20 were of females : the total number of members in the men's societies
21,505, in the women's, iioo.

P. vi. To the eminent natives of Derbyshire, whose birth-place cannot
be ascertained, may be added. Woodward the celebrated mineralogist, born
in 1665.

On the 9th of June, 1817, an alarming insurrection broke out at South-
Winfield, in this county. The insurgents, who were chiefly inhabitants
of South- Winfield and some neighbouring villages, proceeded towards
Nottingham, in pursuit of their rash enterprise ; the object of which was
the overthrow of the constitution. They were met by a party of the mili-
tary withi» a few miles of the above-mentioned town, and speedily dis-
persed. Many of the insurgents taken on this occasion were committed
to the prisons of Nottingham and Derby, and tried by a special commission
at Derby, in the month of October following ; wlien three out of four of
the ringleaders, who had been tried and convicted of high-treason, were
executed at Derby, on the 7th of November. Nineteen others, who had
pleaded not guilty, withdrew that plea, and having pleaded guilty, by the
advice of their counsel, were reprieved : and twelve were acquitted, no
evidence having been offered against them.

P. xviii. The market at Heanor has been wholly discontinued since we
first visited Derbyshire.

P. Ixxvii. Francis Beaumont of Barrow, grandson of Edward here
mentioned, married the heiress of Brasbridge.

P. Ixxix. Mr. Warburton, father of t'he herald of that name, married the
heiress of Michael Buxton of Buxton.

P. Ixxxvii. Thomas, the immediate ancestor of Robert Holden, Esq.,
now of Darley-abbey, being the second son of Samuel Holden, Esq., wlio

" Vol. iii. p. 564 — 566.

R r 2 - died

308

DERBYSHIRE.

died in 1692, married a coheiress of Gilbert Millington, Esq., of Felley-
abbey in Nottinghamshire, who was some time M. P. for Nottingham, and
one of the judges of King Charles I. The late Mr. Holden of Darley-
abbey, who died without issue, was descended from Alexander, third son
of Samuel Holden above-mentioned, by the heiress of Atkinson.

P. c. Thomas Bee, Bisliop of St. David's, bore a mitre in the dexter
chief of his arms.

P. cvi. In the cut of the arras of Ingwardby, the lion should be
passant, not passant-guardant.

PAROCHIAL HISTORY.

P. g. The dean of Lincoln is patron of the vicarage of Ashborne.

P. 23. Jane Shepherd, in 1734, gave 12s. per annum, for teaching poor
children of Aston.

P. 26. Mary Hague, in 1715, gave a house for teaching seven poor
children of Bakewell : this has since been occupied by a schoolmaster.

P. 31. The Reverend Samuel Evatt, in 1761, gave il. per annum to
the master of the free grammar-school at Ashford. -.

P. 38, 1. 21. The congregation of the meeting-house at Buxton are
Unitarians. — P. c,6. The meeting-house at Glapwell still exists, and is
occupied by the Independents. Having reason to suppose that we had
been misinformed in other instances with respect to dissenting places of
worship and meeting-houses of the Methodists ; we have been since enabled
to correct errors and supply deficiencies by the kind assistance of the
Reverend D. P. Davies, minister of the Unitarian congregation at Millford,
and the Rev. Adam Clarke, LL.D. F.A.S. It appears, by the communi-
cations of these gentlemen, that there are in Derbyshire the following
congregations.

IJniiarians.

Roman Catholics.

Derby.
Hathersage.

Presbyterians.

Chelmorton.
Great-Hucklow.

Stony-Middleton.

Lea in Ashover.

Buxton.

Chesterfield.

Derby.

Belper in Duffield.

Duffield.

Millford in Duffield.

Ilkeston.

Melbourne.

Norton.

Finderne in Mickle-Ovcr.

Ripley in Pentrich.

Independents.

Bolsover.

Glapwell in Bolsover.

Chester-

DERBYSHIRE.

309

|- in Glossop.

Chesterfield.

Derby.

Dronfield.

lielper in Duffield.

Heage in Duffield,

Charlesworth.

Hayfield and

Marple-bridge

Ilkeston.

Matlock-bath.

Melbourne.

Snelston in Norbury.

Pentrich.

Wirksworth.

General Baptists.

Derby.

Caldwell in Stapenhill.
Ilkeston.
Turndich.
Wirksworth.

Particular Baptists.

Swanwick in Alfreton.

Derb)\

Ilkeston.

Quakers.

Monyash in Bakewell.

Chesterfield.

Derby.

Dronfield.

Hayfield in Glossop.

Melbourne.

in Bakewell.

Moravians.
Ockbrook.

Methodists in the late Mr.

Wesley's connection.
Alfreton

Ridgway in Alfreton.
Ashborne.
Ash over.
Bakewell.
Baslow,
Beeley,
Buxton, and
Flagg,
Castleton.
Edale in Castleton.
Chapei-en-Ie-Frith,
Chesterfield.

Brimmington in Chesterfield.
Crich.

Tansley in Crich.
Derby.
Quarndon in St. Alkmund's,

Derby.
Doveridge.
Dronfield.
Duffield.
Belper,

Hazlewood, and J- in Duffield.
Millford,
Eckington.
Eyam.
Foolow, and J . „

Grindleford-bridgel'^^y^™

-in Glossop.

Chinley,

Hadfield,

Hayfield, and

New-Mills,

Hartington.

Hartshorn.

Hathersage.

Heanor.

Bradwell and 1 • tt

Great-Hucklowj'""°P^-

Horsley.

Woodhouse in Horsley.

Ilkeston.

Melbourne.

Norinanton.

Ockbrook.

Burrow-ash in Ockbrook.

Finderne in Mickle-Over.

Ilipley in Pentrich.

Repton.

Measham and 7 • n ,

Tickenhall j'" Repton.

Sawley.

Draycote in Sawley.

Spondon.

Staveley.

Handley in Staveley.

Tideswell.

Soiith-Winfield.

Wirksworth.

Cromford in Wirksworth.

Youlgrave.

Winster in Youlgrave.

There is a congregation of Calvinistic Methodists at Compton near Ash-
borne J and congregations of Kilhamites at Chesterfield and Ilkeston.

P. 46. Samuel Bristow, Esq., in 1696, gave a rent-charge of 15I. per
annum for teaching or apprenticing poor children of Twyford.

P. 48. John Newbold gave to the poor of Beighton, and for teaching
four boys, land let, in 1787, at 2I. 15s. per annum, and a rent-charge of
6s. per annum for teaching one boy.

P. 56. In the return made to the House of Commons in 1787,
Mrs. Isabella Smithson's charity is said to have been intended, in the
first instance, for giving marriage portions of 25I. each, to young
women.

P. 72. Mr. Charles Potts, in 1724, gave the sum of 20I. to purciiase
lands for the education of two poor scholars at the school founded by
Richard Bagshaw, Esq., at Castleton. Mr. Robert Chailesworth, in 1735,

2 gave

310 DERBYSHIRE.

gave a dwelling-house at Castleton, divided into two tenements, for the
pui-pose of paying los. per annum, in discharge of a bequest of ibl. left to
the parish of Castleton by his father for charitable uses in general, the
remainder to be applied in aid of Castleton-school.

P. 8i. 1. 29, and 84. 1. 2. The descendants of this family spell the name,
Skrymsher.

P. 83. In the year 1781, Mrs. Elizabeth Tomlinson built an alms-
house at Newbold, and gave the sum of 400I. four per cents for the
purpose of repairing it, and for the maintenance of three poor women
therein.

P. 107. There are several wharfs at Derby.

P. 133. Mr. Andrew Morewood, in 1700, gave 4I. 7s. per annum for
teaching six children of Dronfield and six of Coal- Aston.

P. 134. The Reverend Mr. Turie, in 1720, gave 40I. to be laid out in
land for the purpose of educating six children of Dore ; the Duke of
Devonshire, in 1747, the sum of 3I. los. per annum, for educating nine ;
the Honourable Fr. Middleton and other freeholders, in 1753, the sum of
3I. 9s. for educating six; Ehzabeth Dowce, in 1754, the sum of il. 12s.
for educating three children. The present income of the school at Dore
is 1 2I. 4s. per annum.

P. 137. Bassano supposed Sir R. Minors to have been of Windley-hill
in the parish of Duffield : he had property there, but resided at Windle-hill
in the parish of Sutton-on-the-hill, as stated in this page. The monument
still exists, and was repaired in 1732.

P. 141. Mr. George Storer, in 1705, gave land, let in 1787, at 14I. 10s.
per annum, for the purpose of teaching and apprenticing poor children of
Heage.

P. 143. In addition to the revenue of the school at Eckington, as stated
in this page, Mr. Peter Cadnian bequeathed to it the interest of lool. on
condition that the children should be brought to church regularly on Saints'
days. The income of the school at Mossborough is about 18I. per annum,
that of Ridgway not above 10!. per annum.

P. 160. There are monuments at Etwall of Judge Porte, and Sir John
Porte his son, who died in 1557.'

P. 162. The return of charitable donations in 1787, states, that the
Reverend John Cotton gave 4I. per annum for educating poor children
of Etwall.

* See the account of sepulchral monuments.

P. 167,

DERBYSHIRE. 311

P. 167. Robert de Kinder built the chapel of Haytield, in 1420, on his
own ground and at his own charge.''

P. 187. The site of Horestan-castle has been lately purchased with
about 300 acres of land by Edward Sacheverell Sitwell, Esq.

P. 202. The vicarage of Lullington is in tlie gift of the crown.

P. 226. The number of single women in ««the Single-sisters house," at
Ockbrook, is between 30 and 40.

P. 227. The date of Alsop's foundation was 1715: the date of 1765,
probably, is that of the benefaction becoming payable, which did not take
place till after the death of the widow and son of the testator. Having been
favoured, by the vicar of Mickle-over, with a copy of the clause of Alsop's
will which relates to this charity : it appears that the lands were given for
the purpose of instructing the children (males and females) of such poor
people of Finderne, Willington, or Stenson, as are not worth more than
20I. in lands or goods, in reading and writing, and the boys in the five
first rules of arithmetic. The management of the school and the choice of
the schoolmaster is vested in the churchwardens and overseers of the said
township. There is no mention of Mickle-over.

P. 256. Hill-Somersall is in the parish of Sudbury as stated in p. 269.

*• Kinder's MSS. from the Registry atLichfieJd. Ashmole. MSS. 788.

IN-

ERRATA.

GENERAL HISTORY.

Paee xx In the account of the Wirksworth fairs,/or November read October.
Ixii. Une I- for Hubert Fitz-Ralph read Ralph Fitz-Hubert.
Ixxxiv. note {6)for into read to.

PAROCHIAL HISTORY.

Page 28, line 12, for or ^ead for
rr, — 2g,for to read for.
67, — 18, /or 1788 read 1789

r,, 10, /or Wolstou reflrf Wolstan. . . . „; „

^J; _ 1;/^, and 3 , , and p. 26 1 , 1. 1 7 , >»• Premonstratension re^^ Premonstratensiun.

J 22 J — 30. j'br three read two
J -2, — 22, for Sprott rearf Spott.
160, — 1 8, /or Chethan rforf Chetham.

167, g, for Phocide read Phoside.

204, 4, for wharf rearf Wharf.

216, — ult./or 1 161 read 161 1.
222, — 10, for 162 read 1662.
j8o, — 1 1, /or Wolfhurt read Wolfhunt.

DERBYSHIRE.

FURTHER ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS.

T> Ixxxi. 1. penult, read " a natural son," and dele " who was legi-
timated by act of Parliament."

P. Ixxvi. Joseph Bainbrigge, Esq., of Derby, mentioned in this page,
is the representative of the Bainbrigge's of Lockington : he is great-grand-
son of William Bainbrigge, Esq., of Lockington, who died in 173(j.
This William married a co-heiress of Laycock : his son Thomas, who
resided at Derby, the heiress of Parker. Thomas Bainbrigge, Esq., the
elder brother of Joseph, died a bachelor in the month of June, ISIS.

P. Ixxviii. and p. 48. We were misinformed as to Mr. John Beresford's
being the representative of the ancient flnnily of Beresford of Bentlev :
the present representative is Mi-. Richard Beresford, now of Plas Bellin in
Flintshire, eldest son of the late Mr. Beresford of Ashborne, who was
elder brother of Mr. John Beresford's father.

P. cxxiv. I am informed that a principal branch of the family of
Dakeyne, descended from Henry Dakeyne, Esq., who sold Stubbing-Edge
Hall, in lC6l, to WiUiam Michell, Esq., is now resident at Bagthorpe
House, in Nottinghamsliire, and that they spell their name Deakin.

P. 64. Sir Henry Fitzherbert possesses only the tithe-corn of Tissing-
ton : the tithe of hay, which was also appropriated to the priory of Dun-
staple, belongs, by descent from the Goodwins, to J. Goodwin Johnson,
Esq., of Bradborne, who took the name of Johnson in 1811, pursuant to
the will of his maternal uncle Francis Johnson, Esq.

INDEX

NAMES AND TITLES.

The Titles of the Nobility and the Names of the Kings or Princes are printed

in Italics,

ABELL, cliii. 176. 246.
Abitot, 267.
Abney, Ixvii. cxii. clxviii. 244.

287.
Adams, 62. 225.
Adderley, cxxxvii. 99 275.
Aderley, xcix.
Adulf, ccxix.
^Ifric, xxxvii.
iiilgar, xxxix.
^luric, xliv.
^Iwold, xxxviii.
Agard, xlviii. lii. cxii. cxvii. 58.

69. 117, note. 147. 252.

253. ^00.
Ailict, xliii.
Ainsworth, Ixxxix.
Alan, xlvi.

Alcher, XXXV. xxxix. xlv.
Alcock, 234.
Aided, xli.
Aldene, xxxix.
Aldercar, 79.
Alderson, 145.
Alderwasley, civ. 82.
Alen. See Aleyne.
Alestrey. See AUestrey.
Aleyne, or Alen, cxiii. 170, and

note, 171, 172.
Alfred, vii. 3. 107.
Alfreton, Ixii. xcix. 3. 219.
VoL.V.

Algar, xxxvii. xxxviii. xlii.
Algar, xlii. xliii. xlvi. 239.
Allen, 19. 218.
AUestrey, or Alestrey, cliii.

117. 124.
Alric, xlv.
Alselin, xxxv. xxxvi. xxxviii.

xxxix. xl. xlii. xlv. xlvii.

114. 123. 155. 156. ij8.

225.
Alsi, xxxix.
Alsop, cxiii. cxxvi. 14. 83, 84.

279.311.
Alun, xlvi.
Alured, 120.
Aluric, xxxvi. xl. xlvi.
Alvey, Ixv.
Alwin, xliv.

Amalric, xxxvii. xlii. 75.
Anderson, 244.
Angksea, 69. 263.
Anne, cxxxviii. 16. 34. 55. 61.

63.86, 87. 132. 134, 135.

137. 141, 142. 167. 178,

179. 215. 222. 243. 268.

300. 303. 305, 306.
Anfon, 93.

Antonine, ccxii. ccxiii. ccxvii.
Antonine, ccvii.
Ap-GrifSth, liii. 49.
Appleby, cxxxvi. 5.
Appleton, 170.
Apsley, 2 J 2.
Ss

Archer, xcix. 40. 178. 184,

185, 3.nAnote, 277.
Arden, 19.

Ardglass, cxxxvii. 279, note.
Arkrode, 87, note.
Ark Wright, xii. Ixxv. clxviii.

clxix. cxciv. cci. 7. 24.

98. 100. 186. 208. 294.

300.
Armtield, 17. note.
Armine, Ixiv. 31.
Armitage, 277.
Armyne, 300.

Arundel, 41. 62. 90. 92. 290.
Arundel, 118.
Ash, ci. 88.
Ashbridge, ccxxv. note.
Ashby, 46. 75.
Ashe, 74, 7^. 128.
Ashenhurst, cxvii. cliii.
Ashley, 9. note. 61.
Ashton, xcvi. cxiv. cliv. 178.

222. 284.
Astle, 96. note.
Aston, Ixxi. 133. 1J5. 249,

2CO.

Atherfey, cliv.
Atliol, Ivii. I ro.
Attewelle, 97.
Audley,lix. 63. 244.
Audley, cliii.
Auriol, 152.
Auti, xli.

Avenell,

314

INDEX OF

Avenell, xcix. 28, zg.note. 41.

306.
Avic, xxxix. xlv.
Awsten, 161, note.
Aylesbury, 4.
yiylesford, 61.
Azeliii, xxxix. 11. 123. 155.

Babington, cxiv. cxv. cxxv.

cxxix. 3, 4, 5. 17. 19, and

noti. 20, 21. 49. 60. 61. 92.

109.126,127.1 j6. 182, no/«.

2 13, no/i'.2i9. 220.224. 244.

250, 251. 288. 300.
Bache, xcvii. cxv. 217.
Bada, xlii. xlv. 220.
Bage, III.
Baggaley, Ixxix.
Bagnold, 117, 118.
Bagshaw, Ixxv, and note. Ixxvi.

cxxxi. clxviii. 31. 72, 73,

74,75. 100. 184. 221, and

note. 222, 223. 279, 280,

and note. 309.
Baguley, ci.
Bailey, 198.
Baillie, 27 j.
Bainbrigge, Ixxvi, Ixxvii, cxxx.

63. 70. 114. 118.
Bakepuze, xcix. 11. 45, 46.

162. 200.
Bakewell, lxx<tiii. c. 228.
Balguy, Ixxvii. clxvii. 136. 138,

note. 178, 179. 183.
Balidon, or Ballidon, cxv. 117.

261.
Baliol, 236.
Ball, 121.

Balmeiino, 1 10, and note.
Bampton, 276, 277.
Bancroft, v, and note.
Banks,lxix. cxxxii. cciii. 17,18.

57. 96. note. 100. 235.
Barber, i8y,note. 188.
Bardolf, xlvii. Ivii. 156, and note.

158. 225, and no/«. ^o^.
Barker, Ixxiv. Ixxxvi. cxx.

cxxxvi. 15. 31. 132, and

note. 133. 222, 223.
Barley, cxv. cxvi. cxxxii. 116.

132, and note. 147. 185.

267.
Barlow, 267, 268.
Barnes, 86. 264.
Barnesley, cliv. 201. 302.
Barton, 228, 297.

Basford, 144.
Basinges, cxi. cxxxvi.
Bassano, 2. 20 23. 25. 33 44.

48, 49, note. 54, 55. 75.

86. 91. 98, 99. 128. 132.

137. 163. 207.
Basseldine, 89.
Bassett, Ivii. xc. xcix. cxvi. cxx.

cxxvi. 4. 12. 25. 28. 32.

6j. 161, note. 178. 197,

198.
Bate, cxvi, cxvii cxxvi. 58. 69.

11 J, note. 252, 253.
Bateman, Ixvii. cxxxvni. clxviii.

II. 117. 175, 176. 212,

and note. 213. 217. 242.

261. 304.
Bath, li.

Bathursi, 251, 252.
Bathurst, 46.
Battel!, 225.
Bavfdon, ccxxxii.
Bawkcstones, Ixxix.
Bawrcdon, 75.
Baxter, ccvi.
Baylie, 282.
Bearcroft, 2S2.
Beard, cxvii. cliii. 67. 98. 168,

169, note.
Beauchanip, 79. 190. 202. 209.
Beauchamp, cxxxix. 137. 176.
Beaufeu, cxxv.
Beaumont, Ixxvii. cxiv. clxvii.

45. 108, 109. iiS. 126,

127. 164. 233. 273. 307.
Bee, or Beck, c. 205.231.307.
Beckeriiig, 84.
Becket, 165, note. 224.
Bede, xxi, and note. ccxx. 96.
Bceley or Beelegh, c. 34.
Bedford, 11, 282.
Bcighton, cxvii.
Bekingham, 20.
Belasyse, 249.
Belers, 90. 276. 289, 290'.
Bellamont, 274.
Bellamy, 21.
Bellers, c.
Bellingham, Ixxi.
Belfield, 133.
Bell, 122 129.
Bendall, 7 1 .
Bendish, cxxxiii.
Bennet, cliv. 90. 122. 166. 218.
Bennett, 104, note.
Bentinck, xlix. 1. 53.
Bentley, cxviii. 13. 67.201. 261.
Benz, xlv.
Beresford, Ixxv. note. Ixxvii,

Ixxviii. Ixxxi. ccxxx. 13,
10

14. 47. 48, 49. 81. 86.90.

130, note. 198. 230. 244.

272. 295.
Bergavcnny, 50.
Berkeley Iviii. 171. 202. 226.

239, 240. 282.
Berkeley, Iviii. 88. 118.
Bernack, or Bernake, c. cviii.

47. 179.
Bernard, 257, note.
Berners, 112.
Bernsdorff, 1 1 o.
Berrysford, 261.
Beslorough, 1 16.
Beton, 145, 1^6, note.
Billingsley, 80.
Bingham, 1 1.
Birch, clxviii. 40.
Bird, cxviii. 259.
Birdhill, 133.
Birom, clv.
Bhckwall, Ixxxviii. cxvii, cxviii,

and note.cl.21. 2g, note. 100.

III. 125. 137. 194. 295,

and note. 301.
Bland, 67.
Blithe, 131.
Blome, 106. 182.
Blore, I, 2. 25. 67. 79, note.
Blount, lix, Ix. Ixii. 31. 40. 45,

46. 69. 158, 159. 200, 201.

268.
Blundeville, Ivi. 71, note. 235,

236. 244. 281.
BIythe, clv. 81. 220, 221, and

note. 223.
Bohun, cxxxviii.
Boleyne, 171.
Bo/ton, Ix.

Bonell, cxix. 136, 137, 138.
Bonnington, clv. 162. 272.
Boot, 254.
Boothby, Ixv. Ixxv. cxxxvii. 7,

8. 12, 13, and note. 61.

260. 275.
Borrow, Ixxviii. 11. 107. 124.

275.
Boschcrville, 272. 273.
Bo.iley, cxx.
Bosviile, cxix. 48.
Boswell, cxxxiii. 229.
Botetort, civ.
Botetourt, 24.
Bothall, 51.
Bothe, ci. 45, 46. 213. 218,

note. 248, and note.
Bott, 111.
Botterill, ex, note.
Boughey, cxxv.
Bourchier, 68.

Bourbon,

NAMES AND TITLES.

315

Eoarbon, viii. 210.

Boure, 40.

Bourne, 16, 17. 20. 41. Si.

2J4.

Bowdeii, cxvii. cxix. 74.

Bower, 17. 186. 194.

Bowles, Ixxix. 73. 184.

Bowring, 298, note.

Bowyer, Ixiii. 218.

Boyle, l6j.

Boys, 272.

Boy thorp, 283.

Bradborne, 59, 60. 65'.

Bradbourn, civ.

Bradburne, 9. 11. 21^, note.

Bradbury, clvi.

Bradford, v.

Bradford, iSj.

Bradley, 229.

Bradshaw, Ixxviii, Ixxix. civ.

ex. ci. clxvil. 31. 47. 73.

134- 136, 137, 138, and

note, 139. 141, 142, 163.

184, 18). 279.
Brailsford, Ixxvii. xci. cxvi.

cxx. cxxii. 65, 66. S'],nole.

132- '33-
Bramhall, 22 i.

Brampton, ci. ccxxiv. Sj, 86.
Bramwell, 29, note.
Branwin, xxxvii. xlvi.
Brasbridf^e, 307.
Bray, 53.

Brercton, cxx. 38. 175.
Breton, ci. cvii. 64. 82. 84. 87.

172. 283.
Brett, 4.
Bridge, i63.
Briewere, or Briewer, 24. 131.

187. 283.
Briggs, 198.
Bright, cxxii
Brimiiigton, ci. 83.
Brindley, clxxix.
Bristow, 309.
Brist we, Ixxix, 46.
Bri'eric, 263.
Brittany, 289.
Briweie, 50, and note. 76. 82.

Broadliurst, clxvii. 58. 69. 252,

253
Brocklehurst, 39.

Brocksop, 289, note.

Bromley, 191, 192.

Brooke, Ixv.

Brookes, cxxix.

Brookhouse, \Oi\,note. 128, and

note.

Brough, 197.

Broughton, 130, note.

Brown, clxxxi. 32. 106. 112.

217. 255.
Browne, Ixix. Ixxv. cxx. cl.

clvi, clvii. cxcix. 10. 199.

201. 268, 269.'
Brownson, 14.
Bruce, n 6.
Bruin, Ixviii.

Brun, or Brune, xli. xliii. xliv.
Brus, 236.

Brydges, 89. 232, note.
Buckingham, ■^o. 163. 175. 200.

244-
Buckinghamshire, 282.
Buckley, 167.
Buckston, or Buxton, Ixxx.

cxlviii. 59.
Bulkeley, clvii.
Bulkley, 2S4.
Bullock, cxvi. cxx. 31. 86. 120.

122. 130, note. 132, and

note. 133. 175. 220, 221,

and note, 222, and note,

223. 266.
Bunting, 19, 296.
Biirdctt, Ixviii. Ixxv. cxxix.

228. 236. 239. 242, 243,

and note. 262.
Burgh, Ixxviii.
Burleigh, 3J, note. 36, and note.

108. 148, 149.
Burlington, 163.
Burnell, xciv. cxlviii. clxvii. 79,

note. 224.
Burrhed, vi.
Biirrough, Ixxviii.
Burrow, clxvii.
Burton; xxxvi, xxxvii, xxxviii,

xxxix, xl, xii. xliv, xlv.

xlvi. cxxi. cli. 79, and note.

121. 132, and note. iSo,

181. 240, 241, note. 243.

295, and note.
Burun, xxxv. xxxviii. xl, xli.

xliii. xlvi, xlvii. 172. 187,

188. 301.
Busby, 100.
Busii, See De Busli.
Bussy, 270, note.
Bu'chcr, 14J.
Buthred, 235.
Butler, Iv. III.
Buxton, Ixxix, Ixxx. 157, and

note. 188. 307.
Byrd, 258.
Byron, cxvi. 51, 6^, note. 107.

301.

Ss i

Cachehors, Ixxii. ci.

Cadby, cvi.

Cadman, clxii. loc. 310.

Caltoft, 4.

Gallon, Ixxv, note. Ixxx. 18. 79,

and note. 87, note. 90, note.

289.
Camden, ccv, and note, ccvi.

ccix. 104. 106. 210. 290.
Campbell, 154.
Camville, Hi. liii. Ixviii.
Cant, 176, 177. 198, and n(rf/.
Cantelupe, 192, 193.
Cantrell, 114. 121, 176.
Capel, loi, note.
Carew, clxiii.
Carey, 142.
Carle, xxxviii.

Carleil, or Carleile, 39. 185.
Carlisle, 45.
Carr, 77.
Carter, cxxxiii. 9, and note.

124.
Carver, xc, xci.
Caschin, xxxv. xxxix.
Case, xcii. 4.
Catesby, 193, and note.
Cave, Ixviii, Ixix. 233. 268.
Cavendish, v. xlvii, xlviii, 1. Iv.

Ivi. Ixvi. xc. cxvi. cxxxii.

clxxvi. 8, note. 30. 42. 51,

52. 60. 69. 1 15, 1 16. 130.

145. 147, and note. 154,

note. 163. 168. 175. 179.

18^. 189, 190, 191. 197,

198. 204, 205. 229, 230.

266. 300. 303. 306.
Cauz. See De Cauceis.
Cecil, or Cccill, 12. ^6, note.

132, 148. 190, note. 197.
Chaderton, 133.
Chadwick, 296, 297. 30I.
Chalmers, ccxii.
Chaloner, clvii.
Challoner, 58.
Chamber, 117.

Chambers, cxvii. 118. 261. 296.
Champernowne, 79, and note.
Champeyne, Ixxviii. cii. civ.

139-
Champion, 184.
Chandos, xciv. cii. cxi. 2] 6,

232, and note.
Chappell, 209.
Charge, 81.
Charles I., iv, note, viii. x. Ixv.

Ixx. Ixxxi. xc. cxxxiv.
cxxxvjii.

INDEX OF

cxxxviii. 6, 7, 8. J3, note.

14, 15.31. 46. 51. 52- 57'

58. 92. 102, 103. J09.

121. 131. 136. 141. 148.

179. i8y. ig6. 211. 267.

281. 286, 287.
Charles II., Ixvii. Ixx. Ixxxiv.

xciv. cxii. cxvi. cxviii. 42.

52. 58. 79, note. 121. 128.

224. 240, 241, note. 243.

281.
Charlesworth, 309.
Cliarleton, clvii.
Charlton, 247. 279.
Chatteiton, 10.
Chaworth, Ixii. xcix. cii. cxiv.

3,4. 49. 179. 220. 223,

224. 283. 288.
Cliavvner, ^%.
Ctieney, cxxi. 41. 197.
Cheshire, 128, and note. 197.
Chester, Bishop of, xxxv.

xxxvii, xxxviii. xlii, xliii.

212.
Chester, xi. xxxvii. xli 22. 49,

50. 70. 76. 88. 10 f. 203.

212. 235. 239. 243, 244,

245, 246, 28 [.
Chesterfield, vii. ix. 1, clxx, 69.

94. 96. 158. 161. 177.

187, 188. 201. 205. 238,

239, 240, 241, and note,

242. 256.
Chetel, xxxvii, xxxviii, xxxix,

xl, xli. xhv. xlvi. 145.

Chetham, cxxi, cxxh. cxlvi. 94.
160. 162. 168, anA note,
169. 272, 273.

Chcverell, cxhv.

Child, 261.

Chohnley, 128.

Christian VII., King of Den-
mark, 1 10. 155.

Cibber, 151, and no/«.

Cilt, XXX vi, xxxvii. xlii, xliii.
xlvi.

Clare, 49. ^i-

Clarence, 76.

Clarendon, viii. 51.

Claudius, ccix.

Clarke, Iv. cxxii. cxxxvii,
cxxxviii. 17. 81. 85, 86,
and note, 87, and note. S9.
131. J 80. 220. 271. 308.

Clay, cxxii. 190, and note.

Clayton, 68, 286.

Clegg, 74-

Clerke, 40, 41.

Clifford, 265.

Clifford, 97, Y45. 260. 265.

Clifton, cxliv. 214.

Cniit, xliii.

Cnyfton, v.

Coape, cxxiii. 62. 136.

Cock, 154. 303.

Cocks, clviii.

Coffin, 178, note.

Cokaine, vi, note. Ixx. Ixxiv, cvi.
cxxii). ccxxvi. ccxxxii. 7,
8, 9. 15. 30. 61, and note.
63- 107. i8j. 204. 239.

275- 302- 304-
Coke, Ixxii. Ixxxi. cviii, cxv.

cxliv. clxviii. clxxxviii.

cxcviii, and note. 7. 26.

31. 45. 118, and note, 1 1 9,

124, note. 199, and note,

200. 204, and note. 211.

219. 231, and note. 256.

258, note, 259 261. 280,

281, and note. 289.
Cokesey, 130, 131, note.
Col, 303.
Colegri, xxxvi.
Cole, xxxix. xliii. 12. 114. 117,

note.
Colepeper, Ix.
CoUe, xxxix.
Collenden, clxiii.
Collins, 116.
Collingwood, 263.
Colne, xli. xliii.
Golubell, 225.
Coluinbell, ciii. cxxiii. cxxxix.

cxliv. 98, 99. 100. 252.
Colvile, cxix. clxvii. 136.
Colwich, clviii. 255.
Comin, cix.
Compton, 176.
Congson, 41.
Constable, 43. 97.
Constantine, ccviii.
Conyers, Ix. 14Z.
Cooke, cxxxv.
Cooper, Ixiii. cxxx. 9, 10. 33.

58.62. J 69, no/?. 256, 257,

note.
Copestake, 197.
Copwood, 25. 32.
Corbet, 12, and note.
Cordi, 286.
Cotchett, 105.
Colon, ccxxxiii.
Cotterell, 97.
Cotton, vi, note. Ixxviii. Ixxxi,

Ixxxii. cxxviii. cxlvi. clv.

clxvii. 13 48. 58. 94, 95.

1 13. 160, 161. 175. 258.

273. 310.
Coiirtman, 193, note.
Cowdale, 280.
Cowley, 17. 22.
Cowper, cxiii. 225.

Cox, 65, 66. 84. 106. 281.

Cragge, 57.

Crawford, x. 52. 265. 291.

Creswell, 234. 302.

Creswick, 29, note.

Crewcher, 46.

Crewe, xii. Ixiv. 70. 195.

Crewe, Ixiv. Ixxv. clxx. 45, 46.

67, 68. 70. 100. 227, 228.

237, 238. 244. 246. 262.

274. 287.
Crich, 18, 19.
Criche, cxxiv. 170.
Crispin, Ixxii.
Croft, 58.
Croker, Ixxiii.

Cromwell, lix. cxxxvii. ccxl. 68.

90. 157. 276, 277.
Cromwell, x. lix. Ixi. 90. 13 I.

173. 395. 264, 265. 279,

note.
Crompton, Ixxxii. 114. 118.
Croshawe, 117. 120. 125.
Crouchback, 140.
C ruche, 125.
Cullen, cxxiii.
Cullum, clxxxviii.
Culpeper, 149.
Cumberland, 147. 260. 265.
Cundy, 128.
Cunliffe, 160.
Ciirteis, clviii.
Curzon, xlvii. lii, liii. Ixiv. cii,

ciii.cxxv.ccxxv.ccxxx. 31.

46,47.60. 67. 87. 92, 93,

and note. 107, 194, 195,

and note. 213, note. 217.

227. 260. 279. 281, note.

304-
Cust, 7.
Cutler, 67.
Cuyp, 195.

Dabridgecourt, Ixx.

Dacre, 47. 142.

Dacrcs, 290.

Dakeyne, Dakin, or Dakyns,
Ixxxv. cxxiv, and note. 18,
19, and notes. 183. 186.

Dalby, x, 127. 227. 291, 292.
Dale,

NAMES AND TITLES.

.317

Dale, Ixxxii, cxic. 60. 63.

Dalrymple, 45.

Dalton, clviii.

Dattby, 285.

Daniel, cxlv.

Daniell, ciii. 277.

Danvers, Ixix.

Darbishire, 174.

Darcy, Ixxi. Ixxiii. cxxvi. 142.

177. 208. 264. 285.
Darell, 284.
Darley, ciii.
Darling, Ixxvi.
Darwin, clxvii. 67, 68. 103.

III. 164.
Daundelin, cii.
Davenport, 130.
Davies, 2. 140. 152, and note.

308.
Davis, 153.
Dawes, 208.
Dean, 39.
Deane, clix.
De Adlardestre, cliii.
De Albini, 93.
De Alfreton, 3, 219.
De Alsop, 14.
DeAlveley, 2 1.
De Ardern, 173.
De Audley, 244.
De Aula, 172.
De Bakepuz, or Bakepuze, 45,

46.
De Bakeweli, 228.
De Barba Aprilis, 12,.
De Barton, 288. 297.
De Bassinge, 58.
De Bee, 205.
De Becke, 236.
De Beauchamp, 7^. 190. 202.
De Bake, 274.
De Belegh, 34.
De Bereford, 244.
De Bernak, or Bernake, 47.

179.
De Beufy, 280.
De Birkin, 85.
De Blundeville, 71, note. 235,

236, and note. 244. 281.
De Boscherville, 273.
De Bradborne, J9.
De Brailsford, 65, 66. 132,

I 33, and note.
De Brampton, ccxxiv. 85, 86.
De Brievpere, 187.
De Britannia, 236.
De Burun, xxxv. xxxviii. xl,

xli. xliii. xlvi, xlvii. 172.

187. 188.

De Busli, xxxv, xxxvi, xxxvii,

xxxviii. xli. xlvii. 3. 47.

134. 191. 220. 250, 251.
De Cadurcis, 220.
De Cantelupe, 192.
De Cauceis,orCauz, ci. ccxxiv.

59. 85. 86.
De Chaddesden, 248. 260.
De Chambreys, 162.
De Chavincourt, 173, and note.
De Chaworth, 3, 4.
De Chelaston, Ixi.
De Chesterfield, 80. 91.
De Chevet, 50.
De Clinton, 236.
De Collegh, 100.
De Constantin, 90. 92.
De Cromwell, 90.
De Curcun, or De Curzon, 31.

67 92.93.
De Derby, 12J.
De Derlegh, 98.
De Dovecote, 144.
De Dun, 94. 128.
De Dunne, 67, 68.
De Eilesfuld, 244.
De Esseburn, 302.
De Eston, 40. 41.
D'Eyton, 130.
De Fauconberg, 43, note,
De Fenton, 12.
De Ferrars. See Ferrars.
De Foe, cxc, note.
De Ford, 66.
De Frechevilie, ccxxv. 90. 2f I.

265.
De Furneaux, 47.
De Furnival, or Furnivall, 50.

163. 179.
De Gand, xxxv. xl. xliv. xlv.

181. 192.
De Glapwell, 56.
De Grendon, 9J. 156. 225, note.
De Gresley, or Greseley, 170,

171. 192.
De Grey, Ivii. 180. 247. 251.

253, 254. 271.
De Grydeling, 43, note.
De Hamelton, 42.
De Handesacre, 236.
De Harcla, liii, note.
De Hareston, 271.
De Hastings, 50. 236, no/^.
De Hathersage, 83. 177.
De Henore, 162.
De Herdberewe, 233.
De Heriz, 92. 290. 293.
De Herthill, 30. 61.
De Holand, or Holland, 75.

107. 187. 274.

De Holte, 169.

De Hopton, 14. 297.

De Hopvvell, ciii, and note.

De Hormanwell, 275'.

De Horsden, 71, note.

De Hiimez, Ivii,

De Huncyndon, 27^.

De Ireland, 265.

De Kinder, 3 10.

De Kinwaldmarsh, 144.

De Kniveton, 9.

De Latham, 3.

De Lexington, 50, note. 191.

De Lincoln, i.

De Linford, 40.

De Lisle, jo, and note. 7 i note.

De Longford, 199, note. 200.

286.
De Lovetot, 50.
De Luche, 173.
De Mackworth, 202.
De Maltravers, 244.
De Marc, 209.
De Meinell, xc. xcii, cix, note.

43. 286.
De Melbourne, 211. 237.
De Midleham, 82, 83.
De Montalt, 281.
De Montfort, 72, note. 187.
De Montgomery, 218.
De Mora, xcii.
De Morley, cvii. ccxxviii.
De Morteyne, 163.
De Mungei, or Monjoy, 12.
De Muskam, 171, 192.
De Odingsells, 280.
De Pembruge, ccxxxvii.
De Paveley, 289.
De Pickford, 42.
De Pirn, 205.
De Plesley, 16.
De Poictou, xxxv. xxxvi. xl,

xli. xlv. xlvi. 47. 192. 271.
De Ramsey, 210.
De Ravensworth, 47.
De Reresby, 16.
De Reynes, 135.
De Rislip, cvii.
De Rochford, 273.
De RoUesIey, 297.

De Rossel, or Rosel, 188.

De Riihill, 66.

De Rye, 285, 286.

De Sacheverell, cxlv. 127.

De St. Paul, 236.

De Salicosa Mare, 95. 124.

262.
De Salocia, 40, 41.

318

INDEX OF

De Saperton, 58. 305.

T>e Savage, 192.

De Segrave, 50, note. 202. 236.

239-
De Shirley, 249, 255. 302.
De Snitterton, 297.
De Stafford, Ixiii. 156. 233.

242. 245.
De Stanley, 113.
De Statford, xxxv. xxxviii.

xxxij^. xliii. xliv. xlvi,

xlvii. 170, 171. 172.
De Stath m, ccxxviii.
De Staveley, Ixxxix.
De Steynesby, 190.
De Stoke-lcy, 187,
De Strelley, 236.
De Stuteville, 135.
De Sulney, or Solney, 219.
De Swillin^ton, 90. 276.
De Tateshali, 50, note. 131.

236.
De Tisaington, 91 .
De Toke, or Touke, 228.
De Tolka, ex.
De Tony, Ixiii.
De Twyford, ex.
De Usser, 282.
De Verdoii, 176. 242.
De Wakebridge, or De Wake-

bnigge, 91.
De Wakelin, 205.
De Waltham, 210.
De Wigley, 293, note.
De Willoiighby, 250.
De Wilnghiiy, 133.
De Wmgerworth, 21, 22.
De Wynfield, 16, 17.
DeWyverton, 135.
Dean, 39.

Degge, cxxv. 109. 133.
Deincourt, xxxv. xxxvii. xl.

xlii, xliii. xlvii. Ixi. cviii.

cxxxvi. cxl. 16. 85. 134.

157, 158. 198. 214. 288.
Deincourt, ix. Ivii. 271.
De la Lauiide, 296.
De la Lea, 21.
Delamere, 285.
De la Pole, v, note. xciv. 156.

232, and note.
Dela Riviere, cv. 289.
De la Rue, ccvii.
Del Don,cxciv.
Del Pec, 50.
Del Stoke, 4y.
Denbigh, 291.
Deneston, 130,
D^n^iam, cxlvii.

Denman, 179.

Derby, xxxviii. ex. 97. 125.

Derby, xxxv. xlvii. Iri, Ivii. Ixi.

7. 12. 14. 43.50. S'y 59-

62. 69. 71. 77, 78. 137,

note. 175. 187. 268. 294.

300,301.
Derwentwater, liv.
Desmond, 226.

Despencer, ^o,note- 187. 233.
Des Voeux, 45.
Dethick, v, and note. Ixxii. xc.

xcv. cii. CXI. cxiv. cxxv.

cxxix, cxxxvi. cxl. 20,21.

67, 68. 177. 199. 216.

263, 264. 283.
Devereu.x, Ivi.
Deverenx, 25^.
Devonshire, xi. xiv, note, xlvii.

xlviii. lix. Ixii. cxxxii. clxx.

cxcviii, and note, ccxxxviii.

g,note. 28. 30>3i'32i33>

34. 37, 38, and note. 40.

42, 43. 49. ^6. 59, 60.

69. 72, 73. 83. 85. 103.

109. 1 16, 117. 120. 123,

134. ij8. 145, 146, 147,

148, 149, 150. 154, 15J.

162, 163, 164, note. 168.

175. 176, 177. 178, 179-

182, 183, 184, 185. 189,

190, 191, 192. 198. 201.

205. 229. 265. 267. 277.

285. 293. 303, 304. 306.

310.
Dewes, Ixxi. 96. 172.
Diepenbeck, 54.
Digby, 98. 233.
Dioclesian, ccviii.
Disbrowe, cxlix. clxviii. 282.
Ditchfield, 206.
Dixie, 5. 91. 124. 127.
Dixon, 86. 137, note. 284.
Docksey, 218. 281.
Dod-ley, 164.
Dodsworth, 2. 45, note. 49,

note.
Dofin, xlv.
Donisthorpe, ciii.
Dore, 132, and note,
Dorset, lii. 92-
Doughty, 227.
Dover, 57.
Dowce, 310.
Dovvcett, 48.
Dowlis, cxxiv.
Downes, 284.
Doxon, i6j.

Draper, cxvii. cxxvi, cxiii. 65.

70.
Draycot, clix. 182, and nS/;.
Drogo, xxxix. 231.
Drope, 218.

Drury, Ixxxix. 97. 257. 273.
Dudley, 258,259.
Duesbury, 106.
Dugdale, Ixxxii. Ixxxiv. Ixxxvi.

xcv, note. 3. 8, note.
Dune, ciii. 94. 128.
Dunninc, xxxvii. xli. xlii. xlvi.
Dunning, xliii.
Dunstan, xxxix, xl.
Duport, 240.
Du Prean, 291, note.
Dur, 80.
Durandesthorpe, or Duran-

thorpe, ciii. 172.
Duraiit, cxxvi. 83.
Durdant, 112, 113. 123, no/^.

125.
Dury, 57.
Dutton, 17. 87.
Dyuham, 220, 224, note.

Eardley, Ixvi..

Eaton, 114, 121.

Eccles, 278.

Edburga, ccxix.

Eden, 7.

Edenaor, cix. 40. 63.

Edmund, vii. xli. 107. 140, 141.

'75-
Edmund of Woodstock, 76.

Edmunds, cxxxviii. 36, note.

Edric, xl. 1 14.

Edward, xliv.

Edward the Confessor, xxxv.

58. 67. 71. 85. 101. 127.

145. 155. J58. 220. 245.

303-
Ed-ward the Elder, vii. 24.

Ediuard I. vii. xi. liii, note.
Ivii. Ix. Ixx. Ixxxii. Ixxxviii.
xcii,no/f xcix. ccviii. cxliii.
cxlviii. cxciv. 7. 14. 16. 24.
40. 43,no/f. 45,andno/« 46,
note. 72, note. 92. 97. 113.
119. 123. 132, 133, 134.
172. 175. 179. 183, 184.
193. 200, 201, 202. 209.
215. 218. 222. 231. 249.
264, 265. 282. 294. 297.

joa.

Edward

NAMES AND TITLES.

Sly

Sdward II. xlvii. \m,note. c. cvi.
cxi. cxxiv. clxix. cxciv.30.
94. 107. 144. 172. 184,
185. 202. 209, note. 256,

264. 281. i86. 297.
Ed<wtirdl\l. I. Iviii. Ixi. Ixx.

Ixxiii. Ixxxi. xcix. ci. ciii.
cvii, cviii. cxi. cxxvii.cxxx.
cxxxiv. 4. 12, 13. 15. 26.
39. 45. 49. 58, note. 69.
72. 83. 91. 138. 147. 181.
184. 198. 216. 228. 259.
Edward IV. xlix. lix. Ixxxvi.
cvi. cix. 47. 134. 138. 210.

265. 294.

Edward W. V, note, xlviii. cxx.

cxxxiv. 5, 6. Jl. 67. 69,

70. 72. loi, note. 183. 185.

229. 276. 303. 306.
Edwards, 1 10.
Edwin, xxxviii. xlii. xliv.
Edwin, xxxviii. 129. 245.
Egerton, lix.
Eilmer, xxxvii.
Eleanor, 24.
Eley, 302.
Elfag, xl.
Elfin, xliii. xlv.
Elfric, xliv.
Elizabeth, v, note. Ixiii. Ixxii.

Ixxx. Ixxxv. xcvi. c. ex.

cxxxi. cxxxii. cxlii. clxiii.

9. II. 13. 17, 18, 19, and

note. 21. 27, 32. 38. 40. 58,

59, 60. 72. 77. 100. I02.

107. no. 115, note. 126,
127. 138. 143. 148, 149,
157. 191. 198. 222. 233.

240. 150, 2JI. 261, 262.

266. 281. 297.

Elmer, xlv.

Elliot, 124.

Elmley, cxxxix.

Elnod, xlv. xlvi.

Elric, xxxviii. xl. xli. xlv.

Elsi, xli. xliii.

Elsin, xxxvii.

Elsinus, cxx.

Eluric, xxxvi.

Elvin, xlii.

Elwin, 215, note.

Elwold, xlv.

Engayne, 4.

Erdswick, 109.

Erskine, 176.

Ernich, xlv.

Ernvi, xxxviii, xxxix, xl. xliii.

Ernvin, xxxv.

Erpe, 227.

Errington, 8, and note. 9. 29J.

Essex, Ixv, note. loi, note. 131.

Ethelfleda, vi. 107.

Ethelred, vi. note.

Ethelred, 3. 47. 67. 142. 212.

214. 220, note. 246. 2J2.

271, 272. 383. 285.
Ethelred II. ^.
Ethelwerd, loi.
Etingdon, 1.
Evans, 13. 15. 69. 123. 177.

196. 201. 203, 204. 264.
Evatt, 308.
Evelyn, 24! .
Every, Ixiv. Ixxv, i56,andno/f.

157, 160. 205. 245.
Exeter, 94. no. 117, note. IJI.

Eyre, ix. liv. Ixxiii. Ixxxii.
Ixxxiii. Ixxxiv. c. ex. cxi.
cxviii.cxxviii.cl clii clxviii.
ccxxix. 20. 30 32, 33. 38,
39, 40. 60. 72. 83. 132,
and note. 135. 149. 155.
163, 177, 178, and note.
185, 186. 220, 221, and
note. 265. 299, and note.
277-

Fagg, 294, note.
Fairfax, ix. 109.
Fanshaw, or Fanshawe, cxxvi.

cxxvii. 100. 132, and note.

133, and note.
Fanshawe, cxxvi.
Farey, clxx — clxxvi, and notes.

cxci — cxciii. cxcv — cxcvii.

cxcix. cc, cci, ccii, note.

cciii. ccxli. 242. 307.
Farneworth, 71.
Faunt, 118.
Fauquier, 270, note.
Fawne, or Fowne, Ixxxix. 301.
Fearne, 297.
Fearnley, 169, note.
Fenisc, or Fen'se, xliv, xlv.
Fenshaw, 306.
Feme, Ixxix. cxxvii. ^7, 58. 99.

100, jwte. 256. 259. 295,

296.
Ferrars, Ferrers, or De Ferrars,

vii, viii.xxxvjxxxvi, xxxvii.

xxxviii, xxxix, xl, xli, xlii.

xliii. xlv. xlvi. xlvii. 1, li,
Ivi, Ivii. Ixi. cxii. 7. 11, 12,
13, 14. 20. 40.45,46, 50.

SS- 5^' 59' ^°' 61, 62, 63,
64,65,66, 67. 69. 75. 77.
91. 93, 94. 100. 1 12. 129.

136, 137, note. 145. 155,
and note. 159. 162. 1 71.
175, and note. 176, 177.
182. 187. 195. 200. 201.
205, 206. 212. 215. 217.
232. 242. 252. 253, 254,

255, 256. 258. 268., 269.
272, 273. 274. 280. 282.
294.300. 301,302.306.

Fetherston, 59.

Fidler, 254.

Fieldine, 259.

Fiennes, 47.

Pincli, 61. 164.

Finclienden, 160.

Findern, or Finderne, Ixiii.

cxxvii. 46. 171, 172. 227.

228. 237. 268. 274. 287.
Finney, 99. 179.
Fisher, Lxxviii. 244, 245.
Fitcfi, 281.

Fitz-Cliarles, xciv, note.
Fitz-Ercald, ciii. cxxxvi. cxliii.

199.
Fitz-Geffery, 75, and note.
Fitzirerald, Ixv.
Fitz-Germund, 95, 124. 156.
Fitzherbert,v.ix.xlvii. Ixvi.lxvii,

Ixxv, Ixxvi. Ixxxiii.cxxviii.

c.kIvi. ccxxxiii. 8, note. 11.

58.63,64,aiidno/c. 74, 100.

117. note, ill- 160, note.

178, and note. 218, and note.

256. 273. 292.
Fitzhubert, x.\x ', xxxvi, xxxvii,

xxxviii, xxxix, xl. xlii,

xliii, xliv. xlv. xlvi. xlvii.

16, 43. 61. 90. 92. 1 14.

135. 142. 177. 196. 232.

24;. 249. 251. 285:. 287.
Fitzhiigh, 47.
Fitz-Nicholds, 197.
Fitz-Nigel, 199.
Fitz-Odo, 92.
Fitz-Pcter, 135.
Fitz-Ral;:h, or Fitz-Ranulph,

Ix. Ixii. cxciv. 3 49. 90,

91, 124. 131. 156. 22Q.

223. 225. 229, and note.

251. 252. 261.
Fitz-Stephen, 229, and note.

230, and note. 292, 293.
Fitz-

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INDEX OF

Fitz-Walkelin, 156. 232,
Fi'z-Waltheo/, 40.
Fitz-William, xxxv. Ixxi. 36,

note. 78, 134. 201. 224,

note.
Flacketc, 275.
Fbmstead, iio, and note. 125.

193, and note.
Fleetwood, 165, note, 266, note.
Fletcher, Ixxiii. cxxviii. 84.164.

175. 180. 187, and note.

188.
Film, 20.

Flintham, 79, and note.
Flower, Ixxxviii.
Folcard,lxxii.

Folcher, Ixxviii. civ. ex, note.
Foljambe, Ixxi. cvii. clii. ccxxi.

ccxxv. 25. 30. 72. 78,

and note.. 80,81, 82. 84.

87. 97. 112. 145, 167.

169. 1S5. 225. 259. 272.

277. 279, 280, and note,

283. 289- 305.
Foliot, 187.
Forester, 203.
Fosbrooke, Ixx.tiv, clxviii. 3,

and note. 213, 234.
Foucher or Folger. cii. 128.

■39-
Fournival, ccxxvii.

Fowler, 129. 141.

Fowne, civ.

Fox, clix. clxviii, 121. 159.

303-
Foy, xcv.

Franceys, 141.

Francis, Ixiv. civ. 242, 243.

246. 262.
Frecheville, Ix. 26j, and note.

266.
Frecheville, ix. xlvii. Ix. Ixi, Ixii.

ccxxv. 88. 90. 142, 143.

156. 188. 2JI, 2J2. 259.

264, 265, 266, 267. 286.
Freeman, 272. 278.
French, 103.
Frith, clxvii ^7. 283.
Frost, 42-
Fulc, xliii.
Fulcher, 60. 146.
Fuller, 104, 235.
Fulwood, cxxix. 304.
Furneaux, clxii. and note. 47.
Furnival, or Furnivall, 44. 50.

64. 163 179.
Fynney, 31.

Gale, 62, 63.

Galen, 1 1 1 .

Galliard, Ixxviii. 1 84.

Gallliis, 72.

Ganiel,xxxvi, xxxvii. xxxix. xli.

xlii. xliv. xlvi.
Gardiner, 191.
Gargrave, 42.
Garlick, clxii.
Gariatt, 99.
Gartrevalli, 105, note.
Garv\ ay, Ixiii.
Gau:-elin, 248.
Gee, 295. 296.
Geeraertsleus, i^r.
Gcll, viii. ix, X. Ixxiii. Ixxxiii.

Ixxxiv. xci. cvi. cxxx.

clxviii. clxix. clxxxiii, no^f.

ccxiii. 7, note. 14. 23. 30,

note. 47, and note. 57. 59,

60. 63, note. 68. 70, 71.

79, note. 109. 117. 129.

149. 155. 158, and note.

159, note. 171. 183, 184.

193. 196, 197. 207. 239.

271. 275. 291, 292. 294,

and note. 29^, note. 296,

297, and note. 298, andwe/i'.

299, 300. 302.
Genell, Ixix.
George II. Ixvi.
George III. Ixvi. 38. 106.
Gerard, cxxxix. 160. 162. 238.
Gtrnon, xlviii, note. civ. 24,

25.
Gibbons, 1J2, note.
Gibbs. 1 15.
Gibson, ccv. ccvi.
Giffard, cvii. 94.
Gilbert, xxxvii. xlvi. Ixiii. cxxix,

cxxx. cx'v. cxlvii. clvii.

clxiii, 41. j8. 99 173.227.

256, 257., 258, 259. 302,

and note.
Gill, cxxx, cxxxi. 221, and note.

222.
Gillam, 1 1 8, note.
Gillett, 284.

Girardot, Ixxxv. clxvii. 203.
Gisborne, cxxxi. 58. 74. 89.

121, and note. 128. and note.

i^J. 205. 266, 267.
Gladwin, Ixxxv. clxviii. 17. 41.

84, 88. 289.
Glapwell, civ. j6.
Glossop, 87, note.

Gloucester, Jo. 76.

Goded, xlii.

Godeva, xlii.

Godolphin, 86. 222.

Godric, xxxvi, xxxvii, xxxviii.

xl. xliii, xliv, xlv, xlvi.

58.
Godrun, vi.
Godwin, xxxvi, xxxvii. xxxix.

xl. xli. 12. 4j.
Golegri, xxxix.
Gomfray, ccxxvi.
Goodbehere, 122.
Goodere, elxii.
Goodwin, Ixxxi. 31. 41. 121,

and note. 301.
Gordon, 118, note.
Gotham, civ.
Gould, 275.
Goushill, cv. 43. 144. 177.

286.
Goz,. or Goch, 60.
Gozelin, xli. 203.
Grace, i r8.
Grammont, 240.
Graves, 64.
Gray, Ixx.
Greatrakes, 297, note.
Greaves, Ixxxv, clxviii. 8. note.

32- 33- 133- 232. 243.

288. 302.
Green, 29, note. 160. 180 284.

295'. 301.
Greenhalgh, 191.
Greensmith, clix. 67. 98, 99.
Gregg, cxxxi. 193, and n'/te.
Gregge, cxxxi.
Gregory, 18. 263.
Gregson, clx.

Grendon, 58. 95. 156. 225.
Grene, 259, 260.
Gresham, 226.
Gresley, xlvii. Ixiii. cxxxiv.

clxx, and note, 117. i7o>

171, 172. 192. 202. 233.

258, note. 263. 275. 282.

See also De Greslei.
Gretton, 268.
Greville, 131. 22^, note.
Grey, x. Ivii, Iviii, lix. Ixii. cv.

23. 181. 185. 188. 191.

198. 291.
Grey, Ivii. Ixi. Ixxi. cv. ccxxvii.

96. 133. 180. 247. 249,

ajo, 251. 253, 254. 271.

299. 301.
Grey de Ruthin, clxvii. ccxxviii.
Griffin, 30, 31. 42.
Gnllet, 154.

Grim,

NAMES AND TITLES.

321

Grim, 172.
Grossetete, 284.
Grosvenor, 58.
Gry deling, 43, note.
Gundeburne, 71.
Gurneburn, xxxvii.

Hacon, xxxvii. xxxix.
Hacker, cxlviii. clx. ll^, note.
Hackett, 243.
Hadfield, 167, note.
Hadham, 187.
Haddington, 43.
Hadrian, ccvi, ccvii, ccviii.
Hague, idj. 167, and note. 308.
Haker.thorpe, cxxxv.
Halifax, 1 63 .
Hall, clxviii. 250, 251.
Hallifax, 79.

Hallowes, Ixxiv. Ixxxvi. clii.
clxtriii. 21. 55, y6. 132,
133. 216. 221.
Halton, Ixxxvi. clxix. 290. 292,

and note. 293.
Hamelton, 42.
Hamp, 282.
Hancock, 250.
Hancocke, xciii.
Handesacre, 236.
Hanselyn, 158, 159. 225.
Hanson, 246.

Harbord, 57. 62. 270, note.
Harcla, liii, note.
Harcourt, 270, note.
Harcourt, c. 231. 270, note.
Harding, 243.
Hardinge, cxxxii. 210, and

note.
Hardwick, cxxxii. 60. 190.

198.
Hardwicke, 147.
Harcston, 271.
Harewood, 208.
Hargrave, 164, note.
Harley, 1, note- Iv. 53.
Harpur, ix. Ixiii, Ixiv. Ixxxvi.
cxx. cxxvi. cxxvii. cxxx.
46, and note. 67, 68. 70.
100, and note. 1 18, and
note. 213, note. 227, 228.
237. 23'8- 243- 246- 260.
274.
Harpurlinson, 274.
Harrington, 36, note. 247.
Harrington, hi. Ixii. cxii. 124.
158, 159. 227. 247. 250.
VOL.V.

Harris, 31, iji. 260.
Harsnett, 284.
Hartington, 148. 175.
Hartley, 157.
Hasland, Ivii.
Hassall, Ixxxvii. 48.
Hastings, x. Ixvii. cxii. cxxxix.

50, note. g6. 236. 274. 291.
Hastings, cxxxv. 75, 127. 131.

162, 172. 210. 212, 236,

note 238. 242. 245. 287.
Hatfield, 223.
Hathereage, cv. cxxxvi. 83.

134. 144. 177. 286.
Hawes, 249.
Hawkins, 137, note.
Hay, cxxv.
Hayne, cxx. 14. 62.
Hayvyard, 207.
Hazlewood, 189.
Healfden, vi.

Heath, X. 87, note. 122. 203.
Heathccte.lxxii. Ixxxvi.lxxxvii.

cxxii. clxviii. 44. 79, and

note. 98. 175. 228.
Hedul, xlvi.
Helyon, cv. 25.
Heneage, 60, 61.
Henley, 114.
Henore, 162.
Henry, vii. 136.
Henry I., ccvu. 42. 63. 92. loi.

162. 165'. 194. 295.
Henry II., vii. xlvii. xcix ci.

cxx. 3. 24. 49. 71. 76. 85.
87. 94. 113. 125. 136.
144. 165, and note. 229.
242. 254. 287. 303.
Henry III., lii. xlvii. Ivi. Ixv.
Ixxxv. Ixxxix. civ, cv. cix,
ex. cxviii. cxxiii. cxxv,
cxxxv. cxl. cxlv. civ. clx
ccxxiv. 7. 12. 20. 28. 32
42, 43. 50, and note. 56.
63, and note. 66. 83, 84
93. 100. 102. 136. 141

163. 181. 188. 196. 199
209. 246, 247. 256. 300,

301-
Henry IV., hx. Ixi. Ixxviii. ci.

cxvi. cxviii. clxv. 21. 22.

39, note. \o,note. 162. 216.

247. 271. _
Henry V., cxxxiii. cxl. yy.
Henry VI., xlvii. Ixxiv. Ixxx.

xcv, and note, xcviii. cii.

cvii. ex. cxvi. cxviii.

cxx. cxxv, cxxvi. cxxxvi.

cxxxix. cxlviii. cli,chi.cHx.
T t

clxiv. clxvi. 20. 26. 28.
32. 41, note. 45, note. 46.
48. 69. 83. 90. 113. 134.
142. 187. 203. 207. 231,

^33-
Henry VII., liv. Ixxxix. civ.

cxi. cxxviii. clv. clx. 4.

II. 12. 51. 65. 72. 81.

no. 134. 139. 192. 266.

302.
Henry VIII., v, note. vii. xii.

xlviii.liii. Ivi Ixv. xciii. evii.

cxviii. cxxvii. cxlix. cli.

4 8. II. 13, 14. 28. 31,

32. 34. 48. 51. 60, 61.

66. 72. 83. 85. 88. 92.

101, note. no. 127. 139,

155. 160. 163. 165. 168.

170. 175. 187, 188. 205.

225, 226. 233. 235. 245.

255. 263. 269. 275. 299.

300, 301.
Henshall, clxxix.
Henslow, cxxiii.
Herberjour, 97.
Hepple, 5 1 .
Herdberewe, 233.
Heriz, cvi. 56. 92. 276. 289.

290. 293.
Herthill, or Harthill, cv. 7, 31.

60, 61. 304.
Heude, or Huyd, 151, and

note.
Heveningham, 274.
Hewet, 144.
Hewgate, xcii.
Hibbard, 227.
Hibberson, 75.

Hieron, i. 68. 182. 241. 263.
Higden, vi, note.
Higenbottom, 169, note.
Higginbotham, 289, note.
Higginson, 247.
Highmore, 151, and note.
Higton, 29, note.
Hilary, Ivii. cv. 247.
Hill, clxviii. 89. 92. 172. 185.
Hinde, 1 14. 284.
Hobbes, vi, note. 154, «»/f. 189,

and note, 191.
Hodges, 208.

Hodgkinson, Ixix. cxxxii. 17,

18, 19, and note. 30. 22.

100. 197. 208.

Holden, Ixxxvii. cxlvii. clxvii.

22, 23, and note. 122. 129.

283- 305> """'■ 307-
Holderness, Ix.
Holbnd, or Holand, clxvii. 30.

38,

322

INDEX OF

38, note. 7J. 94. 107. 127.

187. 212. 215. 274. 294.
Holies, Iv. Ivi. 43. 49. 53. 55.

1 01, note. 144.
Hollins, Ixv. 8, note.
Holmes, 41.
Holt, cxvii. 262.
Holte, 169.
Home, clxxxvii.
Hood, Ixvii.
Hooper, 82.

Hope, Ixxxvii. 14.43. 118121.
Hopkinson, cxxxiii. 19. 57. 92.

295. 297.
Hopton, Ixxxiv. cvi. cxlu. 14.

Hopwell, ciii. 249.

Horraanwell, 275.

Home, cxxxiii. 229, 230.

Horsden, 71, note.

Horsley, ccv, ccvi.

Horton, Ixxxviii. cxxxi. clxvii.

69. 93, and note. 172. 282.
Hoskins, clxviii. 24J.
Hotspur, 181.
Houghton, cxcv.
Hoveden, vi, note.
Howard, Iviii. Ixiii. cxvi. Jl.

90. 165, 166.
Hovjard, 270, note.
Hozue, 304.
Hulbert, 23.
Hume, 175.
Humet, 16^, note.
Humez, Ivii.
Huncyndon, 275.
Hundinc, xxxvii.
Hundine, 71.
Hundulf, xlvi.
Hunloke, Ixv. Ixxv. cxxiv.

clxx. cxcviii, and note.

ccix. 17. 81. 84. 88, and

note. 97. 173, 174, 289.
Hunt, or Le Hunt, clx. 18.

22, 23, and note. 227.
Hunsdon, 142.
Hunter, 147. 188.
Huntingdon, vi, note.
Huntingdon, Ixvii. cxxxix. 75.

96. 172. 187. 210. 237.

245.
Hurd, 196. 255.
Hurt, Ixviii. Ixxxviii. cxviii.

clxvii. clxx. cxcvii. 61.

141. 144. 231, note. 295,

and note. 301.
Hutchinson, iv, note. viii. x.

115. 1 18. ij8. IJ9, note.

195, note. 2971 note.

Hutton, 2. 10^, note. Ill, and

note. 296, note.
Hyde, 167, note.
Hyde, 293.

Ingram, xxxix. xlii. 3. 84. 220.
Ingwardby, cvi. cxii. aSy.
Inskip, 89.

Ireland, cvii. 12. 176. 265.
Ireton, li. cxxxiii. 60. 195, 196.

216, and note. 301.
Irving, 48.
Isherwood, Ixxix.

Jacson, cxlvi. 186. 256. 266.

273-
Jackson, Ixxix. cli. clx. 48. 74.
86, and note. 124. 262.

James /., Ixxvii, Ixxxvii. cxvi.

cxviii. cxxxv. cxli. 16. 32.

102. 104. 106. 175. 201.

216. 219. 230.
James II., jg, note. 128. 148.
Jasson, cxxvi.

Jebb, Ixxxviii. clxviii. 85. 87.
Jenkinson, Ixxiii. cxli. 8i. 84,

85. 98. 215, and note.
Jennens, cxxxvii. 61.
Jermyn, 48.

Jessop, Ixxiii. clxxix. 48, 230.
Jodrell, cxxxiii. 136. 138, note.

139, 140. 186. 294. 301.
John, vii. Ivii. Ixxii. c. ci. cvi,

7. 13. 21. 24. 30. 50. 59.

71. 76, 77. 91. 100, lOI.

104. 183. 192. 201. 210.

215. 277. 283. 294.
John of Gaunt, 72.
Johnson, xcii. cxxix. clx.

clxxxviii. ^g. 61. 141.
Joliffe, cxlvii. 305, and note.
Jones, Ixviii. 22, note. 34, and

note. 35, nryte. 37. 243,

note.
Justiniani, liv.

Katherine, 24.
Kay, 14J.
Kayes, 249.

Kelke, 134.

Kendall, cix. cxxxiv. 97. 246,

and note.
Kennett, 149, ijo. 152, note.

154.
Kent, 30. 41. 62. 76, 90. 290.
Kighley, 189.
Kinardesley, 281.
Kinder, iv. v. clxxxix. I. 310.
Kinersley, 281 .

King, ccxii. ccxxxvi. ccxxxviii.
Kinge, xcii.
Kinnersley, 205.
Kingston, 182.
Kingston, 208. 300.
Kinwaldmarsh, 144.
Kip, 154, note.
Kirkby, 297.
Kirkeland, 91.
Kirkhoven, 274.
Knightley, Ixxii.
Kniveton, v, note. Ixix, Ixx.

cxxx. cxxxiv. clxiii. 9. 12.

64. 66. 99. 108. 130.

196. 216, 217, and note.

297. 302.
Knowlton, clxxxviii.
KnyfF, 154, note. 240.
Knyveton, ccxxviii.

Lacock, 63, and note.

Laguerre, i j i , and note.

Lake, 249

Lambe, Ixxxi. 211.

Lancaster, 120.

Lancaster, xi.xlvii. Ivi. clxix. 11.

12. 14, 15. 22. 46. 57. 59.

62, 126. 136, 137. 140.

162. 175. 187. 209, and

note. 243. 249. 252. 2j6.

264. 281. 294. 302.
Lane, Ixxix.
Langford, 145.
Langley, 213, note. 218, 219.
Langton, 9. 57.
Lanscroon, 152, note. 153.
Large, 81, 82. 129.
Laroche, 9.
Lascelles, 20S.

Latham, xcix. cxx. 3.228. 264.
Lathbury, cvi. cxxxiv. clxi.

ij6.
Latimer, 47.
Lawton, xciv. 232.
La Trobe, 225, note.
Lawe, ccxxxi. 1 18.

Laverackj

NAMES AND TITLES.

323

Laverack, 254.
Leacroft, 67. 290.
Leake, Ivii. Ixix. cv. 4. 34.
78. 82, 83. 85. 87. 134,
^35- i72> 173- 190- 214.
231, ncle. 247. 252. 265.
271, 272. 1S8, 289.
Leaper xciii. 162. 175. 227.
Leca, Ivii.

Leche, or Leech, Ixx. xciii.

cxxxiv. cxliii, cxliv. 134,

147, 148. 181. 207. 248.

299.

Lee, Ixxvii. xci. cxxxiv. 12.

79, note. 270, nole. 283.
Leeds, 285.
Lees, 62.
Le Archer, 184.
Le Arlebastcr, 280.
Le Francis, Hii. 28.
Le Foune, or Faune, 300,

301.
Le Fune, or Fun, civ. 255.
Le Herberjour, 97.
Le Mercer, 12.
Le Peer, 219.
Le Ragged, 167. 169.
Le Savage, igo.
Le Vavasour, 181.
Le Wyne, 219.
Lee, cxxxiv. 270, note. 283.
Lee Hunte^ 211.
Leicester, 35, 36, note. 115, note.

. I49-. 199-,.
Leigh, cvi. cxvii. cxxxii. cxxxiv,

cxxxv. 73. IJ2, note. 156.

168. 219. 245.
J-.eland, 210.
Lcmaii, ccxiii. ccxviii.
Lepsi, xl.
Leuric, xxxvi. xxxviii, xxxix.

xli, xlii. xliv. xlvi. 46.
Lcven, 298.
Levenot, xxxvi. xxxviii, xxxix.

xl, xli, xlii, xliii, xliv, xlv,

xlvi. 43. 58. 145.
Leversage, 125.
Levett, cvi. 93. 282.
Levinc, xl. xlvi.
Leving, xxxvi. xlvi.
Levinge, Ixxiv. 15.
Levinus, 250.
Lewin, xxxvi, xxxviii, xxxix,

xl, xli, xlii, xliii. xlvi.
Lewis, 239.
Lexington, 50, note. 91.
Leybourne, 236, note.
Lightfoot, 239.
Ligulf, xKxvi. xxxix. xli. xlv.

Lillyman, 231, and note.

Linacre, c. cxxxv. 82. 85. 1 10.

Lincoln, i.

Lindsey, 38.

Linford, 40.

Linguard, 81.

Linley, xcvii.

Linney, cxvi.

Lisle, ^o, and note. 71, note.

Lister, clxi.

Littleton, 78. 172. 269, and

note.
Litton. See Lytton.
Liversage, 125.
Livingston, jiv.
Lloyd, cxxxiii. clxxii. note.
Lobb, 152, note. 153.
Lockhoc, 227,
Locker, 62.
Lockctt, 2c6.
Ledge, 35, note. 36, note.
Lombe, 105, and «&/f. '
London, 1^4.
Longchamp, lix. 50. 71.
Longden, 74.
Longespee, 248.
Longford,ciii. ex. cxxvi. cxxxv.

cxxxvi. ccxxvi, ccxxvii,

25. 43. 44. 83. 134. 144.

177- 199' 200. 219. 24c.

286. 288.
Lorgsdon, Ixxxviii. Jxxxix.

clxviii. 40.
Lord, clxviii. 87. 197. 276.

289.
Loudham, Ixxi. ci. cvii. 82. 84.

T '7-
Lovat, \'],note.

Loniell, Ixi. 134.
Lovell, 134, 157, J 7 J.
Lovetot, 50.
Lovett, clxi.

Lowe, Ixxxix. civ. cix. cxliv.
clxviii. clxx. 62. 65. 82.
I3J- '37- 173- '80. 182.
188, 189, note. 196. 214.
225- 257, 258, 259, 260.
262. 295, note. 301. 305.
Lucas, clxviii. 83.
Luche, 173.
Lucius, 172.
Luddington, 288.
Ludlow, 299.
Lumby, cxxxiii.
Lupus, 203. 281. 283.
Luitrell, JO.
Lygon, cxxxix. 176.
Lynford, 32.

Lytton, or Litton, cxxxv. 279.
T t 2

Maccksfeld, cxxxviii. jo2.
Macdonald, cxix.
Macdonald, cxix.
Mackenzie, 296.
Mackerell, 262.
Mackie, 152, note.
Mackworth, cxxxvi. 202, 20J.

273-
Madan, 248.
Madock, 193, note.
Mahon, 264.
Makeley, 69.
Malbon, cxiii.
Malclerc, 210.
Malger, xliv. xlv. 181. 192.
Maltravers, 244.
Manchester, 26). 291.
Mander, 301.

Manlovc, cxxxvi. cxcv. 58.
Manners, xlviii, xlix. ccxxxvi,
ccxxxvii. 25, 26. 29, 30.
60. 99, IGO. 107. 192.
281.285,286.
Mansel, 270, note.
Mansell, liv.

Mansfeld, 51, 52. 55. 61.
Manners, 47, 48. 82. 182. 372.
Marbury, cxxiv. 98. 2^-], note.
Marc, 209.
Marchinton, 277,
Margaret, 210.
Marow, Ixvi.

Marshall, Ivi. cxxviii. 91. 223.
Martin, clxxxviii.
Mary, cc. 43. 104. 115, „„/,.
119- 123, 124, 125. 182.
236.
Mary Queen of Scots, viii, 19.
21. 3 J, and note. ^6, note.
107, 108, 109. 145. 148,

149- 153- I5J- 190. and
note. 290, 291, and note.

Masey, cvii.

Massarene, Ixxxiv.

Massey, 189.

Master, cxxxvii.

Masters, 181.

Mather, 297.

Matley, 20.

Maulovel, 1.

Mawreward, Ixxvii.

Mawbey, 234.

Mawe, cxcix. 106.

Mawer, 229.

Maynard, 79. 289.

Mead, Ixvi. 163, note. 260.
Mee, 240.

Meinell.

924.

INDEX OF

Meinell. See De"Meinell, and

Meynell.
Melbourne, Ixxxi. 27. 45. 75.

211, 212. 237.
Melland, 41, 178.
Mellor, Ixxxix. xc. cxl. 14. loz.

168, 193, and note. 301.

302.
Merry, cxxxvl. 47, and note.
Meryng, 2. 24, note.
Meverell, ciii. cxxxvi. cxlvii.

ccxxx. 276, 277, and note.

279, note.
Meynell, or Meinell, li. Ixvi. xc.

cxvi. cxxvi. cli. clxvii.

clxviii. I. 12. 63. 64, and

note. 6j, 66. 68. 118. 144.

170. 180, note. 193, note.

196, 197, and note. 198,

and note. 201. 255. 264.

286. 287. 299. 305, 306.
Meysham, clxi.
Michell, 19. 88.
Middlemore, 262, 263.
Middleton, iv, note, cxcviii, and

note. 134. 163, 164. 180,

note.
Middleton, xc. clxviii. 206. 305.

310.
Midleham, 82, 83.
Mildmay, 148.
Miller, xciii. cxxxiv. 180, note,

181.
Millington, 17, note. 307.
Mills, 218.
Milnes, xci. xcvi, cxciii, note.

17. 79, and note. 83, 181,

182. 184. 300.
Milward, ix. cxxxvii. 14. 45.

60, 61. 89. 99, 100. 130,

and note. 131. 264. 275.

289.
Minors, ccxxxii. 137. 139. 207.

310.
Molanus, ix, x. 149. 155. 239.
Molineux, ix. 49. 82. 291.
Mompesson, 164.
Monjoy, or Monjoye, cvii. 12.

31.40.
Monmouth, 142.
Montalt, 281.
Montfort, 72, note. 187.
Montgomery, 1. cv. cvii.

ccxxvii. 12. 94. 256. 269.

273-
Montgomery, 138. 218.
Monteagle, 43.
Moor, 28.
Moore, 5,6. 81. jo6.

Mora, xcii.

Morcar, xxxix.

More, cxxv. 191.

Moresby, 133.

Morewood, Ixiii. xci, xcii. ex.

clxvii. clxx. cxcviii, and

note. 4, 5. 132, 133. 163.

182. 221, and note.
Morley, cvii. cxlvi. ccxxviii.

15J. 212. 282.
Morley, cvii.
Morphy, xcv. 91.
Morrison, 101, note.
Morteyne, cviii. ^o. 71. 162.

163. 173- 250-
Moseley, 67. 160.
Motion, xciv.
Mortimer, 263, 264.
Moubray, Iviii.
Mould, 5.
Mounijoy, lix. Ix. Ixii. 47. 69.

158, IJ9. 200, 201. 233.

255. 268.
Mowbray, 17 1. 202. 282.
Mowbray, 239.
Mower, xci. xcii. xcvi. clxviii.

'33- '34- 13s .
Mundy, lix. xcii, xciii. cxxxiv.

clxviii. cxcviii, and no/f. 173-

180, and note. 181, 182.

203, 204, and note. 213.

239. 282.
Munro, 300.
Munyng, 205.
Murcot, 176.
Murray, 61.
Musard, xxxv, xxxvi. xxxviii.

xli. xliv. xlvi. Ix. Ixi. 85.

144. 264. 266, 267.
Musard, xlvii.
Muschamp, 52.
Muskam, 171. 192.
Muster, 16, 17.
Mynors, ccxxxiii.

Nedauld, 153.

Need, cci.

Needham, ci. clxi. 38. 97. 100.

Neile, 181.

Nevil, or Nevill, cxxii. ccxxvii.

44. 62.
Neville, Ixx. 30. 71. 76. 132.

163.
Newbold, 133. 309.
N'ewbiirgh, liv. Ixii. 30. 32. 38.

184. 186. 280.

Newcastle, ix. 1. Iv. xc. 42. yi,

5«>53. 54. 5S•7<5•78•83■
8l;,9I. 147. 149. l9,o,nole.

185. 197. 204. 267. 291.
Newcome, cxxxix.
Newdi^ate, 173. 253.
Newell, cxlii. 65. 273.
Newport, Ix. 201.
Newsam, cxxxix. 98.
Newton, xciii. cxxx. cl. 14. 19.

41. 62 116. 136. 143.

162, 163. 221, 222, 223.

227. 253. 292, and no/f.
Nicholas. ^Z. 112. 114. 155.
Nicholas, 203.

Nichols, xcii, note, ccxiv. i. 5.
Nicolls, 266.
Nicolson, 211.
Nigel, xxxvii. xlvi.
Nightingale, xciii. xciv. 22. 91.

208. 754. 300.
Nodder, 16.
NoUekins, 1 16.
Nonant, 71.
Norfolk, Iviii. Ixxxvi. 51. 1 65,

166, 167, 187. 239. 280.

286. 291, 292.
Norman, 32.

Northampton, li. 1 16, 1 1 7. 1 3 1.
Northedge, 19.
Northumberland, Iv. ccvii, note.

291.
Nost, 152.
Nottingham, 210.
Nuthill, Ix.
Nuttall, 19.

Oakley, 153, note.

Odincar, xliv.

Odingsell, Ixxxi. cviii. 280.

Odworth, clxiii.

Offley, cxxii. cxxxviii. 2J0,

221.
Ogle, Iv.

Okeover, ccxxix. 9, note. 61.

178, note. 204. 296.
Oldfield, 9, note. 10. 70. 97, nvte.
Oldham, 254.
Oldknow, clxviii. 168.
Onely, 269, note.
Orange, 109. 1 48.
Orange, 221.
Orford, 54i 55- iji» and note.

152, note. 1 53, note.
Orme, xxxviii. xli. 206.

Ormer,

NAMES AND TITLES.

325

Ormer, xlv.

Ormond, Iv. Ixii. cxxii. cxxxvii.
clxx. 17, 34. 85, 86, 87.

89- 131- I3J- 240. 271.

272.
Ormond, cii. cxv. ccxxxii. 4.

220.
Osborn, cxxxviii. 6j. 118, and

note. 144. 257, 2j8. 297.
Osmer, xlii.
Osmimd, xxxvii. xxxviii. xliii.

xlv. 127. 246.
Outram, vi. clxxxi. 230.
Overton, cxxxi.
Owen.Ixxxi. cxlii. 213, no/f.
Owfield, 10.
Oxford, 1, note. Iv, 53. 55. 56.

268.
Oxley, xc.

Padley, Ixxxiii. cviii. 178.
Paget, 69. 15J. 226. 263.
Paget, 22. 226. 263. 283.
Pagett, 275. 288.
Pakington, 240, note.
Palfreyman, 41.
Palmer, 131.

Pares, clxviii. 225. 239. 283.
Parker, Ixxiv. civ. cxxxviii.

III. 118. 121. 173. 222,

and note. 22J. 233. 295.
Parr, 131.
Partridge, 177.
Paston, Ixxii.
Pavely, 289.
Peach, 230.
Peacock, Ixxx.
Pearson, clxxxix, note. 222.
Pecke, clxii.
Feckham, 26. 33. 41.
Pegge, Ixx. xci. xciv, and note.

xcvii. cxlvii. clxv. cciv,

ccvi. ccix. ccxi, ccxii.

ccxvii, ccxviii. ccxxxv. i,

2. 4. 9, note. 10. 12. 82.

121. 132. 134 177. 196.

223, 224, and n. 284, 28y.
Pembroke, Ivi. 41. 62. 91. 138,

and note. 163. 179, note.

187. 201. 236. 264. 290.
Perabrugge, or Pembruge, liii.

ccxxxvii.
Penn, ig^,note.
Percival, cxc.
Percy, Ivii.
Perpoynt, 16.

Peshall, or Perehall, cxlii. 17.

22.
Peters, 10.
Petersham, 1^8.
Peverel, or Peverell, xxxv,

xxxvi, xxxvii, xxxviii,

xxxix, xl, xli, xlii. xliv,

xlv, xlvi, xlvii. Ixi.ccxxxvi.

24. 42. 49. 56. 71. 76.

162. 165. 173. 180. 184.

231. 276, 277. 283. 289.
Peyton, civ. 24.
Phelipoes, 19
Phenney, 306.
Philip, 146.
Philips, cxxvi. 264.
Philipps, 177.
Pick, 261.
Pickford, 42.
Pierrepoint, 25, 47. 182. 208.

252, 272. 274. 276.
Piggin, 22J.
Pilkington, iv, note. xii. xxi, and

note, cxxxix. clxxxix. cxci.

cxcii. cxcv, cxcvi 2. 106.

114. 129. 166, note. 262.

265.
Pincombe, 13J.
Pindar, cxxxix. 137.
Pipard, 50. 187. 197. 256.
Pipe, 286.
Piper, cviii. 280.
Piru, 205.

Plantagenet, Ivi. 30. 112. 187.
Pleasley, 232.
Plesley, cviii. 16.
Plumley, cxi cxxxv. 17.
Plumpron, cviii. 97. 745. IJ9,

note. 178, note. 225. 260.

280. 289. 305.
Pochin, 127.
Poer, 259.
Pole, XLiv. xcv. cii. cxi. cxxv.

ccxxx. 10. 44. 47. (,0, note.

91.96. 156, 157. 191 197,

198. 208. 212, and note.

213, and note 2 1 6, 2 1 7.

225, 226, 227. 233.283.
Polhill, cxxxiii.
Pool, 145.
Port, 1. cxxxix. 64. 66. 94. 96.

160. 238.

Porte, ccxxxiii. 160, and note.

161. 237. 288. 310.
Porter, cxix cxxiii. 136. 225.
Portland, xlix. I. Iv. Ixii. ^J. 55.

76. 82 . Ss. 89. 91. 158.
267. 286.
Pott, cxxxix. 98, 99. 161, note.

Potterell, 138.

Pozvis, 299.

Powtrell, cxl. ccxxix. 173, 174,

and note.
Poynton, 143.
Prichard, xcii.
Price, cxxii. 151. 271.
Prime, 17S.
Prin-ep, clxvii.
Proud nan, 2jo.
Pnlteney, li.
Pulton, 283.
Purefoy, Ixxi.
Purvey, cxxii.
Pursglove, ccxxxiv. 277, 278,

note. 279.
Pye, Ixxxiii, 206.
Pymme, clxii.
Pyncomb, 137, note.
I'ype. 43'44-H4-286.
Pypys, ccxxxii. 78.

Quincy, Ivi.

Radcliffe, liv. Ixxxiii. Ixxxix.

cxxi. cxl. 216. 221.
Radford, clxviii. i^S, note, 185.

213. 214.
Rage, 113.

Ralph, xxxv, xxxvi. xliv. 46.
Ramsey, 210.
Raven, xl. xliv. xlvi.
Ravenchel, xxxix.
Ravensworth, 47.
Raworth, 17, note.
Raynouard, 2JI.
Read, clxviii.
Reade, 226,227.
Rediche, Ixxii.
Reddiche, or Reddish, cxxvi.

199
Rembrandt, 19^'.
Rennie, clxxix.
Reresby, cxl. cxli. 16.
Revel, Ixxiv. cxli, and no/^. 215.

219, and note. 224, note.

254, and note. 265.
Revell Ixiv. xci. xcvii.
Reynes, 135.
Reynolds, 27, note.
Rhodes, 286.
Riboef, cviii.
Ricard, 151, and note.

Rich,

326

INDEX OF

Rich, i8j.

Richard, ccxi, ccxii, ccxiii.ccxv,

ccxvii, ccxviii.
Richard I., c. ciii. civ. 50. 99.

199- 255-
Richard II., c. ciii. cvii. cxx.

cxxiii. cxxv. cxli,
Richard III, 1 92.
Richardson, vi. cxlix. 141. 214.
Richmond, Ji.
Richmond, 187, 264.
Ridware, cxi. 58. 93.
Ripley, v.
Risley, cix.
Rislip, cvii.
Rivers, cxlv. 200.
Rivett, 204.
Robert, xl. xli. xlv. xlvi. 31.

49- 67- 303- 273- 276-

Roberts, 199.

Robins, 27, note.

Robinson, iii. 228. 267. 297.

Rochford, 273.

Rochft, cviii. 97. 14J.

Rodes, ix. Ixxii. Ixxxvl. ci.
clxvii. ccxxxix. ccxl. 43,
44. 56. 89. 155. i5'7. 266.
267.

Roe, cxxvi. cxxx.

Roger, xxxix. xli. xliii. xliv.
12.

Rogers, 59.

Rokeby, 177.

Rokesby, 264.

Roliston, ccxxix.

Roll, 82.

Rollesley, Rowlcsley, or Rows-
ley, Ixx. cvi. cxxxv. cxli,
cxhi. ccxxxii. 98, 99. 297.

RoUeston, Ixiii. cxlii. 4. 17. 20,
21. 143. 216.

Roo, cxliii.

Rooe, 302, 303.

Rooke, cciv, nole. ccv. ccxvi.
ccxviii.

Roos, Ixv. 232.

Roper, clxii. 22. 97. 142. 180.
233- 283. 304.

Rosell, or Rosel, Ixxxix. cix.
cli. 188. 295, nole.

Rossi, 282.

Rossington, cl\iii. 1^2. 302.

Rotheram, cxlii. 132, and i:o/c.

144.
Rothes, 19.

Roubiliac, 1 17.
Rouland, or Roland, 39.
Rowe, cxlii, cxliii. 273.
Rowland, 135.

Rowles, cxciv.

Rotulesley, or Rowsley, See
Rollesley.

Roy, ccxii.

Royle, 177.

Ruhill,66.

Russel, Ixiv. 131. 245.

Rutland, xlviii. xlix. Ixii. Ixxx.
ccxxxvi. 13. 25. 29, and
note. 30, 31, 32. 60. 97. 99.
134. 185. 192. 233. 267,
268. 286. 302, 303. 305,
306.

Rye, clxiii. 28^, 286.

S acheverell, or Sache verel, Ix xxi.

xcv. xcvi. ciii. cxliii, cxiiv,

andno/f.cxlv,cxlvi.ccxxxiv.

60. 99. 100. 124. 127. 212,

andno/c2l3, and note. 214.

249. 262, 296,andno/f.297.
Sackviiie, Iii. 92.
Sadler, 107. 291, and note.
Saintloe, cxxxii.
St. Amand, 93.
St. Helens, 63. 256.
St. John, ccxxii. 266.
St. Pierre, Ixxxviii.
Sale, cxliv. 45. 283.
Salisbury, 12. 76. St.
Salomon, clxiii.
Salvin, cxl.
Sanders, clxiii. i. 60. 1 95, and

note. 202. 216, and note,

263, and note. 304.
Sandford, cxxiv. ccxl. 222.
Sandiacre, 173.
Saperton, 58. 30J.
Sarle, 273.
Saswalo, xxxix. xl. 159. 20^,

Saunderson, cxxxi.
Savage, cxlv. clxiv. 192.
Savage, cix. ex. cxlv. clxiv, 63.

134. J57. 163. 172. 191,

192. 245. 268.
Savensby, 74.
Saville, cx.\x. cxlv. cxlvii. 25.

32' 33- 62- 90- 163.
Saxton, 22.
Sberne, xxxvii.
Scargill, 174.
Scarsdale, Iii. Ivii. Ixii. Ixiv; Ixix.

clxx. 4. 47. 87. 128. 173.

194, 195, 196. 203. 214.

217. 227. 231. 247. 271.
279. 288, 289. 299.
Scot, 50.
Scott, Ixvii. 239
Scrimshire, 81, 84.
Scriven, 7, 222.
Sedley, 284.
Segrave, jo, note. 202. 236. 239.

282.
Segrave, Iviii. 171.
Selden, i.
Sellick, 263.

SeIioke,cxlv. 43. 131. 222,223.
Senior, 99, 100.
Serlo, xxxix. cviii. 16. 32.
Seuche, 58.
Severus, ccvii, ccviii.
Sewall, li. 60. 20J. 254.
Seward, 164. 238, note.
Seymour, 170.
Seynclere, 213, note.
Shakerley, cvi. clxiv. 32, 40.
Shalcross, x. cxlv. 41. 73. 149.

186.
Shardelow, 125.
Sharpe, 1 14.
Shaw, 2. 29, no/e 5j. 129. 139.

177. 221. 239. 280.
Sheffield, 219. 244. 25 1. 289.
Sheffield, 287.
Sheldon, xcii. cxlvi. 41.
Shepey, cix. 245,
Shepherd, clxv. 308.
Sherbrooke, cxix. cxxiii. and

note. 62.
Shiphrooke, liii.

Shirley, xlvii. 1. li. )vi. cix. cxi.
cxvi. clvii. clxvii. 12. 60.
65, 66. 72. 99. 146. 159.
187. 195. 20^". 2IO. 249.
255.302.
ShirtclitFe, 279, note.
Shore, xciv. xcv. and note.
cxxxviii. clxviii. clxx. 22.
91. 100. 172. 20S. 220.
222, 223.
Shrewsbury, viii, and note, xlvii.
xlviii. Ixii. Ixxx. cxxxii.
ccxxxviii. 22. 31, 32. 35,
and tiote. 36, note. 40, 41,
42. 51. 56. 62. 76. 81. 85'.
87. 90, 91. 1 13. 1 15, and
note. 116. 120. 126. 134.
745. 147, 148, 149. 161,
note. 163. 165. 168. 175,
176, 177, 178, 179, note.
182. 190, 191. 208. 25'4.
267. 272. 289, 290. 293.
.300.

Shrigleyj

NAMES AND TITLES.

327

Shrigley, 258. note.
Shuttlewortlijlxxxvii.xcvi.cxiv.
clxviii. 22, 22, and note.
178.
Shylton, 248.
Simpson, cxxxvii. clxviii. 47,

185, 186.
Sims, clxxxviii. 140.
Siston, ex.

Sitwell, Ixviii. xcvi. cxxv. clxviii.
143, and note. 144. i88.
a 1 2, and note. 213, and note.
215. 266. 310.
Siward, xxxv, xxxvi, xxxvii,
xxxviii. xl. xli, xlii, xliii.
xlvi. 67. 203.
Skrymsher, 309.
Slack, 186.
Slater, cxxxi, cxxxiv. clxvii. 79.

8g. 195.
Sleath, 236. 238.
Sleigh, Ixxxi. cxxi. cxlvi. clxiii.
94. 128. 160. 162. 264,
note. 272, and note. 273.
Sligo, 306.
Smeaton, clxxix.
Smedley, 193.

Smith, Ixxix. xci. xcvi. cxxviii.
cxlv. clxvii. clxxxviii. 66.
79, and n«/f. 90. 100. 119,
and note. 139, 140. 163.
182,207.229.230.284.
Smithsby, cix.
Smithson, 53. 55, and note. 56,

and note. 309.
Smyth, cxxxviii. 296.
Snitterton, cix. cxliv. 99. 297.
Solney, or Sulney, cx.219.
Somer, 108.
Somersali, ex. 72.
Somerville, 243.
Soresby, xci. 85. 300.
Sotehill, cviii. 97. 145.
Sovpter, 104, note.
Spalden, 10.
Spateman, cxlvi. 22. 207. 295,

note.
Speechley, 211,
Speed, 1 14.
Spelman, 236.
Spence, cxiv.
Spencer, xcvi.
Spernicotes, 14.
Spott, 5. 43.47.89. 135.212
214. 220, note. 231. 252
272. 282. 285. 287.
Sprig, 29, note.
Sprott, 142.
Spurrier, 205.

Stacpoole, liii.

Stafford, Ixiii. Ixxxiii. Ixxxix.
xcii.cx.cxi,cxii.cxix.clxiv.
30.91.156. 168. 2i6. 219.
232, 233. 242. 245. 276,
277.
Stamford, Ixxi. 96. 249. 301.
Stanhope, 69. 96. 177. 201. 241,

note. 262.
Stanhope, xlvii. 1. lii. Ixxviii.
xcii. cxxxix. 13. 43. 48.
78. 94. 140. 141. 158, and
note. 159, and note. 177.
187. 213, note. 226. 239.
241. 242. 247. 25:3. 256.
258.
Staniforth, 143.
Stanley, 43. u 2. 121. note.
Stapleton, 59.
Staplevine, xli.

Statford, xxxv. xxxviii, xxxix.
xliii. xliv. xlvi, xlvii. 170,
i7i> 172-
Statham, cvii. cxlvi, cxlvii. cli.
ccxxxi. 208. 212, 213, and
note. 278, and note. 279, and
note. 295, and note. 296.
300. 302.
Staunton, xc. cxxv. 40. 95. 213,

note.
Staveley, Ixxxix.
Stead, clxvii. 224.
Steeples, 255.
Steere, 98.
Steers, cxcv,
Steinulf, xl. xli. xliii, xliv, xlv,

xlvi.
Stephen, 20. 91. 188.
Sterre, xxxvi.
Stevens, 237, 238, note.
Stevenson, cxlv. cxlvii. 79. 268.

305, and note.
Steynesby, 190.
Stivifard, xxxvi.
Stock, 254.
Stocks, 288.
Stockden, Ixxviii.
Stockwith, cxxiv.
Stokes, 89.
Stokesley, 1S7.
Stone, clxv.
Stones, cxlvii. 143, and note.

2 3 2, and note.
Storer, 310.
Stori, xliv.
Story, or Storye, 63. 222, and

note. 223.
Stoteville, 142. 286.
Stow, 63, note.

Stowe, 160.

Strange, 19.

Strangeways, 48. 142.

Stratford, 32.

Strelley, xciv. xcvi. xcvii. cxl.
173. 180. 185, and note.
224. 230. 236. 293.
Stretton, 133.
Stringer, clxv. 143.
Strutt, clxvii, clxviii. cciii. 106.

126. 139, 140.
Strode, cxxi.
Stuart, X. 109. 148.
Stubbing, cxlviii.
Studley, 299.
StufRn, ci. cxlviii. 295. 297.

Stuffyn, cxlviii. S3.

Stuteville, 135.

Sudbury, 90.

Suffolk, V, note. cxvi. 67.

Suinus, xxxvii, xxxviii.

Surrey, 264.

Sussex, 36, note.

Sutton, cxlviii. 4. 26, li?.
180.

Swain, xxxvi. xl.

Swan, 100. 175. 186.

Swann, 60.

Swcin, 113.

Swift, Ivii. 48. loy. 134.
Swillington, c. 90. 276. 290.
Swinborne, cv.
Swinburne, 24.
Swinnerton, cxxviii. 236.
Swynfen, liii.
Sylvester, cxc.

Talbois, 2J.

Talbot, xlvii. cxvi. clxvi. 38.
62. 90. 134. 149. 163.
177- 208. 254. 290. 300.
1 allard, 154.
Talman, 150, ijj,
Tamworth, li.
Tamworth, 255.
Tanner, xviii, note,
Tatam, 58.

Tateshall, 50, note. 131. 236.
Tatton, Ixxxiii.

Taylor, cxlviii, cxlix. 10. 22.
27, and note. 28, and note.
60. 79. 81. 84. 96. 99.
204. 228. 282.
Te'ignmouth, xcv. note.
Teodric, xlii.

Tetlow,

328

INDEX OF

Tetlow, 133.

Thacker, lii. cxlix. 98. 141.

23J, 236, 237, and note.
Thanet, 90. 163. 254. 289.
Thornhill, xcvii. cxv. clxviii.

clxx. 203. 207. 231, 232.

249- 305. 306-
Thornton, 169.
Thorp, 177.
Thynne, 147. note.
Tibetot, 305.
Tijou, 151, note.
Tilly, 191.
Tinsley, 53.
Tissingtori, 291.
Tochet, 203.
Tochi, XXXV, xxxvi. xxxviii.

xl. xlii. xliv, xlv. 1 1. 123.

155. 158.
Toke or Touke, 228.
Tolf, xxxix. xlv.
Toli, xliii. xlv. 246.
Tolka, ex.
Tomlinson, 309.
Tony, Ixiii.
Tooice, 176.
Toplis, 207.
Tori, xlv.

Touk, or Toke, ex. 45. 46.
Towers, Ivii.
Towndrow, 2R9, note.
Townshend, li, note. Ivi. 59.
Tracy, 243.
Trajan, ccvi. ccvii.
Trott, 15. 61. 204.
Trusley, ex. 26.
Tuehet, lix. 203.
Tunsted, clxvi.
Turbut, xcvii.
Turbutt, cxli. clxviii. 215. 254.

289.
Turgar, xl.

Turie, I4v 178,179. 310.
Turner, cxlix. el. clxxxviii. 4,

^. 162. 197. 228. 295.
Tumor, 57, 58. 99.
Turville, cxxiii.
Tuschet, 203.
Tutbury, xxxviii. xli.
Twigge, 13.
Twyford, ex. 197, 198.
Tyrell, cv. 25.
Tyrrell, 130, note.
Tyrwhit, Ixv.

Uetebrand, xxxv. xxxix. xliv.
Uctred, xxxvi. xxxviii, xxxix.

Ulchel, xxxvi, xxxvii. xxxix.

xliv.
Ulchetel, or Ulchetil, xxxix.

xlv. 12.

Ulchil, xxxix. xliv, x!v.

Ulme, xliv.

Ulsi, xxxvii. xl. xliii.

TJlfar, xliv.

Ulkcrthcrpc, 252-

Uluifft, xxxv, xxxvi.

Uluric, xxxv. xxxvii. xl. xliv,

xlv.
Upton, 65, 66. 141. 203.
Usser, 282.
Uxbridge, dxxvi.

Vandyke, 52. 54.

Vane, 78.

Vavasor, xcvi. 19S. 286.

Vaux, 32.

Veale, Ixviii.

Venables, liv. Ixxxi. 58. 201.

256. 269, 270, note. 295.
Verdon, 79. 176. 142.
Vernon, ccxxix. ccxxxii.

ccxxxvi, ccxxxvii. 185.

273. 294, and note. 296.

299-

Vernon, xii. xlvii. xlix. lii, liii,

liv. Ixii. xeix. cvii. clxx.

12, 13. 20. 25. 28, 29,

30, 31. 46, note. 61. 93.

131. 199. 201, 202. 20J.

256. 269, and note. 270,

note. 272, 273. 281. 297.

Verrio, 151, and note.

Vicars, 291.

Villiers, 175'.

Vincent, cxxxv.

Vitalis, ccvi.

Wade, xxxvii. xlvi. 85.

WagstafFe, clxvi. 165. 202.

Wainwright, 284.

Wake, vii. 83. 143. 283.

Wake, xi.

Wakebridge, or Wakebrugge,

cxi. 91. 208.
Wakelyn, 205.
Waklin, clxvi. 237.
Walcot, cix.
Waldeshef, cxi. 58.
Waldief, Ixviii.
WalkeliHj cxi.

Walklate, 169.

Walker, 12. 128. 25^; 260,

261.
Wall, 100.
Wallef, xxxvii. 6^.
W"allei,, cix.
Walrond, 237, note.
Wal ingham, 35, note.
Wall hall, 25.
AVaUham, 210.
Waltheof, 31, 113.
Walton, 1 18, 119. 125.
Warbiirton, cxiii. 307.
Ward, xc. xcii, no;c. cxxvi. 74.

197. 234. 238. 246. 264.
Wardle, 175.
Wardour, 46, note.
Warner, xxxviii. xl. xliv. xlvi.

180. 228. 253.
Warren, 230.
Warnvlck, 70. 1 26.
Warwick, Ix.
Wasteneys, Ixiii.
Waterpark, Iv. Ixii. Ixvi. 130.
Watkins, 206.
Watkinson, 86.
Watson, cxevi. excix, note.

ccxiv. ecKvi. 3 1 , and note.

152, note. 153, and note.

i8o.
Watts, 135.
Wazelin, xlv.
Webster, 61. 65. 79, and note.

137, 138, note. 204. 284.

289. 304.
Wells, el. 25. 40.
Wensley, or Wendesley, cl.

ccxxv. 13. 25. 39. 70. 99,

100. 204.
Wentworth, 25. 141. 286.
Wenunwen, Wenonuyn, or We-

nunwyn, 30, 31. 42.
Wesley 308.
West, c\\. 83. 223.
Westbrook, 120.
Westby, cxxxi.
Westcote, 237. 288.
Westmorland, 30.
Whalley, 285.
Whately, clxxxviii.
Wheeldon, 124.
Whelpdale, 237.
Wheler, 117.

Whitaker, ccviii, ccxii. ccxviii,
Whitby, 118, note.
White, clxvi. 104. 190, note. 221.
Whitehall, cli. 12.
Whitehead, 191. 238. 2'jo,note.
Whitehurst, clxxiii, clxxiv, note.

II.

Whitelock,

NAMES AND TITLES.

329

Whitelock, ix.
Whittington, cxi. 283.
Wigfall, clxvii. 143, and note.
Wigley, cxlvi, cxlvii. cli. 20.

86. 29J, and note. 300.
Wigwell, 300.
Wilcock, 258.
Wildman, 221.
Wilkins, ccxix, ccxx. 233,

234, and note.
Wilkinson, xcvii. 49. 142. 289.
Wilkes, 244.
Willes, 118, note.
Willet, Ixxxi.
William, xliv.

William the Conqueror, xxxv,
xxxvi, xxxvii, xxxviii,
xxxix, xl, xli, xlii, xliii,
xliv, xlv, xlvi. Ivi. Ixi.
ciii. cviii. cxv. ccxxxvi.
24. 65. 71. 172. 192.
202. 226, 227. 287.
WiUiam Rufus, 9.
WiUiam III., Ixiv. 80, note.
Williams, cxxv. 218.
Willis, 95.

Willoughby, Ixx, Ixxi. c, and
note, cviii. clxxxix. 16, 95.
124, and note. 173. 21J.
231. 249, 250, 251. 262.
294, note.
WUlovghly, 60. 274.
Willymot, 33.

Wilmot, Ixvi. Ixxv. Ixxxi. xcvi.
91, 92, 122, 127, 128.

136. 189. 215. 219, and
note. 226. 231, note. 257,
2j8, and note. 260, 261.
281. 283. 301.
Wi!ne, 283.
Wilshaw, 38, note.
Wilson, 120, 213. 288. 289.
Wilkson, 42.
Wilughby, ccxxxi. 133.
Winchester, Ivi.
Windley, 225.
Windsor, 225.
Winfield, xcix. cxi.
Wingerworth, 21, 22.
Wingfield, cv. cxxxii. cxxxiv.

222, 223.
Winter, \'i,\,note. 180. and note.

182.
Wise, 154.
Withipole, 13. 226.
Wodi, 12.
Wolferstan,orWolferston, 171,

note. 172. 262.
Wolfhunt, clxix. 280.
Wollaston, 244.
Wolley, xcviii. ex. 1, 2, II,
note. 18. 33. 69. 105, 120.
122. 194. 205, and note.
207, 2o8> 209. 240.
Wolsey, xii.
Wolstenholme, xcviii.
Wood, 89. 284. 296.
WoodrofFe, clii. 25.
Woodville, 200.
Woodward, clxxxviii 307,

WoodyecWoodyear, orWood-
yeare, 17. 84. 215, and
note.
WoolhoLise, Ixxxvi. civ. clii. cc.

56.
Woollatt, 106.
Woollet, 227.
Wormhill, 100.
Wortley, ix. 47, 48. 134.
Wray, Ixxi.
Wren, 6. i^i.

Wright, cxxx. clii. 32. 39. J9.
89. III. 132. 135. 144.
163. 208. 230. 284.
Wulfric, 3.
Wyatt, 126.
Wynfield, 16, 17.
Wyrley, 97.
Wyverton, ijj.
Wyvil, 118.

Yates, 69.

Yeavely, cxvii.

Young, 152, and note. 153.

Zouch, Iviii. 181. 192.
Zouch, Iviii. 4. 107. 181. 192.
229, 230.

Vol. V.

GENERAL INDEX.

/I BELL, family of, cliii. Arms, ibid.
Ahney, family of, cxii. Arms, ihid.

Abney, township and manor of, 184.

Agard, Arthur, notice of, 253.

Agard of Foston, family of, cxii. Arms, ib'id.

Agard of Scropton, memorials of, 252, 253.

Agard of Sudbury, family of, cxii. Arms, tb'td.

Alabaster, mines of, in Desbyshire, account of,
cxcix.

Aldercar-park, 18 1.

y^/i/frw^ij/fy, township of, 301. Manor, j3/i/. Cha-
pel, ibid.

Aldivarh, 60.

Aldiuark-grange , 60.

Alen or Alcyne, family of, cxiii. Arms, ibid.

Alestrey or AUestrey, family of, cliii. Arms, ibid.

Alfreton, family of, xcix. Arms, ibid.

Alfreton, town and parish of, 3. Manor, ibid. i^.
Markets, &c. 3. Church, 4. Ancient mo-
nument there, ccxxxii. Chantry, 5.

Alkmanlon, township and manor of, 200.

Allen-hill, 207.

AUestrey, parochial chapelry of, 203. Chapel,
204.

Alreiuas, 93.

Alsop, family of, cxiii. Arms, ibid.

Alsop, parochial chapelry of, 14.

Altars, Jlcman, account of, ccv. ccvi. "

Alton, township of, 301. Manor, ibid.

Ahaston, parochial chapelry of, 123, 124.

Ambaston, manor of, 158.

Amber, river, clxxviii.

Amusements of the inhabitants, iv.

Antiquities of Derbyshire : — British antiquities,
cciii. Roman antiquities, ccv. British and
Roman roads and stations, ccviii — ccxviii.
Ancient church architecture, ccix — ccxxxv.
Ancient castles and mansion-houses, ccxxxvi.
— ccxl.

Appleby, parish and manor of, 5. Chwrch, ibid.
School, 6.

Architecture, ancient, of Derbyshire, account of,
ccix — ccxl.

Ariwright, hm\\y of, Ixxv. Arms, ibid.

Arkiuright, Sir Richard, biographical notice of,
208. 300.

Arleston, manor of, 45.

Ash, manor of, 273.

Ashborne, town and parish of, 6, II — 15. Mar-
kets, &c. ii/W. Population, !^j(/. Manor, 7.
Church, 8, 9. Ancient monuments there,
ccxxvi. ccxxx. ccxxxii. Rectory, 9. School,
ibid. Ahin-houses, 10.

Ashby-de-la-Zouch, C3.m\ clxxx.

Ashenhurst, fami y of, cliii. Arms, ibid.

Ashford, village of, 30. Manor, ibid. Chapel, 3 1 .
Meeting-house, ibid. School, 308. Ac-
count of British antiquities there, cciv.

Ashover, town and parish of, 15, 16. Market, &c.
I J. Church, 19. Singular entry in its re-
gister, 20. School, ibid. Ancient font
there, ccxxiii.

Ashton, of Castleton, family of, cxiv. Arms.
ibid

Ashton, of Killamarsh, family of, cliv. Arms, ibid.

Assizes, where held, iii.

Aston, village of, 269.

Astsn-on-Trent, -piiriih oi, 22. Church, 23. An-
cient monument there, ccxxix. Market, &c.
22.

Atherly, family of, cliv. Arms, ibid.

Atloiv, parochial chapel of, 61.

.•^•Kf/jf//, family of, xcix. Arms, ibid.

Babington, family of, cxiv. Arms, cxv.

BabingtoH, Anthony, biographical notice of, 21.

Bache, family of, cxv. Arms, ibid.

Bagshatx), family of, Ixxv. Arms, Ixxvi,

Bagshaiu, William, biographical notice of, 74,
279, 280.

Bainbridge, family of, Ixxvi. Arms, Ixxvii.

Balepuze, family of, xcix. Arms, ibid.

Bakeiuell, family of, c.

Bakeivell, town and parish of, 23, 24. Market,
&c. 24. Population, ibid. Manor, 24, 25.
Church, 25. Ancient monuments there,
ccxxv. ccxxix. ccxxxii. Chantries. 26. Hos-
pital, »iii/. School, 308. Warm spring at,
cxc. Aneient stone cross there, ccxxxv.

Balguy, family of, Ixxvii. Arms, ibid.

Ballidon, parochial chapelry and manor of, 61.

Ballidon,

GENERAL INDEX.

331

BalUdon, family of, cxv. Arms, Ibid.
Bamford, manor of, 177.
Bnnk-hall, 73.

Banks, family of, Ixix. Arms, ibid.
Baptists, general, list of congregratioiis of, in Der-
byshire, 30S. List of congregations of
particular Baptists, ibid.

Barker, family of, Ixxiv. Arms, ibid.

Barbrook, river, clxxviii.

Barlborou^h-ball, account of, ccxxxix, ccxl.

Barlborough, parish of, 43. Manor, ibid. 44.
Church, 44. Ancient monument there,
ccxxvii. Alms-house, 44.

Bsrhy, or 5<7r/oTO, family of, cxv. Arms, cxvi.

Barloiu, parochial chaptlry of, 267. Manur, ibid.
Chapel and school, 268.

Barmoor, ebbing and flowing well at, cxcii.

^rtrmo/i" court, jurisdiction of, iv.

Barnsky, family of, cliv. Arms, ibid.

Baronets, List of, with their arms, Ixiii — Ixviii.
Baronets who were not described as of Der-
byshire at the time of their creation, Ixviii.
Extinct baronets, Ixix — Ixxiv. List of
baronets' seats, Ixxv.

Barton- Blount, parish and manor of, 46, 47.

Barrotv, parish of, 44. Church, 45. Ancient
monument there, ccxxxii.

Barroivcote , manor of, 162.

Basloiv, village of, 3 i, 32. Chapel, 32. School,
ibid.

Basset, family of, cxvi. Arms, ibid.

Bate, family of, cxvi. Arms, cxvii.

Bateman, family ot, Ixvii. Arm?, ibid.

Bathom-gate, a Roman road, account of, ccxii.

Baths, warm, of Buxton, account of, clxxxix. 34
— 37. Of Matlock, cxc. 207. Of Bake-
well, cxc. Of Stony-Middleton, &c. cxci.
Of Kedloston, ibid. Of Quarndon, ibid.

Beard, family of, cxvii. Arms, ibid.

Beard, manor of, 168.

Beauihief- Abbey, account of, 223, 224.

Beaumont, iartwly oi, Ixxvii. 307. Arms, ibid.

Bee, or Beck, family of, c. 307. Arms, c.

Beeley, village of, 32. Chapel, 32, 33. Inclo-
sure,33

Beighton, family of, cxvii. Arms, ibid.

Beighton, parish and manor of, 47. Church, 48.
School, ibid. 309.

Sellers, family of, c. Arms, ibid.

£f^?r, town and chapelry of, 139. Market, cScc.
ibid. Manufactures, ibid. Population, 140.
Manor, ibid. Chapel and meeting-houses,
ibid. Schools, ibid. Alms-houses, ibid. Ac-
count of Belper-park, clxix.

Benefices, account of, xii.

Bennet, family of, liv. Arms, ibid.

Bentinci, family of, xlix, 1. Arms, 1.

Bentley, family of, cxviii. Arms, ibid.

Bentley, township and manor of, 201.

Bentley-hall, 201.

Bcresford, family of, Ixxvii. Arms, Ixxviii.

Biresford, Thomas, epitaph, on, 48.

Bernahc, family of, c. Arms, ibid.

Beton, John, epitaph OB, 146.

Biggin, 174.

Biggin, township of, 301.

Bill, curious one of a surgeon, 298, note.

Bircho-ver, township and manor of, 305.

Birch'wood, village of, 217.

Bird, family of, cxviii. Arms, ibid.

Birds of Derbyshire, account of, clxxxix.

Birley-grange, 85.

Birom, family of, civ. Arms, ibid.

Blackivalt, family of, cxviii. Arms, cxix.

Blaikiuall, manor and township of, 42.

Blackmail, village of, 194.

Blackwell, parish and manor of, 49. Church, ibid.

ancient stone cross in the church-yard,

ccxxxv.
Blount, fanr.ily of, lix. Arms, Ix.
Blythe, family of, civ. Arms, ibid.
Bole-hill, village of, 220.
Bolsover, parish and town of, 49. Market, &e.

ibid- Manor, ibid. 50. Castle, 51. ^},,$^.

Magnificent entertainment there of King

Charles I. «^i^. j2. Church, 55. Meeting,

ibid. 309. School, 56.
Bonell, family of, cxix. Arms, ibid.
Bonnington, family of, civ. Arms, ibid.
Bonsall, parish of, 56. Manor, iUd. 57. School,

57-

r8.

Borough towns, list of, xviii.

Boroiigh-iuood, manor of, 257.

Borroiu, family of, Ixxiv. Arms, ibid.

Bosville, family of, cxix. Arms, ibid.

Bough-tuood, 208.

Boundaries of the county, clxx, clxxi.

Bowden, family of, cxix. Arms, ii/</.

Bowden-edge, township of, 73.

Botuden-hall, 73.

Boylston, parish and manor of, j8.

Boythorp, manor of, 83.

Brackcnfield, township of, 215.

Bradbourn, or Bradborne, parish of, 59. Manor,
ibid. Church, ibid.

Bradbourn, family of, civ. Arras, clvi.

Bradley, parish of, 64, 6j.

Bradbury, family of, clvi. Arms, ibid.

Bradshaiu, family of, Ixxviii. Arms, Ixxix.

Bradway-hall, 222.

Bradwe'l, township of, 184.

Brailsfurd, family of, cxx. h rms, ibid.

Brailsford, parish of, 6j . Manor, i^id. Church, 66.

Brandside, 174.

Brampti.n, parochial cliapelry of, 85. Manor,
ibid. Chapel, 86. School, 87. Ancient mo-
nument there, ccxxiv.

U u 2 Brais'mgton,

33)2

GENERAL INDEX.

Brass'mgton, parochial chapelry and manor of, 62.

Chapel and rectory, 62, 63. School, 6^.
Breadsall, parish of, 66. Manor, 67. Church,

68. School, ibid.
Breaston, parochial chapelry of, 251.
Brereton, family of, cxx. Arms, ibid.
Bretby, parochial chapelry of, 239. Manor of,
ibid. Castle of, captured by the parliament
forces, ibid. Present state of the castle and
park, 240,241. Chapel, 242. School, ii/W.
Bretby'hall, 241,242. Farming establishment of

the Earl of Chesterfield there, 242.
Breton, family, arms of, ci.
Brett-Grije, 60.
Brimington, chapelry of, 87.
Briminpon, family of, ci.
Brisltngcole, or Brisingcote, manor of, 69.
Bristoive, family of, Ixxix. Arms, ibid.
Britons, ancient remains of, in Derbyshire, account

of, cciii— ccv.
Proadlow, or Bradky-Aih, township of, 12, 13.
Brough, township of, 184. Account of a Roman

station there, ccxvi.
Broughton. See Church-Broughton.
Broughton (West), manor of, 131.
Browne, Francis, Epitaph on, 217
Bro'wnside, 168.
Broivne of Hungry-Bentley, family of, clvii.

Arms, ibid.
Browne of Marsh-ball, family of, clvi. Arms,

ibid.
Browne of SnelstOH, family of, clvi. Arms, ibid.
Bruslifield, manor and township of, 31.
Bugsivorth, 168.

Bulkehy, family of, clvii. Arms, ibid.
Bullock, family of, cxx. Arms, ibid.
Buntingfield, 19.
Burbadge river, clxxviii.
Burdett, family of, Ixviii. Arms, ibid.
Burnaslon, manor of, 162. >

Burrow- Ash, 224.

Burton, Edward, epitaph on, 79, note.
Burton on-Trent, parish of, 69.
Burton, family of, cxxi. Arms, ibid.
Butler, family of, Iv. Arms, ibid.
Butterley-hall, 230.
Butterley, manor of, 230.
Buxton, family of, Ixxix. Arms, Ixxx.
Buxton, parochial chapelry of, 34. Account of
its ancient state, ibid, note. Waters of,
frequently visited by Mary Queen of Scots,
34, 35. Baths, clxxxix. 36, 37. Market,
&c. 37. Fund for poor, ibid. Chapel and
meeting-houses, 38. School, ibid. Roman
roads in the vicinity of Buxton, ccxii, ccxiii.
Account of a Roman station there, ccxvi,
ccxvii.
Buxton, Jedidiah, biographical notice of, 157, and
note.

Cachehors, family of, ci. Arms, ibid.

Cadman, family of, ci.

Calamine of Derbyshire, account of, cxcvi.

Caldlow, manor of, 296.

Caldwell, parochial chapelry of, 263. Manor,

ibid, 264.
Calke, parish of, 70. Priory, ibid. Church,

ibid.
Callow, manor of, 296.
Callow-hall, 297.

Calow, manor and township of, 82.
Calton, family of, Ixxx. Arms, ibid.
Camomile extensively cultivated in Derbyshire,

cxcii, cxciii.
Camps, Roman, vestiges of, ccxviii.
Canals, navigable, account of, clxxix — clxxxi.
Carsington, parish of, 70. Church, ibid. School,

7'- . .

Castles, ancient, notice of ccxxxvi.

CastleGresley, manor of, 170.

Castleton, parish of, 71. Peak castle, ibid.

ccxxxvi. Church, 72. Hospital, ibid.

School, ibid. 309.
Gallon, manor of, 93.

Cauz, or De Cauceis, family of, ci. Arms, ibid.
Cave, family of, Ixviii. Arms, Ixix.
Cavendish, Dukes of Devonshire, family of, xlviii.

Arms, xlix. Notices of some distinguished

individuals of this family, 115, 116.
Cavendish and Holies, Dukes of Newcastle, family

of, Iv. Arms, Ivi.
Cavendish, Lord Waterpark, family of, Iv. Arms,

ibid.
Cavendish, IVilliatn, first Duke of Newcastle,

magnificent fetes given by, to Charles I. 51,

52. Anecdotes of him and his Duchess, J2,

Cavendish, Sir IVilliam, account of, 147.

Cavendish-bridge, 23.

Chaddesden, parochial chapeh y of, 260. Chapel,
ibid. School, 261. Alms house, /^/</.

Chaloner, family of, clvii. Arms, ibid.

Champeyne, family of, cii. Arms, ibid.

Chapel-en-le-Frilh, town and parish of, 73. Mar-
ket, &c. ibid. Church, 74.

Chandos, family of, cii. Arms, ibid.

Character oi the inhabitants in the 17th century,
iv.

Charles I., splendid reception of, at Bolsover
castle, Ji, 52.

Charlesworth, hamlet of, 166. Chapel, ibid.

Charleton, family of, clvii. Arms, ibid.

Chatsworlh, hamlet and manor of, 146.

Chatsworth old hall, notice of, 149. Mary Queen
of Scots confined there, ibid. Account of
the building of the present mansion, 150 —

153-

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333

IJ3. Description of it, ijj, 154. Gar-
dens and waterworks, 154. Visited by
Marshal Tallard, iiU ; and by the King of
Denmark, 155. Its situation, Hid.

Chanvorth. family of, cii. Arms, ibid.

CAf/W«n, parish of, 7). Manors, /i/W. Church,
ibid. Ancient monuments there, ccxxviii.
ccxxxii.

Chelmorton, township of, 38. Chapel, ibid. Meet-
ing-houses, 39. Scliool, ibid.

Cheney, family of, cxxi. Arms, ibid.

Chester, when made a distinct diocese, 247, note.

Chester, Little, manor of, 123. Account of a
Roman road in the vicinity of, ccxiii. Ro-
man station there, ccxv.

Chesterfield. Earls of, 1.

Chesterfield, town and parish of, 75. Manor, 76.
Market, &c. 76, 77. Sessions, 77. Popu-
lation at different periods, ibid. Manufac-
tures, ibid. Historical events relating to
this town, ibid, 78. Church, 78 — 80, and
notes. Ancient monument there, ccxxxii.
Chantries, 80. Chapels, ibid. Meeting-
houses, ibid. Grammar-schools, 80, 8i.
Hospital, 81. Alms-houses, 81, 82.

Chesterfield canal, account of, clxxix.

Chetham, family of, cxxi. Arms, cxxii.

Chilcote, chapelry of, 88. Manor, 89. Chapel,
ibid,

Chinley, 168.

Chisiuorth, 168, 1 69.

Church Architecture of Derbyshire, account of,
ccxix — ccxxi. Saxon, ccxix. Of the ijth,
14th, 15th, and 1 6th centuries, ccxx,
ccxxi.

Church-Broughton, parish of, 68. Manor, 69.
School, ibid.

Church-Gresley, manor of, 1 70.

Church-Langley, manor of, 1 96.

Ghurch-Somersall, 256.

Cibber, the sculptor, notice of, 151, 7iote.

Civil divisions of Derbyshire, xi.

Clarke of Ashgate, family of, cxxii. Arms, ibid.

Clarke of Somersall, family of, cxxii. Arms,
ibid.

Clay-Lane, township of, 288. Manor, 289.

Clay, family of, cxxii. Arms, ibid.

C/f/wn, township of, II.

Cloivn, parish of, 89. Manor, ibid. School, ibid.

Coal strata of Derbyshire, account of, clxxiv;
and of the principal coal mines and collieries,
cxcviii.

Coape, family of, cxxiii. Arms, ibid.

Cocks, family of, clviii. Arms, ibid.

Cocksbench, 141.

Codnor, manor of, 180, 181. Castle, ccxxxvi.
181.

Coins, Roman, found in Derbyshire, ccvii, ccviii.

Cokaine, family of, cxxiii. Arms, ibid.

Coiaiiie, Sir Thomas, notice of, 7, 8. Epitaph on,

8, note.
Coke of Longford, family of, Ixxii. Arms,

Ixxiii.
Coke of Trusley, family of, Ixxxi. Arms, ibid.
Cold-Eaton, manor of, 13.
Colleges, notice of xvii, xviii.
Columbell, family of, cxxiii. Arms, cxxiv.
Coltvich, family of, clviii. Arms, ibid.
Combe' s-edge, 1 84.

Combe-moss, Roman camp at, ccxviii.
Coffl^/on, township of, 11.
Conksbury, 306.

Copper ores, notice of, clxxxv.
Coralline bodies found in Derbyshire, notice of,

clxxxvii.
Cotman.hay, hamlet of, 192.
Coton-in-the-Elms, township and manor of, io2.
Cotton, family of Ixxxi. Arms, Ixxxii.
Cotton manufactories of Derbyshire, account of,

cci, ccii.
Coumbs, 208.
Courts, iii. Duchy court of Lancaster, ibid.

Peverell court, iv. Barmote court, ibid.
Coivley, manor of, 100.
Cranks ton, 174.
Crauford, Major-General, captures Stavely-house,

265.
Cressrvell, manor of, 1^8.
Cresswell, village and manor of, 286.
Crich, parish of, 89. Market &c. 90. Manor,

ibid. Church, 90, 91. Ancient British re-
mains at, ccv.
Criche, family of, cxxiv. Arms, ibid.
Cromford, village and parochial chapelry of, 299.

Manor, ibid. Cotton works, 300. Roman

pig of lead found there, ccvi.
Cromford canal, account of, clxxix, clxxx.
Crompton, family of, Ixxxii. Arms, ibid.
Cromwell, family of, lix. Arms, ibid.
Crosses, ancient, of stone, ccxxxiv — ccxxxvi.
Croivdecote, 1 74.
Cro.vall, parish of, 92. Manor, ibid. Church,

93. Ancient monument there, ccxxv.

School, 93.
Crystals of Derbyshire, account of, clxxxv.
Cubley, parish of, 94. Fair, ibid. Manor, ibid.

Church, ibid. Ancient monument there,

ccxxvii.
Culland, 65.
Curbar, 32.

Curteis, family of, clviii. Arms, ibid.
Curzon of Breadsall, family of, cii. Arm?,

ibid.
Curzon of Scarsdale, family of, Iii. Arms, hii.
Customs observed in Derbyshire, account of, ccxi,

ccxli.

Daksyncg

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GENERAL INDEX.

T>.

Daheyne, or Dah'ins, family of, cxxiv. Arras,

ibid.
Dalbury, parish and manor of, 94.
Dak, family of, Ixxxii. Arms, ibid.
Dale-abbey, accouRt of, 95, 96. Chapel, 96.
Dalton, family of, clviii. Arms, ibid.
Danes invade Derbyshire, vi. Expelled, vii.

Reiurn again, and are defeated, ibid. Take

Derby, 107.
Daniell, family of, ciii. Arms, ibid.
Darky, family of, ciii. Arms, ibid.
Darky, parish of, 96. Fairs, ibid. Manor, 97.

Church, 99. Ancient monument there,

ccxxxii. School, 99.
Darky 'abbey, 112. 122.
iJaWfj, village of, 123.
Darky-moor, village of, 2 1 7.
Deane, family of, clix. Arms, ibid.
Dearkap, charity school at, 289.
Deer-parks, account of, clxix, clxx.
De Ferrars, Robert, Earl of Derby, defeated by

Prince Henry, 77.
Degge, family of, cxxv. Arms, ibid.
Deincourt, family of, Ixi. Arms, ihid.
Deincourt, Lord, Earl of Scar&dale, notice of,

271.

Z)f«3;, parochial chapelry of, 188. Manor, r^iJ.
Chapel, 189. School, ibid.

Derby canal, account of, clxxx.

Derby, Earls of, Ivi.

Derby, town of, loi. Government, ibid. Pri-
vileges of the burgesses, 102. Right
of election, ibid. Assizes, 103. Pub-
lic edifices, ibid. Societies, ibid. Markets,
&c. ibid. Ancient and present population,
103, 104. Ancient and present nianufac-
tures, ibid. 10^, 106. First silk-mill erected
there, 105. Stocking and porcelain manu-
factories, 106. Progress of its trade, ibid.
Captured by the Danes, 107. Visited by
Mary Queen of Scots, 107, io8 ; and by
King Charles I., 109. Entered by the Pre-
tender, but evacuated, x,xi. log, iio. Emi-
nent men, natives or residents of Derby, 1 10,
III. Abbey and other religious houses,
112 — 114. Churches, 1 14. Notice of All-
Saints church, ccxi. 115 — 119 ; ancient mo-
numents there, ccxxxi. Church and parish
of St. Alkmund, 120, 121. Schools, 120.
122. Alms-house, 120. Parish of St. Mi-
chael, 123. Parish of St. Peter, 124. Free
grammar school, 125. In.'irmary, 126.
Ordnance depot, 126. Parish and church of
St. Werburgh, 128. Charitable donations
to, I 29. School, ibid. Hospital, ibid. Meet-
ing houses of Dissenters in Derby, 121. 129.
Earls of Derby, Ivi.

Derbyshire, general history of, i. Inhabitants
and government, ibid. Historical events, vi.
Ecclesiastical and civil division of the county,
xi. Table of parishes, xiii. Monasteries,
colleges, and ancient hospitals, xvii. Bo-
rough and market-towns, xviii. Disused
markets, xix. Ym^.ibid. Disused fairs, xxi.
Population, xxi — xxxiv. Division of pro-
perty at the time of Edward the Confessor,
and when Domesday Survey was taken,
XXXV — xlvii. Nobility of the county, xlviii
— liv. Irish peers who have seats in Derby,
shire, Iv. Extinct peerages, ibid, Ivi. — Ix.
Baronial families extinct, Ixi. Noblemen's
seats, Ixii. Baronets, Ixiii. Baronets who
were not described as of Derbyshire at the
time of their creation, Ixviii. Extinct ba-
ronets, Ixix — Ixxiv. Baronets' seats, Ixxv.
Gentry, Ixxv — xcviii. Families extinct be-
fore the time of the Heralds' visitations,
xcix — cxi. Famihes extinct, or removed
out of the county, since 1500, cxii — ciii.
Families of whom it has not been ascertained
whether they are or are not extinct, cliii —
clxvii. Gentlemen's seats, clxvii — clxix.
Forests and deer-parks, clxix, clxx. Geo-
graphical and geological description of the
county, clxx — clxxxiv. Natural history,
clxxxiv — cxcii. Produce, cxcii — cc. Ma-
nufactures, cc — cciii. British antiquities,
cciii — ccv. Roman antiquities, ccv — ccviii.
British and Roman roads and stations, ccviii
— ccxviii. Ancient church architecture,
ccxix — ccxxxiv. Remains of monastic
buildings, ccxxxiv. Ancient stone crosses
and pillars, ccxxxiv — ccxxxv. Ancient
castles, ccxxxvi. Ancient mansion-houses,
cxxxvi — ccxI. Customs, ccxli, ccxlii.
Dertvent, chapclry of, 177.
Derivent river, account of, clxxvi, clxxvii.
Dethkk, family of, cxxv. Arms, cxxvi.
Del hick, hamlet of, 20. Chapel, 21.
Devonshire, Dukes of, xlviii. Notices of several,

148.
Dissenting congregations in Derbyshire, list of,

306, 307.
Divisions, ecclesiastical and civil, xi.
Donisthorpe, manor of, 172.
Dore, parochial chapelry and manor of, 134.

School, 310.
Do'oe river, notice of, clxxvii.
Doveridge, town and parish of, 129. Market,
Sic. ibid. Manor, 129, 130. Church, 130.
Ancient monument there, ccxxix.
Drakelo'w, manor of, 1 70.
Draper, family of, cxxvi. Arms, ibid.
Draycot, family of, clix. Arms, ibid.
Draycote, village of, 249.

Dronfield, parish of, 131. Fairs, &c. ibid. Ma-
nor, ibid, 132. Church, 132. Ancient mo-
nument

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nument there, ccxxvi. ccxxviii. Meeting-
houses, 133. Grammar school, ;^W. 310.

Dttchy Court of Lancaster, jurisdiclion of, iii. iv.

Duclmantort, parish of, 135. School, ibid.

Dujield, parish of, 135. Mar.or, 136. Church,
ibid. l^y. Ancient monument there, ccxxxii,
ecxxxiii. Meetings, 137. School, ibid.
Almshouses, 138.

Dune, family of, ciii. Arms, ibid.

Dunslon, manor o(, S J.

Dunston Hall, 83.

Durant, family of, cxxvi. Arms, ibid.

Earl's Sterndak, Chapel of, 176.

Eaton, little, manor of, 123.

Eaton- Dovedale, manor of, 130.

Ecclesburn river, cl\xviii.

Ecclesiastical 3.nA civil division of the county, xi, xii.

£c;f;V!f/o«, parish of, 142. Manor, /^/W. Church,

143. School, /ii(/. 310.
Edale, chapelry of, 73.
Edtnsor, parish of, 145'. Manor, ibid. Church,

ibid. 146.
Edingale,OT Edinghall, manor of, 93.
Edlaston, parish of, IJ5. Manor, ibid,
Egginton, parish of, 155. Manor, ibid. 156.

Church, ibid.
Egginton Heath, the Royalists defeated at, 15J.
Elden Hole, notice of, clxxii, note.
£im/on, parish of, 157. Manor, /iiW. Church, ii/W.
Elton, parochial chapelry of, 305.
Ehaston, parish of, 158. Manor, ibid. Church,

Ehaston Hall, ravaged by the Parliament forces,

'^'^- ...

Eminences, comparative height of, in Derbyshire,

clxxv, note.

Eminent persons connected with the county, v, vi.

Eriuash canal, account of, clxxix.

Erwash river, notice of, clxxvii, clxxviii.

Ethelfleda, Countess of Mercia, defeats the Danes,
vii.

Ethrotu river, clxxviii.

Etiuall, parish and township of, i^g. Manor, ibid.
160. Church, ibid. Ancient monument
there, ecxxxiii. Account of a great tempest
in this parish, 160, 161, notes. Hospital,
161,162. School, 162. 310.

Every, family of, Ixiv. Arms, ibid.

£.rif/rf of the county, clxx, clxxi.

Eyam, parish of, 162. Manor, ibid. Church,
163. Ravages of the plague there in 1665,
163, and note 1 64. Benevolence of the Rector
on that occasion, 164. School, ibid. An-
cient stone cross there, ccxxxv.

.CjTc, family of, Ixxxii, Ixxxiii. Arms, Ixxxiv.
Eyre, Lord Newburgh, family of, liv. Arms,
ibid.

Fairfeld, parochial chapelry of, 186. School,

ibid.
Fairs, list of, xix, xx. Disused fairs, xxi.
Fanshawe, family of, cxxvi. Arms, cxxvii.
Fasting Woman, account of, 27, 28.
Fenny Bentley, parish and manor of, 48, 49.

Church, 48. Ancient monument there,

ccxxx.
/o?r«ir, family of, cxxvii. Arms, ibid.
Feniilee, township of, 184.
Ferrars, family of, Ivi. Arms, Ivii. See also

De Ferrars.
Finderne, family of, cxxvii. Arms, ibid.
i^iWfrnf, parochial chapelry of, 227. Chapel, /'foW.

Meeting-houses there, 228.
Fisher, family of, cxxviii. Arms, ibid.
Fitz-Ercald, family of, ciii. Arms, ibid.
Fitzherbcrt, of Tissington, family of, Ixvi. Arms,

Ixvii.
Fitzherbcrt, of Norbury, family of, cxxviii. Arms,

ibid.
Fitz-Ralph, family of, Ixii.

PI"Sg' 39-

Fletcher, family of, cxxviii. Arms, cxxix.

Flintham, Richard, epitaph on, 79, note.

Fluor-spar of Derbyshire, account of, cxcvii.

Folcher, or Foucher, family of, civ.

Foljambe, family of, Ixxi. Arms, ibid.

Fonts, ancient, account of, ccxxiii.

Ford, 73.

Ford, village of, 288.

Ford- hall, 74.

Foreside, 168.

Foremark, parochial chapelry of, 242. Chapel,

243-
Forests, account of, clxix, clxx.
Fosbrooke, family of, Ixxxiv. Arms, ibid.
/"oj-W/j of Derbyshire, account of, clxxxiv.clxxxvii.
Foston, Manor of, 2J2.
Foxloiu, 174.

Foiune, or Le Fun, family of, civ.
Fox, family of, cHx. Arms, ibid.
Franceis, ox Francis, of Foremark, family of, cxxix.

Arms, ibid.
Francis, family of, civ. Arms, ibid.
Frecheville,{am\]yo{,\x.. Arms, ibid. Memorials

of, 26).
Friendly Societies, number of, in Derbyshire, 307.
Froggatt, 32.

Frost, severe, notice of, 74, note. 304.
Ful-wood, family of, cxxix. Arms, ibid.

Gamtlsley,

336

GENERAL INDEX.

Gamehley, 1 66.

Gell, of Hopton, family of, Ixxiii. Arms, ibid.

Gell, of Middleton and Wirksworth, family of,
Ixxxiv. Arms, Ixxxv.

Gell, Sir John, notice of the achievements of, during
the rebellion, viii — x. 297 — 2QQ- Defeats
the Royalists at Egginton heath, 155. His
hatred of Sir John Stanhope, 158. Marries
his widow, ibid. note. Takes Bretby castle,
239,andSirJ. Harpur'shouse, and Swarkston
bridge, 275. Winfield Manor-house taken by
him, IX, X. 291, 292. His character, 297, note.

Gell, Colonel Thomas; Sutton-hall taken by, 271.

Gell-CL'apel, 294, note.

General history of Derbyshire, iii — xii.

Genion, family of, civ. Arms, ibid.

Gibbons, (Grinlin, the sculptor), notice of, 152,
note.

Gilbert, Mrs. Elizabeth, account of, 257, note.

Gilbert, of Locko, family of, cxxix. Arms, cxxx.

Gilbert, alias Kniveton, of Youlgrave, family of,
cxxx. Arms, Ibid.

Gill, family of, cxxx. Arms, cxxxi.

Girardot, family of, Ixxxv. Arms, ibid.

Gisborne, ia.m\\y of, cxxxi. Arms, ibid.

Gladwin, family of, Ixxxv. Arms, ibid.

Glapivell, family of, civ.

Glapiuell, manor of, 56.

Glass, paitited, account of, ccxxii Specimens of,
ibid.

G/ojjo/, pariah of, 165. Fair, ibid. Manor, ibid.
Church, ibid. Schools, ibid. 166. Cotton
mills, 166. Population, ibid. Account of
the Woollen manufactures there, cc.

Gooseberry-tree, extraordinary size of one, 18.

Gotham, family of, ci,v. Arms, ibid.

Goushill, family of, cv. Arms, ibid.

Goyt river, clxxviii.

Grand Truni canal, account of, clxxix.

Grangejield, 281.

Gratton, township and manor of, 305.

Great-Hamlet, 168.

Great-Hdcklow, township and manor of, 184.

G rent- Longes don, chapelry of, 39.

Great- Roiusley, manor of, 30.

Great-lVilne, hamlet of, 22.

Greaves, family of, Ixxxv. Arms, i^fW.

Green-Hill, manor of, 223. Village, 22G.

Greensmith, family of, clix. Arms, ibid.

Gregg, family of, cxxxi. Arms, ibid.

Gregson, family of, clx. Arms, ibid.

Grtsley, family of, Ixiii. Arms, ibid. Particulars
of several individuals belonging to it, 171.

Gresley, parish of, 169. Church, 170.

Grey, of Codnor, family of, Ivii, Arms, Iviii.

Grey, De Wilton, family of, Iviii lix.

Grey, of Sandiacre, family of, cv.
Grtff", manor of, 302.
Griff-Grange, 60.
Grindloiv, manor of, 185.
Grindstone-mills, accour,t of, cciii.
Gypsum, quarries of, cxcix.

Hackenthorp, 47.

Hacier, family of, clx.

Haddon-Hall, 29. Account of its architecture,

ccxxxvi — ccxxxviii.
Hallam. See Kirh-Hallam, and West Hallam.
Halloiues, family of, Ixxxvi. Arms, ibid.
Halton, family of, Ixxxvi. Arms, ibid.
Hundley, manor of, 267.
//<2H.'f>', village of, 288.
Hanson-Grange, 27 J.

Hardinge, family of, cxxxii. Arms, ibid. <

Hardiuick, manor of, 190. Hall, account of,

190, 191. ccxxxviii, ccxxxix. School, 191.
Hardiuick, family of, cxxxii. Arms, ibid.
Harehill, 58.
Harfwood- Grange, 3 3 .
Hargate, manor of, 156.
Harpur, family of, Ixiii. Arms, Ixiv.
Harpur, Sir John, house of, taken by the rebels,

274, 275.
Harts hay, village of, 229.
Hartshorn, parish of, 176. Manor, ibid. Church,

177. Ancient monument there, ccxxx.
School, 177.

Hart hill, manor of, 30.

Hartington, town and parish of, 174. Market, &c.

ibid. Manor, 175. Church, ibid. 176.

School, 176.
Hartington-Hall, 175.
Hasiand, manor of, 82.
Haselbrotve-Hall, 223.
Hassop, manor of, 30. Hall, ibid.
Hastings, family of, Ixvii. Arms, ibid.
Hathcote, manor of, 172.
Hathcrsage, family of, cv. Arms, ibid.
If athersage, parish of, lyy. Manor, ibid. Church,

178. Ancient monument there, ccxxviii.
ccxxvix. School, &c. 178. Account of
ancient British remains on Hathersage Moor,
ccv. ccviii.

Halton, township and manor of, 205.

//sjiyffW, parochial chapelry of, 167. Fairs, ibid.

Chapel, 167, 168. Meeting-houses, 168.
Haztebach, or Hazlebadge, manor of, 185.
Ha%lewood, 138.

Heage, manor of, 140. Chapel, 141. School, 312.
.ffi'anor, parish of, 1 79. Manor, 180. Church,

ibid.

Heatheote,

GENERAL INDEX,

337

Hauh-Huctnall, parish of, 189. Manor, ibid.
Church, ibid. 190.

Heath, parish of, 182. Church, ibid.

Healhcote, family of, Ixxxvi. Arms, Ixxxvii,

Heathcole. manor of, 172.

Heathcote, village of, 174.

Heathcole Ward, manor of, 264.

Helyon family of, cv. Arms, ibid.

Hemsworth, village of, 220.

Henmore, village of, 288.

Heri-z., family of, cv. Arms, ibid.

Herthill, family of, cvi. Arms, ibid.

Herthill, manor of, 30.

Hieron, Rev. John, biographical notice of, 68.

/^ifZiaOT, village and manor of, 253, 254.

High-Edge, manor of, i^o. Chapel, 141.

Highjield, manor of, 83.

Higblotu, manor of, 18^.

High-Needham, village of, 174.

Hill-SomersaU, 256, 270.

Hilton, township and manor of, 20J.

History, general, i. Inhabitants and government,

iii — V. Historical events, vi — xi.
Hoibes, John, biographical notice of, 189, 190.
Hodgiinion, {avr)i\y o(, cx^xxii. Arn\s, ibid.
Hognaston, parochial chapelry of, 14.
Hogan, Houtie, or Hoon, township and manor of,

20J, 206.
Holbrooi, rmnor of, 141. Chapel, 142.
Ho/den, family of, Ixxxvii. 307. Arms, Ixxxvii.
Holland, manor of, 294.
Hollington, manor and township of, 20X.
Holme, manor of, 83.
Holmesfield, parochial chapelry and manor of, 134,

135. School, 13 J.
Hope, family of, Ixxxvii, Arms, ibid.
//■o/)^, paribhof, 183. Market, &c. i3zW. Manor,

ibid. Church, ibid. School, 184.
Hope-Hall, 183.
Hopk'mson, family of, exxxlii.
Hopton, family of, cvi.

Hopton, township of, 297. Alms-house, 299.
Hopnuell, manor of, 249.
Home, family of, cxxxiii. Arms, ibid.
Z^orj/^y, parishof, i86. Manor, ii/W. 187. Park,

187. Church, ibid. i88.
Horsky-Gate, 135.

Horton, family of, Ixxxviii. Arms, ibid.
Hospitals, ancient, notice of, xvii. xviii.
Hough, or Hoiu-Grange, 60.
Huchloiu, Gieat, township of, 184.
HncUaiv, Little, township and manor of, 185.
Hulland, township and manor of, 11.
Hulland-ivard, 217.

Hungry-Bentley, township and manor of, 201 .
Hunloke, family of, Ixv. Arms, ibid.
Hunlohe, Sir Henry, biographical notice of, 88.
Hunsdon-Grange, 275'.
Hurdloiu, 175.
Vol. V.

/^wn/, family of, clx. Arms, ibid.
Hurt, family of, Ixxxviii. Arms, ibid.
Hutlon, William, F. S. A. notice of, ili.

I. & J.

Jackson, family of, clx. Arms, ibid.

Ibole, or Ible, 297-

Jderich-hay, township of, 30 1 .

Jebb, family of, Ixxxviii. Arms, ibid^

Jenkinson, family of, Ixxiii. Arms, Ixxiv.

Ilkeston, town and parish of, 192. Market, &c.
ibid. Manor, ibid. Churcli, 193. Alms-
houses, &c. ibid.

/nf/c/ifWcn/ congregations, list of, in Derbyshire,3o8

Ingleby, manor of, 243. Hall, ibid.

Ingivardby, family of, cvi. Arms, ibid.

Inhabitants, ancient name of, iii. Character and
modes of hving in the 17th century, iv. v.
Notice of eminent inhabitants of the county,
or connected with it, v. vi. Number of, in
the 8th century, xxi. At the close of the
1 8th century, xxi, xxii, note. In 1801, and
181 1, xxi, xxii. Returns of xxiii — xxxiv.

Intakes, 2 1 7.

Jodrell, family of, cxxxiii. Arms, ibid.

Johnson, family of, clx.

Ireton, family of, cxxxiii. Arms, ibid.

Ireton-Hall, 195.

Iron mines, of Derbyshire, account of, cxcvii,
cxcviii. And of manufactories connected
with the iron trade, ccii.

Ithersay, township of, 301.

Ivenbrook, manor of, 299.

Kedleston, pMhh of, igi^. Manor of, iW. Hall,

ibid. Church, 195. Sulphureous spring at,

cxci. Ancient monuments in the church,

ccxxiv. ccxxx.
Kendall, family of, cxxxiv: Arms, ibid.
Kiddersley, manor and park of, 214.
A7/iurn, township of, 188.
Killatnarsh, parochial chapelry of, 144. Manor,

ibid. Chapel, 145:.
Kinardsley, family of, clxi. Arms, ibid.
Kinder, 168.

King^s Newton, manor of, 212.
Kirk-Ha/lam, parish of, 172. Manor, ibid. Church,

173. School, ibid.
Kiri-Ireton, -parish of, ig^. Manor, ibid. Church,

ibid. School, 194.
Kniveton, family of, Ixix. Arms, Ixx. See also

Gilbert, alias Kniveton.
Kniveton, parish of, 196. Manor, ibid. Rectory,

ibid. School, ibid.
Knoivle-HtU, 243.

X X Laguerret

338

GENERAL INDEX.

Laguerre, a French painter, notice of, 151, note.

Langley, village of, 179, 182.

Langky, parish of, 196. Manor, ibid. Church,

198. Ancient monument there, ccxxxiii.

School, 198.
Langky-Meyriel, imnor of, jgy.
Langwith, parish of, jgS. Manov, Hid. Church,

ibid.
Lathbury, family of, cvi. Arm?, ibid.
LaMury,oi Holme, family of, clxi. Arms, ibid.
Lathkill rmv, clxxviii.
Z,fa, hamlet cf, 21 Chapel, 22. Meeting-house,

ibid.
Lea-Hall, 60.
I^ead mines of Derbyshire, account of, clxxxiv.

clxxxv. cxciii — cxcvi. ccii. Account of Ro-
man pigs of lead, ccvi.
Leake, family "f, Ivii. Arms. ibid.
Leather-Manufacture, account of, ccii.
Leche, family of, cxxxiv. Arms, ibid.
Z-fc, family of, cxxxiv. Arms, ibid.
Leigh, family of, cxxxiv. Arms, cxxxv.
Le-vet, family of, cvi . Arms, ibid.
Levinge, family of, Ixxiv. Arms, ibid.
Lightwood, M'\\hge of, 220.
Limestone strata of Derbyshire, account of, clxxi,

clxxii, clxxiii. clxxxvi. Account ot the

principal quarries of, cxcix.
Linacre, 85.

Linacre, family of, cxxxv. Arms, ibid.
/,/«(?« manufactures, account of, ccii.
Z,/n/o«, man nr of, 171.
Lister, family of, clxi. Arm?, ibid.
Litchurch, manor cf, 126.
Little-Chester, manor of, 123.
Little-Eaton m.inor of, 123.
Little-Hallam, hamlet of, 192.
Little- Ireton. manor of, 19J, Hall, 196.
Little-Norton, \\\U%e of, 220.
Little-Over, par chial chapel of, 228.
lAttle-Rotusley, manor of, 98,99.
Little- IVUne, parochial chapelry and manor of, 248.

Church, 249. Ancient monument there,

ccxxxi.
Litton, 279.

Litton, or Lytton, fami y of, cxxxv. Arms, ibid.
Locko, or Lockhay, village and manor of, 258,

-59-
Lovett, family ;)f, clxi. Arms, ibid.

Lombe, Mr. .John, account of, 105, and note.

Long-Eaton, chapclry of, 249. Manor, 250.

Longesdon, Great, or Longstone, chapelry of, 39,

40. Chapel, ibid.
Longford, family of, txxxv. Arms, cxxxvi.
Longford, parish and township of, 199. Manor,

ibid. Church, ibid. Ancient monument

there, ccxxvi. Alms-house, 200. School,

ibid.
Long Lane, a Roman road, account of, ccxiii.

ccxiv.

Longstone, Little, town,=.liip of, 40. Manor, ibid.

Longsdon, family of, Ixxxviii. Arms, Ixxxix.

Loscoe-Park, 1 8 2 .
7 ;/_ ^ __ f 1.. _c _..:: a :z:j

j-,oscoe-rarK, 102.

Leudham, family of, cvii. Armf, ibid,
Loiue, family of, Ixxxix. Arms, ibid.
Ludiuorth, 168, 169. Remains of ai
„;n.,_.. .!,„..„ ..„„„„;..

ue, family of, Ixxxix. Arms, ibid.
{worth, 168, 169. Remains of ancient stone
pillars there, ccxxxiv.
Lullington, parish of, 202. Manor, i^/V/. Church
and school, ibid.

Macclesfield, Thomas Parker, first Earl of, notice

of, III.

Mackworth, parish and township of, 202.

Mackivorth, family of, cxxxvi. Arms, ibid.

Makeney, hamlet of, 1 39.

Maese river, clxxviii.

Malcalf, 73.

Manganese, oxid of, cxcvii. Account of mines of,
ibid.

Manloiie, family of, cxxxvi. Arms, ibid.

Manners, family of, xlviii. xiix. Arms, xlix.

Manners, Sir Roger, inscription on, 286, note.

Manors, list of, with the names of their possessors
in the reign of Edward the Confessor; and
when the survey of doraesday was taken,
XXXV — xlvi.

Mansell-Fark, 217.

Mansion-Houses, ancient, account of, ccxxxvi —
ccxl.

Manufactures, of Derbyshire, account of, cc —
cciii.

Mapleton, or Mappleton, parish of, 204, 205.
School, ibid.

Markeaton, manor of, 203.

Market-To'wns, list of, xviii. Disused markets,
xix. 307.

Marston- Montgomery, parochial chapelry of, 94.

Marston on-Do-oe, Parish and township of, 204,
205. Manor, 205. Church, ibid.

Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned at Winfield
Manor-he use, viii. note. Plot for rescuing
her from thence, 290, 291. Frequently at
Buxton, 34 — 36. Visit of, to Derby, 107,
108. Confined several times in Chatsworth
old Hall, 149. Whether confined at Hard-
wick Hall, 190, 191, Notice of her esta-
b ishrnent, 291, note.

Master, family of, ..xxxvii. Arms, ibid.

Matlock, parish of, 206. Manor, ibid. Baths,
207. Church, ibid. School, ibid. Roman
pig of lead found there, ccvi.

Matley, Dorothy, death of, 20.

Meadoiu-Pleck,

GENERAL INDEX.

339

Meattmu-Pkct, or Meadow- Place, 306.

Mfax/jiam, parochial chapclry of, 244. Market, &c.
ib'iil. Manor, ibid. Cliapel, ibid.

Melandra Caslk, account of a Roman station at,
ccxiv.

Melbourne, parish of, 209. Manor, ibid Mar-
ket, &c. ibid. Castle, 210. Chantry, 211.
Meeting-houses, ibid. Account of its Saxon
church, ccxix. ccxx. 210. Ancient monu-
ments there, ccxxiii, ccxxiv.

iJ/f//or, chapelry of, 168. Manor, /if;/. Chapel,
169. School, ibid.

Mel/or, hm\\y of, Ixxxix. Arms, xc.

Mcllor-Hall, 168.

Mercastou, township and manor of, 21 j, 216.

Merry, familv of, cxxxvii. Arms, ibid.

i>/f//W«/j, Wesley an, list of congrega' ions of, in
Derbyshire, 309.

Me-vereU, Sir Sampson, inscription on, ii-jfizote.

Meverell, family of, cxxxvii. Arms, ibid.

MeynelU family of, xc. Arms, ibid.

iS/ici/^-Owr, parish of, 226. Manor, /i;W. Manor-
house, 227. Church, ibid. School, ibid.

Middlelon, family of, xc.

Middkton, township of, 293. and manor, J04.

Account of British antiquities at, cciv.
Millfordy village of, 139.
Milnes, family of, xci. Arms, ibid.
Milnhay. village of, 179.
Millon, 73.

Milton, manor of, 243.
Milivard, family of, cxxxvii. Arm?, ibid.
Minerals of Derbyshire, account of, elxxxiv —

clxxxvii.
Mines of lead, account of, cxciii. cxcv — cxcvii.

Customs of the miners, cxciv, cxcv.
Moldridge, or Moldrich Grange, 60.
Mompesson, Rev. Mr. anecdnes of, 164
Monasteries, notice of, xvii, xviii. Account of

monastic remaini, ccxxxiv.
Moniash, or Monyash, chapelry .-f, 40. Manor,

ibid. 4.1. Chapel, 41. Schools, <^/W.
Monjoye, family "f. cvii. Arms, ibid.
Montgomery, family oi, cvii. Arms, ibid.
Monuments, ancient sepulchral, account of, ccxxiii.

— ccxxxiv.
Moor, Ann, a p'-etended fasting woman, mention

of, 28.
Moravians, or United Brethren, establishment of,

at OckbrMok, 225, 226. 309, 310.
Moreivnod, family t, xci. Arms, xcii.
Morledge, Brook, clxxviii.
Morley, family of, cvii. Arms, ibid.
Morley, p irisli of, 212. Manor, ibid. Church,

ibid. 213. Account of painted glass there,

ccxxii. Ancient monuments there, ccxxviii.

ccxxxi. ccxxxiii, ccxxxiv.
Morley-Park, 141.

Morteyne, family of, cviii. Arms, fbid.
Morton, pari-h of, 214. Manor, ibid. 215.
Mossborough, 143. School, ibid.
Moubray, family of, Iviii. Arms, ibid.
Motucr, family of, xcii. Arms, ibid.
M'lugginton, pam]\of, ZJ^. Manor, /*/W. Church,

216. School, i3/W.
Mundy, family of, xcii. xciii. Arms, xciii.
Musard, family of, Ixi. Arms, ibid.
Musters, manor of, 17.

Natural History of Derbyshire, elxxxiv — cxcii.
Navigable canals, account of, clxxix — clxxxi.
Needlxitn, family of, clxi. Arms, clxii.

Nether- Haddon, manor of, 28, 29.

Nether-Halt, manor of, 98.

Nether-Locko, manor rt, 259.

Netherthorpe school, 266.

Netvbold, manor and township of, 83. Alms-
house, 309.

Newcastle, William, first Duke of, magnificent
ffetes given by, to Charles I. 51, 52. Anec-
dotes of him and his Duchess, 52, 53.

New-Hall, manor of, 16, 264.

New-Mills, village of, 168.

Newton, family of, xciii.

Newton-Grange, manor of, 13.

Newton-Solney, parochial chapelry of, 245', Manor,
ibid. Church, ibid. Ancient monument
there, ccxxvii.

Nightingale, family of, xciii.

Nobility, list of, with their arms, xlviii — liv. ; and
of Irish peers having seats in the county, Iv.
List of noblemens' seats, Ixii.

Norbury, parish of, 2 1 7. Manor, ibid. Church,
218. Ancient monument there, ccxxviii.
ccxxxiii. School, ibid.

Normanton, manor and chapel of, 127.

Normanton, South, parish of, 219. Manor, ibid.
School, ibid.

North -edge Hall, 19.

North-Winfield. See Winficld.

Norton, parish of, Z20. Manor, ibid. Church,
221, 222. School, 222.

Norton-House, 221.

Norton Leys, village of, 220.

Nor ton- Leys Hall, 223.

Nunsclough, grange of, 28 1.

Nuns-feld, 28 1.

Nun's Green, I 29.

Nutbrook canal, account of, clxxx.

Oaherthorp, manor of, 293.
Oahs, 223.

Xx 2

Oahhorpe,

340

GENERAL INDEX.

Oahlhofpe, manor of, 172.

OrWrooi, pariah of, 224. Manor, 225. Church,
ibid. Estabhshment of the Moravians, or
United Brethren, j'i/W. 226, 310.

OiUngsells, family of, cviii. Arms, ibid

OJcote, manor and township of, Ij, 14.

Offley, family of, cxxxviii. Arms, ibid.

Ogstone, manor of, 214.

Oldcotes, 182, 272.

Oldgra-ve, 182.

Old Ha!!, manor of, t6, 17. 97.

Ollersctt-Hall, 168.

Oneash, manor of, 41, 42.

0?M/o«, manor of, 133.

Osborne, family of, cxxxviii. Arms, ibid.

Osmaslon, parochial chapelry of, 66.

Osmaston, manor and chapel of, 127, 128.

Over-Burroius, 65.

Over-Haddan, township of, 26. Fasting woman
there, 27, 28.

Oi'er-Langwith, parish of, 198. Manor, ibid.

Over-Locko, manor of, 259.

Over-Sliibbing, 19.

Overton, village of, 18.

Otulcofe, 182, 272.

Oivlgreave, 182.

O.xcro/t, 56.

Packington, parish of, 2 29.

Padley, family of, cviii.

Padlcy, manor of, 230.

Padley, Upper, manor of, 178,

Painted Glass, specimens of described, ccxxii.

Palterton, village and manor of, 252.

Parishes, list of, xiii — xvii.

Parker, family of, cxxxviii. Arras, ibid.

Park-Hall, 84, 173, 188.

Parnuich, parochial chapelry and manor of, 14, 15.

Peak-Castle, account of, 71, 72. ccxxxvi. List of
its governors or castellans, 71, 72, note.

Peak-Forest, extra parochial chapelry of, 179.
Account of it, clxix. Intermittent spring in
the peak, cxcii.

Peak Forest canal, account of, clxxx, clxxxi.

Pecke, family of, clxii. Arms, ibid.

Peers, list of, with their arms, xlviii — liv. List of
Irish Peers having seats in the county, Iv.
Extinct peerages, Iv — Ix. ; and baronial fa-
milies, Ixi. List of the seats of peers, Ixii,

Pegge, family of, xciv. Arms, ibid.

Pegge, Dr. notice of, 82, 284.

Pentrich, parish of, 229. Manor, ibid. Church,
ibid. Account of a Roman station there,
ccxvii. ccxviii.

Perjury, punishment of, 20.

Perpriyit's manor, 1 7.

Petroleum, or rock oil, of Derbyshire, account of,

clxxxv.
Pevercll, family of, Ixi. Arms, ibid.
PcT/erf// court, jurisdiction of, iv.
Phoside, 168.
Pichard Green, 73.

Pilkington, family of, cxxxix. Arms, ibid.
Pilsley, manor of, 288.
Pindar, family of, cxxxix. Arms, ibid.
Pinxton, parish of, 230, 231. Manor, 23 r.

Church, ibid.
Plague, ravages of, at Eyam in 1665, 163, and

note, 164.
Plants, rare, indigenous in Derbyshire, account of,

clxxxviii.
Pleasley, or Pies ley, parish of, 231. Manor, ibid.

Church, ibid. Fairs, ibid. Earthquake, 232.
Plesley, family of, cviii.
Plumpton, family of, cviii. Arms, ibid.
Pole, family of, xciv, xcv. Arms, xciv.
Population, in the 8th century, xxi. At the close

of the 1 8th century, xxi. xxii. note. Returns

of, in 1801, and 18 11, xxiii — xxxiv.
Port, or Porte, family of, cxxxix. Arms, thid.
Potlac, or Potlock, manor of, 228. Ancient cha-
pel there, ibid.
Pott, family of, cxxxix. Arms, ibid.
Pcwtrcll, family of, cxl. Atms, ibid.
Presbyterian congregations in Derbyshire, 308.
Produce of Derbyshire, account of, cxcii — cc.
Property, division of, at the time of the Domesday

survey, xxxv — xlvi. Division of, in later

times, xlvii.
Pursglove, Robert, Bishop of Hull, inscrip'.ion on,

278, note.
Pye, family of, Ixxiii. Arms, ibid.
Pymme, family o£, clxii.

Quakers,\n\. of congregations of, in Derbyshire, 308.
Qiiarndon, manor of, 123. Notice of a chalybeate

spring at, cxci.
Quarries of Derbyshire, account of, cxcix, CC.

Radborne, parish of, 232. Manor, ibid. Church,.

233. Ancient monument there, ccxxx.
Radcliffe, family of, cxl. Arms, ibid.
Ravcndon-Grange, 61.

Ravensdale Park, 217.

iJai'fnj/cnf, parish of, 233. Manor, ibid. Church,.

234. Hospital, ibid.
Rwworlh, 168.
Rcnishaw Hall, 144.

Repion,

(GENERAL INDEX.

341

Repton, parish of, 25 j. Ancient name and events
there, ibid. Manor, ajj — 237. Priory,
235. Church, ccxix. 237, 238. Fair, 237.

Account of the Grammar school there,

238. Notice of eminent men educated there,

ibid. Ancient sepulchral monuments there,

ccxxiii.
Reresby, family of, cxl. Arms, cxli.
Revel, family of, cxli. Arms, ibid.
Reveslanes, 61.
Revolution of 168S, said to have originated at

Whittington Moor, 285.
Rirard, a French painter, notice of, 141, aole.
Richmonds, manor of, 294.
Riddings, township of, 3. Manor, 4.
Ridge, 74.

Ridgway, school at, 144.
Ripley, township of, 229. Fairs, &c. ibid.
Risky, parochial chapelry of, 250. Manor,

ibid. Chapel, ibid. School, ibid. 2ji.

Roman antiquities found at Risley park,

ccvii.
Risley, family of, cix. Arms, ibid.
Riston-G range, 61.

Rivers of Derbyshire, clxxvi — clxxviii.
Roads of Derbyshire, account of, clxxxi — clxxxiv.
Rodes, family of, Ixxii. Arms, ibid.
Rodsley, township and n^anor of, 201.
Rollesley, or Roivlesley, family of, cxli. Arms,

cxlii.
Rolleston, family of, cxlii. Arms, ibid,
RolLston's Manor, 21.
Roman Antiquities of Derbyshire, account of ccv —

ccviji. Roman roads and stations, ccviii —

ccxviii.
Roman- Catholic congregations in Derbyshire, 308.
Romeley-Hall, 89.

Roo, or Rowe, family of, cxliii. Arms of, ibid.
Roodlo/ts, ancient, account of, ccxxii.
Roper, family of, clxii. Arms, clxiii.
Resell, family of, c:x. Arms, ibid.
Rosleston or Rolston manor, 282.
Rossington, family of, clxiii. Arms, ibid,
Roston, manor and village of, 217.
Rother liver, notice of, clxxvii.
Rotherham, family of, cxlii. Arms, ibid.
Rouland, Godfrey, cruel treatment of, 39.
Rowe, family of, cxlii. Arms, cxliii.
Rowland, 32.

Roivsley, Little, manor of, 99.
Rotutor, cliapel at, 306.
Ro-zvthorn, ma.nor oi, 191.
Rushbearing, custom of, ccxl. ccxli.
Rutland, Dukes of, xlviii. xlix.
Ryber Hall, 2oS.
Ryddings, manor of, 4.
Rye, family of, clxiii. Arms, ibid.
Rykneld Street, an ancient British road, account of,
ccix — ccxii.

Sdcheverell, family of, cxliii. Arms, cxli-/.
Sacrilege, extraordinary instance of punishment of,

236.

Sadler, Sir Ralph, vindications of himself, tc",

108.
Sale, family of, cxiiv. Arms, iiij.
Sanders, family of, clxiii. Arms, clxiv.
Sanders, Colonel, notice of, 19J, note.
Sandford, family of, clxiv. Arms, ibid.
Sandiacre, parish of, 246. Manor, ibid. Church

and rectory, 247.
Sapperton, manor of, 69.
Savage, of Castleton, family of, clxiv. Arms,

ibid.
Savage, of Tissington, family of, cix.
Savage, of Steynesby, family of, cxlv. Arms, ibid.
Saville, family of, cxlv. Arms, ibid.
Saiuley, parish of, 247. Manor, ibid. Fair, &c.

248. Church and rectory, ibid.
Scarcll^'e, parish of, 2§ I. Manor, ibid. Church,

252. Ancient monument there, ccxxxiv.

ccxxv.
Searsdale, Lords, Hi.

Scenery of Derbyshire, account of, clxxv, clxxvi.
Screens, ancient, account of, ccxxii.
Scropton, parish of, 252. Manor, ibid. Church

and rectory, 253.
Seasons of 1615, curious particulars concerning,

i°i' 304-
Seats of noblemen, lists of, Iv. Ixii. Of baronets,
Ixxv. Of gentry, Ixxv — xcviii. clxvii — clxix.
Segrave, family of, Iviii. Anns, ibid.
Selioie, family of, cxlv. Arms, ibid.
Sepulchral Monuments, notice of, ccxxiii — CCXXxiv,
Sessions, wiiere held, iii.
Shacklecross, village of, 224.
Shackerley, family of, clxiv. Arms, ibid.
Shalcross, 186.

Shalcross, family of, cxlv. Arms, cxlvi.
Shardloiu, hamlet of, 23.
Shaw, Rtv. Stobbing, notice of, 177.
Sheldon, family of, cxlvi.
Sheldon, hamlet or township of, 42. ChapeF,.

ibid.
Shells, fossil, of Derbyshire, account of, clxxxvii.
Shepey, family of, cix. Arms, ibid.
Shepherd, alias Thwaites, family of, clxv. Arms,.

ibid.
Shipley, manor of, iSl.

Shirebrook, village of, 231. Chapel of ease, 232.
Shirland, parish of, 2J3. Manor, ibid. 254. Fair,.
&c. 253. Church and rectory, 254. An-
cient monument there, ccxxvii.
.S^/V/iy, family of, 1. li. Arms, li.
Shirley, parish of, 254. Manor, ibid. 25:5. Ciiurch,

^Si-
Short,,

3i2

GENERAL INDEX,

Skcir, family of, xcv. Arms, ibid.

Shoft-I/azks, manor of, 177.

Shottlc, manor of, 338.

S/jreivslurj, Earl of, vindications of himself, 35,

36, notes.
Shrewsbury, Elizabeth, Countess of, character of,
115, note. Epitaph, and anecdotes of, 116.
Ahi.s-honse founded by her, 120.
Shutlleworlh, family of, xcvi. Arms, ibid.
Silk-mill, the first in England erected at Derby,

105.
Sitting-Lo'zu, 73.
Sitivell o( Renishaw-hall, family of, Ixviii. Arms,

ibid.
Siltuell of Steynesby, family of, xcvi.
Slack hall. 73.

Sleigh, family of, cxlvi Arms, ibid.
Smalley, chapelry of, 213. Manor, ibid. School,

214.
Smerrill ■:irange, township of, 304.
Smith of Dcnby, family of, clxv. Arms, ibid.
Smith of Derby, family of, ckv. Arms, ibid.
Smith of Dunston, family of, xcvi. Arms, ibid.
Smithsby, ]iarochial chapelry of, 34J. Manor,

iHd. Church, 246.
Smithson, Huntingdon, epitaph on, ^^, note.
Snels'ton, parochial chapelry of, 217 — 219.
Snitlerton, family of, cix. Arms, ibid.
Snitterton, manor of, 9;, 100.
Snoiu. great, in 1614-15, account of, 303.
Soils ot Derbyshire, geological account of, clxxi —

clxxiv.
Solney, family of, ex. Arms, ibid.
Somercoles, town hip of, 3.
Somersall, family of, ex.
Somersall, or Summershall, 86.
Somersall, parish of, 256.
Somersall-Jierbert, 2^6.
South-Aormanton, parish of, 219. Manor, ibid.

Si '• rl, ibid.
SoiithJVinJield, parish of, 289. Manor, ibid.
Cliii'ch, 292, School, ibid. Manor-house,
ccxl.
Spar, Derbyshire, account of, clxxxv. cxcvii.
Spateman, family of, cxlvi. Arms, ibid.
Spondon, parish < f , 256. Manor, ibid, 257.

Church, 258. School, ibid.
Spring:, warm, of Derbyshire, clxxxix — cxcii.
Stafford, family of, ex.
Stalls, stone, account of, ccxxii.
Standiffc-hall, manor of, 98.
Standby or Stainsby house, 188.
Stanhope, Earls of Chesterfield, family of, 1.

Arms, ibid.
Stanhope. Earls of Harrington, family of, lii.

A rms, ibid.
Stanhope, Rev. Dr , notice of, 177.
Stanley, parochial chapelry of, 261.
Stanton, township and manor of, 305.

Stanton-by-Bridge, parish of, 261. Manor, ibid.
Stanton-by-Dale, parish of, 262. Church, ibid.

Alms-houses, ibid. 263.
Stanton-hall, 305.
Stanton-Ley, manor of, 305.
Stanlon-iuard, manor of, 264.
i'/fl/fw/j;//. parish of, 263. Manor, /^/V. Church,

ibid.
Statham, family of, cxlvi. Arms, cxlvii.
Statham, Thomas, inscription on, 278, note.
Stavely, pa'i«h of, 264. Manor, ibid. Church,

265, 266. Rectory, ibid. School, ibid.
Stenson, manor of. 46.
Stetely, or Steet'ey, 286. Curious Saxon church

there desc'ibed, ccxx.
Stevenson of Matlock, family of, cxlvii.
Stevenson of Oun'ton, family of, cxlvii. Arms,

ibid.
Stevenson of Stanton, &c., family of, cxlvii.

Arms, ibid.
Steynsby, manor of, 192.
Stocking manufactures, cci.
Stoke, manor of, ) 83:.
Stone crosses and pillars, account of ancient,

ccxxxiv, ccxxxv.
Stone, family of, clxv.
Stone quarries in Derbyshire, account of, cxcix,

cc.
Stones, family of, cxlvii. Arms, cxlviii.
Stoney-Middleton, parochial chapelry of, 179. Te-
pid spring at, cxci.
Stony-Houghton, village of, 23 1.
Strata of Derbyshire, geological account of,

clxxi — clxxiv.
Strelley, family of, xcvi. Arms, xcvii.
Stretton, manor of, 254.
Stretton, township and manor of, 288, 289.
Stretton-in-the-Fields, parish of, 268. Manor, ibid.

Church, ibid.
Stringer, family of, clxv. Anns, ibid.
Stuart, Charles James, the pretender, enters Derby,

X.; obliged to evacuate it, xi.
Stubbing, family of, cxlviii. Arms, ibid.
Stubbing-Edge, 19.

Stuffing, or Sluffyn, family of, cxlviii.
Sturston, Upper and Nether, hamlelS of, II, 12.

Manor, 12.
Sudbury, parish of, 269. Manor, ibid. Church,

ibid, 270.
Summer, remarkably dry, account of, 304.
Surface of Derbyshire, account of, clxxv.
Surgeon's bill, curious, 298.
Sutton family of, .cxlviii. Arms, ibid.
Sutton hall, 271. Taken by the parliament forces,

ibid
Sutton-in-the-Dale, parish of, 270. Manor, 271.

Church, 272.
Sutton-on-the-Htll, parish of, 272. Manor, ibid.

Church, ibid, 273. School, 273.

S'wadlinfOte,

GENERAL INDEX,

'A<3

Sivadlincote, or Svjartlincute, manor of, 171.

S'waii'zuick, school at, 5.

Swarksion, parish of, 273. Church, 274. An-
cient monument there, ccxxix. Bridge,
274. Fortified for King Charles I.; but
captured by the parliament forces, 274,

-75-
Synfen, or Sytipn, manor or, 45.

Tadd'mgton, Chapel of, 42. School, ibid.

Tallard, Marshal, anecdote of, 154.

Tansley, manor of, 91.

Tapton, manor and township of, 83, 84.

Tapton grove, 87.

Taylor, family of, cxlix. Arms, ibid.

Taylor, Martha, a fasting woman, account of,
27, 28.

Tempest, great, account of, in 154 J, 1 60, 161,
notes.

Temple-Nornmnton, chapelry of, 87. Manor, ibid.
Chapel, ibid.

Thachr, family of, cxlix. Anis, ibid.

Thornhill, family of, xcvii. Arms, ibid.

Thornhill, manor of, 186.

Thornsett, 168.

Thorpe, parish of, 275. Manor, ibid. Church,
ibid.

Thurlston, manor of, 158, 159.

Thurmansleigh, 281.

Tibshelf, parish of, 276. Manor, ibid. Church,
ibid.

Tickenhall, or Ticknall, parochial chapelry of,
246- Manor, ibid. Church, ibid. Hospi-
tal, ibid.

Tidesivell, town and parish of, 276. Market and
fairs, ibid, 277. Manor, 277. Church,
ccxxi. 277, 278. Ancietit monument there,
ccxxx. School, 279.

Tissington, parochial chapelry of, 63. Hall, ibid.
Chapel, 64. Notice oif the custoin of dress-
ing wells there with flowers, ccxli.

Toadstone, strata of, described, clxxii, clxxiii.
clxxxvi.

Take, family of, ex. Arms, ibid.

Totley, manor of, 134.

Trent river, account of, clxxvi.

Trent and Mersey canal, account of, clxxix.

Trusley, parish of, 280. Manor, ibid. Church,
281.

Tuchet, family of, lix. Arms, ibid.

Tunstead-mill town, village of, 73.

Tunstead, family of, clxvi. Arms, ibid.

Tupton, township of, 28S.

Tupton-hall, 289.

Turbutt, family of, xcvii. Arms, ibid.

Turndich, or Turnditch, parochial chapelry of, 142.

Turner of Derby, family of, cxlix. Arms, cl.
Turmr of Swa-,wick, family of, cl. Arms, ibid.
Turnpiif-raads of Derbyshire, account of, clxxxi

— clxxxiv.
Tiuxford, family of, ex. Arms, ibid.
Tiuyford, village and manor of, 46. Chapel, ibid

School, 309.

Uflon, manor of, 293.
Ulkerthorpe, manor of, 293.
Underiuood, manor and township of, 14.
Unitiirian congregations in Derbyshire, 308.
United Brethren, Establishment of, at Ockbrook,

22^, 226.
Unston, minor of, 133.
Unthanh, 135.

Upper Locko, manor of, 259.
Upper- Padley, manor of, 178.
UpptrThurvaston, village of, 201.

A^a/cWan, extensive cultivation of, cxciii.

Vernon, family of, liii. liv. Arms, liv. Memo-
rials and epitaphs on some individuals of, 269,
270, note.

Verrio, the painter, notice of, 151, note.

Wagstafe, family of, clxvi. Arms, ibid.

Waingriff, 230.

Wahebridge, family of, cxi. Arms, ibid.

IViiltbridge, minar of, 91.

IVakelin, tamily of, c xvi. Arms, ibid.

ITaies, how celebrated in Derbyshire, ccxli.

IValdeshef, family of, cxi. Arm?, ibid.

IVdlielin, fa-".ily ■ f, cxi- AriDf, ibid.

Walton, manor and township of, 84, 85.

Walton-up'jn-Trent, parish of, 281. Manor, ibid.

Church, 282. School, ibid.
Walton-hall, 282.
Wardloiv, township of, 40.
Wnrsop-We^d, 232.
W ate hell, 85.

Wells, tam-lyof, cl. Arms, ibid.
Wells, drcssc J wiih flowers, at Tissington, ccxli.
Wendisley. or IVensley, manor i^f, lOO.
Wendesley. or Wensley. fa.nily of, cl. Arms, ibid.
West, family of, cli. Arms, ibid.
West-Broughton, manor of, 131.
/r«/-//a//rtOT, parish of, 173. Manor, /W. Church,

174. Ancient monument there, ccxxix.

Schools, 174.

Weston-

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GENERAL INDEX.

IVeston-hnll, 283.

Wcston-07i-Treiit, parish of, 282. Manor, ih'id.

Church, 283.
lFeston-U'n<fer'woo J, mSinor of, 217.
Wheston, or Whetstone hall, 280.
White, family of, clxvi. Arms, ibid.
Whitehall, family of, cli. Arms, Hid,
White-hough, 73.

JVhit/ield, manor of, 1 67 . SoKool, 165, 167.
Wbitmore, 139.

Wh'>t'"g''">i family of, cxi. Arms, ibid.
Whiltiiigton,, parish of, 28^. Manor, ibid. Church,

284. Chalybeate spring, 285.
Whittle, township of, 1 68.
Whittington-Moor, revolution of 1688 commenced

at, 285.
/f/;(Vwf//, parish of, 285;. .Manor, ibid. Church,

286.
Wigfall, of Charter-hall, family of, clxvii.
Wigfall, of Renishaw, family of, clxvii. Arms, ibid.
Wigley, 86.

Wigley, family or, cli. Arms, clii.
Wigtvell-grange, 300.

Wilkinson, family of, xcvii. Arms, xcviii.
Willersley, manor of, 207, 208.
Wilksley, parish of, 287. Manor, ibid. Church,

ibid.
Willington, manor of, 237.
Willington, parish of, 287. Manor, ibid. Church,

288.
Willoughby, family of, Ixx. Arms, Ixxi.
Williamsthorp, village of, 288.
Wilmot, family of, Ixvi. Arms, ibid.
Wilne, Great, hamlet of, 22. Ferry, 23.
Wilne, Little, parochial chapelry and manor of,

248. Church, 249.
Wilstrop, 247, note.

Wingerworth, chapelry of, 87. Chapel, 88.
Wingerivorth-hall, 88.
Winfield, family of, cxi.
Winfield manor-house, besieged and taken by the

parliament forces, ix, x. 291, 292. Mary

Queen of Scots imprisoned there, viii, tiote.

Plot for rescuing her thence, 290, 291.
Winfield, North, parish of, 288. Manor, ibid.

Church, ibid. School, ibid. 289.
Winfeld, South. See South-Winfeld.

IVinshull, or Winshill, township and anor of, 69.

IVinster, town and manor of, 306. Market, ibid.
Chapel, ibid. School, ibid.

Wirksivorth, town and parish of, 293. Market
and fairs, Hid. Population, ibid. Manors,
294. Petty courts held there, ibid. Church,
294, 29J. Rectory, 295. Meeting-houses,
296. School, ibid.

iristanlon, manor of, 92.

It^otCey, tatu'Ay i/f, jcc^iii. Arms, il/lj. Longe-
vity of several members of, 209.

Wolstenholme, family of, xcviii. Arms, xcix.

Woodh all -park, 250.

Woodroffc, family of, clii. Arms, ibid.

Woodseats, village of, 220.

Woodthorp, village of, 288-

Woodthorpe-hall, village and seat of, 267. Hos-
pital, ibid.

Woolhouse, family of, clii. Arms, ibid.

Woollen manufactures of Derbyshire, account of,
cc.

Wormhill, parochial chapelry of, 2 So. Manor,
ibid. Chapel and School, ibid.

Wright, of Longstone-hall, family of, clii. Arms,
ibid.

Wright, of Ripley, family of, clii.

Wright, John, epitaph on, 144, 145.

Wright, Joseph, the painter, notice of, III.

^aj/on, liamlet of, 155.

Wye, river, notice of, clxxvii.

I'fyndley, manor of, 139.

Yea-veley, parochial chapelry of, 255. Manor
Ibid.

Teldersley, township and manor of, 12.

Toulgrave, parish of, 302. Manor, ibid. Church,
ibid. 303. Remarkable entries in the parish
register, 303, 304. School, 304.

Zinc, mines of, cxcvii^

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